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The fault is ours for not using the abundant resources in oil, natural gas, and coal available in the United States. This is the answer although politically incorrect.
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Who is to blame for the recent spike in gas prices?
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According to the federal government's Energy Information Administration, the average cost to produce a barrel of oil in the United States is approximately $30. So when oil companies sell a barrel of oil for triple the cost -- $100 or more, as they have been for months -- the oil industry is pocketing at least $70, and passing the cost on to you and me.
They not only pull in massive profits but they collect US government subsidies from the US taxpayers of $4 billion dollars a year.
These subsidies go to the same industry that is pushing legislation to allow offshore development without new safety requirements. The oil industry fights safety inspections, complains about environment safeguards critical to protecting community water supplies, and pressures Congress to gut environmental laws.
Something is dreadfully wrong with this picture.
Greed does not justify destroying America.
I am a Korean War veteran that came home and made a new life. Not all did.
First, all people who are on Alternative Fuel/Green Environment/Global Warming better wake-up and do some study on technologies (how and what it takes wind power and solar power work). See how long the private sectors and govt. worked on wind power? Over 30 years and we are not even close to get to where we need to be. Go visit Oregon where there is wind power farm and see what it does for the life of community and the environment. How about the Spain whose been using this technology for while and what impact it has on them. Better yet, our own Hybrid car? How much we are paying to little dinkling car and every 4-5 years have replace the batter which cost appx $4 K to $7K, then what do we do with old batteries, it certainly is not a little battery. By the way, it is made of what? Gee, I thought we suppose to help the environment?
Second, where is the answer on our own govt. Obama and his admin, to include Dems) fosil fuel policies that has greater impact to gas price and econo
VW to begin marketing car in America next year that gets 171MPG, uses technology that has been around since 1894. The windmill farms you disparage are also in Washington, idaho, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota and Nebraska and I have heard damn few complaints. There are occasional wind spills though but they are pretty cheap to clean up. We also face a serious National Security threat from our outdated power grid: one effective solution is to install solar PV cells, windmills or Bloom Boxes on every building in America-a system known as distributed generation. This would be better for the environment and the consumer/citizen and the technology is on the shelf right now! This is only one suggestion. Look at transportation in Brazil and Bolivia-they use a shadow of the fossil fuels we do.You sound like a lobbyist for the Koch brothers.
It is the people bet on future pricing that drive the price of gas up. Supply is stead and demand is low. It the futures market that drive up the price. Until speculation from Wall Street banks needs to stop. Their dice game is killing us.
1. Who is it that is "required" to do such development? The greadly oil companies???
2. After the 1970s "oil crisis" fund "where to be set aside from the profits of the oil companies to do such research & development"... So why do we, ONCE AGAIN need to pay for such? How much of the "45+% increase of profits" has the oil companies invested into such research and/or development???
3. The United States does offer FREE ENTERPRISE, but when big businesses continuously GET AWAY with RIPPING OFF the public, should this NOT be a VIOLATION of PUBLIC ENTERPRISE???
The question is bogus!
The issue are the wackos who forbid us to use our own
natural resources.
We have plenty of of natural gas, coal, etc.,but we
cannot drill for oil because of our BIG BROTHER government will not allow it.
It is time for the people to speak up and get the EPA
out of our lives.
I will chime in on the behalf of the "none of the above" guys. I can say without fear of contradiction that we are all fortunate that I have not been elected president of the United States. However, if I had been, I would be throwing everything including the kitchen sink at this problem. First, I would standardize Octane standards for all 50 states. If there's a shortage in Oregon we can ship gas from Maine. Next, I would build 30 refineries a year until we reached capacity. Simultaneously I would drill baby, Drill!!!!! The Alaskans want us to drill on a fraction of 1% of their land. I would permit them to do so. The Oil companies would like to drill off the coast of several of our states including the gulf. Under the condition that they utilize the technology gained by this last spill I would encourage them to do so as long as the derrick is not visible from shore.
they haven't changed a darned thing since the BP disaster! And to boot a recent report tells us that the "Blow-Out Preventers" Don't 40% of the time. They know this, the MMS knows this and yet they are handing out permits hand over fist. There are wells sitting capped all over eastern Montana and Wyoming I know of, probably in ND and SD as well, they won't pump them till they have gotten every gallon they can elsewhere. We simply need to make this product cost 100% of it's true cost, no subsidies, no cheap royalties, no Wall Street speculation, strictly business. The Flex-Fuel system in south america works well and is where we should be going for now-we could do an Apollo Project style commitment and achieve it in 5 years but, even then we need to watch the fracking and not sacrifice our water in the process. There are plenty of economical sources of natural gas that don't require this dangerous, filthy practice. 30,000 years under the Sea of Cortez alone.
I didn't say the tax went up with the price of gas, I said you pay more tax with the higher price of gas. Big difference.
Good point.
I paid about $5 per tank in taxes in 1992, and I pay over $10 per tank this year.
If the percentage of the sale price stays the same, who cares?
I still have to pay more.
The difference is semantics.
It's the current administrations fault - period!
If Push came to Shove. The Real Reason would come during the WW2 Era. Drilling & Production Increased for the War Effort's, well into the Korean Conflict. My 3 Oil wells, were drilled in 1947. 1 was finally "Capped", in 1994. Due to being just a "pisser". The other 2 are still Good Pumpers.
But, if "Blame" has to be administered. Then Start with the DEMOCRATS. US President Eisenhower's Final Farewell Speech to America, Warned us of the Industrial-Military Complex. We haven't, as a Nation, learned anything from that, as well as, the Oil Embargo of 1973. US President Bill "Slick Willy" Clinton, whom didn't inhale, Shut-Down 65 Oil Refineries. Located across CONUS. We still to this day, haven't Rebuilt Any of them. That's where the Major Percentage of the Overall Cost of a Price per Gallon is derived. Now the recent Administration's have either Profited or Totally Ignored, this circumstance. Your Interpretation. Absolute Blame comes to "We the People", for allowing it.
The tax on the price of a gallon of gas does not go up with the increase of cost per gallon. The federal tax which may increase from time to time goes for infastructure. Mostly the building of roads and brigdes. Some goes for Airports and high speed rail.
The State tax is also used for the building of roads and Bridges. The State tax may increase from time to time depending what the need is for infrastructure. They used to have the State and Federal tax posted on the pumps.
The state and federal road taxes per gallon today are about 10 times more now, then they were back in the 70s.
I realize that when the price of a barrel of crude goes up, so does the price of gas at the pump. But the average national price of gas that we all see in the media is not the real story. What is the real cost of just a gallon of gas. Just once, I would like one of the media hounds to take any State, mine in Virginia would be great, and break down the TAX we're paying per gallon at the 3.60+ rate. In other words, tell me what each federal, state and local tax there is per gallon, how much each tax is, what the tax is for, how long has the tax been in place, and has the purpose of the tax been satisfied, that it should be removed. Remember that when the price of gas goes up, you pay more of these taxes. With that in mind, why would government really want the price of oil to go down?
In Montana there is a total of 46 cents tax per gallon-18 federal tax, the balance state and county/local. This hasn't changed since gas was $1.96/gallon.
Since when has the Legion become a puppet for the liberal left?
The real reason is not even listed--it is the failure of the Dems to allow drilling for our own oil!!!!!!!!
Look at how many diffrent "blends" of gasoline the refiners are required to make due to goverment regulations. There's an east coast, west coast, chicago, and houston blend just to name a few. If there were only one blend the cost to refiners would be lower and the price should at least stabilize.
I object to the use of blatent partisan politics in this forum, since the Legion is non-political and non-partisan.
I Object to the 51% of American Voters, whom through Their Own Entire Ignorance, Elected a Candidate with the Pretense of the Political Platform, in which has Implemented Exactly & Precisely, upon this Nation, as prescribed during the Primary Campaign. Thus Forcing the Minority of Voters to Swim in the Great Democratic Cesspool, as the rest of YOU ! Many Thanks from the 20 Million Unemployed, the 40 Million 1st time Welfare Applications and the countless of thousands of Extreme Small Business People, like me, that have either Closed, Incurred More Debt, and/or Lost or about to virtually Everything Tangible and/or Real in Property. There's NO Humor in this situation. Feel fortunate You're NOT Face-to-Face, with me right now !
Mother F@#$%^&* !!!
threaten people on the interwebs?
big tuff guy in front of a computer screen huh?
How about none of the above. Surveys by design always limit the answers too much.
"Alleged" Price manipulation and fixing by oil corporations in violation of Federal Anti-Trust & price gouging laws.
A veil of corporate protection from liability to oil company directors and officers.
Excessive Federal Road Tax on Gasoline & Diesel.
Excessive State Road Tax on Gasoline & Diesel.
Tax on Taxes paid, where State and/or Local sales taxes apply to the amount of Federal and State Road taxes in addition to the actual price of the fuel.
The last time the government stepped in to control oil prices we had a real shortage if you are old enough to remember. The housing bubble was also caused by government policies, that everyone should own a house and fannie and freddi wouild cover it. Any time the government does something it doesn't work
Oil Companies have made huge profits affecting our countries economy!
Government must intervene and put some of these crooks in Jail! We have a very dumb goverment??? Our Government officials who are elected by us, do not work for us? Most of the officials have their hands into the pot of Gold?? They do not want to disturb their money making machine! OIL---
With all the dollars it cost the Taxpayers of this country, to fight the mid East wars, we get absolutely nothing for it! It's time for payback! It's time for these countries to pay us back, even if it is with oil??
Remember, the Stock Market plays a big role in this too! It is the same class of people who help destroyed the housing market and now are going to destroy the economy again??? We cannot keep going up and down The economy must stabilize!! It's time to put some of these people behind bars and thro the key away!!
Wake up America!!
God Bless America David Karam
It has been shown that supply is more than adequate and demand is down so the question must be asked: Why do prices continue to increase, flying in the face of what used to regulate most commodities, i.e., supply and demand. I believe (as do others in this forum) that there is a one word answer and that one word is "Speculators". Those who indulge in this national pastime should be thoroughly investigated and brought under control, maybe even prosecuted???
Wake up, America!!! Greed is NOT good!
The increase in all fuels and food is the direct result of the Obama administration Policies. They are doing everything they possibly can to reduce the standard of living in America to same level as the socialist in Europe that they so much admire. The first anti American president in the history of our country.
I have NEVER been so disappointed in The American Legion in all the years I have been associated with it. It is hard for me to image The Legion question options on this issue of oil prices not including the current administration in Washington DC. Has the American Legion sold out to this "hell bent on the destruction of this great country" agenda of this administration?
I have a friend who used to work in the gulf coast oil drilling industry. They have lost 100s of thousands of job in the gulf coast because of Obama and his administrations drilling moratorium for the region. Not to mention the addition oil we are have to buy from other countries; more American dollars going overseas. The friend's company moved their drilling platform to Angola. More jobs sent overseas.
used to ferry tourists to look at the swamps in the off season. Now he's unemployed, broke, about to lose his boat and his home. He tells me he's one of about 12 million families in the gulf region screwed by BP. But golly, hate to lose those 3,000 oil jobs. right. BTW they are handing out permits unabated, in spite of reports saying the Blowout Preventers don't prevent Blowouts 40% of the time.
The United States has vast energy resources. Various groups -- environmentalists, leftists of all varieties, Democrats, and the foreign oil-rich countries who finance them -- have, and continue to, keep U.S. energy companies from exploiting our energy resources. The U.S. Department of Energy was started to reduce dependency on foreign energy. Foreign energy represented 30% of our energy needs at the time. Foreign energy now represents 70% of our energy needs.
Obama is a special case. He bragged during his campaign for president that he would raise the cost of energy. He bragged that he would bankrupt electric companies that used coal (our most abundant natural resource). Well, he's doing exactly what he said he would do.
All of the comments above are pretty much correct. the results of the questionare most believe falsly that the oil companies just raise the price. They have to buy a large percentage of the oil from producing countries which raises the price. the increase is also due to speculators, the falling dollar, lack of domestic production. The oil companies make about 5% on the oil they refine. If the price goes up they will make more money but the percentage remains the same. The government makes about 15% with no cash outlay. Alternative energy will not affect the price of oil that much. Most of the oil is used for transportation. Most of the alternative energy is used to produce electricity.
The price of oil is in dollars. The dollar has been devalued as a result of the government overspending and printing more dollars to pay the bills. As with anything, the more there is the less it is worth. The government, led by Obama and the democrats are to blame. They have to stop printing money and cut the spending. The value of the dollar will rise and it will not take as many to buy oil.
Very simple.
Are you in cahots with the administration (for the available choices)
The available choices don't approach the causes:
Lets start with the Democrat party for failing to support drilling in the US/Alaska and offshore,
And Obama and his administration for not issuing permits,
Add in the speculators for bidding the price up - thank you Carter administration,
How many truly wealthy people have the resources to cause the spike - try George Soros (for one) who wants to bring the US down
Are a combination of OPEC, market speculators, and our Administration. EPA rules have severely limited construction of new refineries and drilling where we know we have an abundence of fossel fuels.
I also believe that none of the above is the correct answer, but not because of President Obama. From everything I've read, it is not a matter of supply and demand. There is plenty of oil in the market at present. Rather, it is Wall Street oil speculators who are betting that the price will continue to rise because of any number of events, including continued turmoil in the Middle East.
It's good to see a few members who realize what the cause is, and always has been. Keep the politics out your replies and address the real issues, the rest of you.
Right now, it is mainly the Wall Street speculators causing the latest rise in oil futures.
1 of the above & then some.
Wall Street speculators create havoc with the market price. In addition, oil companies control the US supply to support higher prices. The US has a history of "talk" about energy independence; however, no "serious" long term investments have been made to promote actual change. Solar, wind, geothermal, etc. need to be invested in at a high rate to make a dent of difference.
Who is to blame for the recent spike in gas prices? It sure isn't any of those listed above. Barack Hussein Obama alone is to blame. It was he who, while imposing a ban on offshore drilling, gave Brazil over 2 billion dollars of taxpayers money to further their offshore drilling. Obama is bent on destroying our economy and thus, our country. I'm shocked that the Legion didn't add him to the who is to blame list.


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HOUSTON – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi Men's Tennis team, ranked No. 53 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Rankings, battled, but came up short by a 4-1 score in its upset bid against No. 33 Oregon in the opening round of the Rice Team Invitational on Friday. The team will play Radford at 9 a.m. on Saturday at the Jake Hess Tennis Stadium.
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"We lost to a very good team today," said Director of Tennis Steve Moore. "In my opinion, their level is of a Top 20 team rather than of No. 33. To beat a team of this level, we just need to be 10 percent smarter at those pivotal times late in sets."
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In doubles action, Andrew Maingot and Matt Westmoreland lost an 8-2 final at No. 3, while Peter Nagy and Gergo Weidinger fell by an 8-6 score at No. 1 to give Oregon the opening point in the match. Odon Barta and Guillaume Rauseo were battling at No. 2 doubles, but the match went unfinished when the point was clinched.
In singles action, Ricardo Mayagoitia lost a 6-1, 6-2 final at No. 4 to make it 2-0, but Nagy played great tennis at No. 1, winning 6-1, 6-4 to get the Islanders on the board at 2-1. Westmoreland lost a 6-2, 6-2 decision at No. 3 to make it 3-1, and Weidinger fell by a 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 tally at No. 3 to complete the match.
Javier Pujol had earned a first set win at No. 5 singles, but the match went unfinished at 6-4, 3-5 for the freshman when play was stopped. Likewise at No 6, Rauseo held a lead in the third set at 6-4, 2-6, 2-1 when the match went final.
"Against a team like this, you can't give anything away, absolutely nothing, and I feel our young guys are learning that," said Moore. "Just three of four loose points means you lose the set 7-6 instead of win by a 7-6 final. That's what I feel our teams are learning to do, to play each point separately and incredibly tough, and not ever give away even one loose point. That is our goal every match."
The team will have another test on Saturday, taking on Radford at 9 a.m. on Saturday in the first match of the day. The Highlanders are on a road swing through Texas, with the team losing to SMU, but earning wins over Southland member Lamar and one over former Southland opponent UT Arlington.
"We have to play confident and we have to play free, but we can't give anything away," said Moore. "Just three or four loose points out of 150 make the difference when you start playing teams at this level. You just have to play every point as tough as you can, and realize that every point is a big point.
"I'm very proud of the way these guys competed. We get rid of those three or four loose points a set, and we'll be ready to beat a team at this level."
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Tennis Match Results
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi vs Oregon
03/15/13 at Houston, Texas
#33 Oregon 4, #53 Texas A&M - Corpus Christi 1
Singles competition:
1. #103 Peter Nagy (AMCC) def. Jeff Mullen (OREGON) 6-1, 6-4
2. Robin Cambier (OREGON) def. Gergo Weidinger (AMCC) 7-6 (7-4), 6-4
3. Alex Rovello (OREGON) def. Matt Westmoreland (AMCC) 6-2, 6-2
4. Daan Maasland (OREGON) def. Ricardo Mayagoitia (AMCC) 6-1, 6-2
5. Daniel Sardu (OREGON) vs. Javier Pujol (AMCC) 4-6, 5-3, unfinished
6. Lova Randriamampandr (OREGON) vs. Guillaume Rauseo (AMCC) 4-6, 6-2, 1-2, unfinished
Doubles competition:
1. Jeff Mullen/Robin Cambier (OREGON) def. Gergo Weidinger/Peter Nagy (AMCC) 8-6
2. Alex Rovello/Daan Maasland (OREGON) vs. Odon Barta/Guillaume Rauseo (AMCC) 7-5, unfinished
3. Aaron Clissold/Daniel Sardu (OREGON) def. Matt Westmoreland/Andrew Maingot (AMCC) 8-2
Match Notes:
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi 7-6; National ranking #53
Oregon 13-1; National ranking #33
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (4,1,3,2)


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The increasing burden of chronic diseases, as well as potential solutions to the problem, were a major focus for us this week. Conditions like cancer, diabetes and heart disease affect Americans in "epidemic proportions," as Matt Bennett noted when he introduced this week's Conversations forum question about chronic disease. Americans are expected to spend $2.9 trillion on health care this year alone, with the bulk to treat long-term illnesses.
One key way to address this growing problem is by improving medication adherence. A study released by Health Affairs this week found that adherence to prescribed medications leads to better health outcomes. Not only did the study show that consistently high adherers had lower medical and hospital costs than non-adherent beneficiaries, the study also found non-adherence can lead to more hospital visits and higher spending on Medicare Part A and B.
PhRMA recognizes the importance of addressing chronic disease through prevention and treatment, and is actively involved in addressing the issue. We support the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD), a coalition that advocates for policies and programs to prevent and manage these conditions, as well as the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices in its mission to lower Medicaid costs while providing effective patient care. Additionally, PhRMA sponsors the Partnership for Prescription Assistance, an organization that helps uninsured and low-income patients afford their medications.
The Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA) marked its first birthday this week. Stephanie Fischer shared recent developments on FDASIA and PDUFA, including the creation of an Industry PDUFA Tracking Database to facilitate the collection of real-time data from individual drug and biologic sponsors.
As PhRMA continues facilitate discussions and support initiatives that address critical health issues like chronic disease, we hope you will let us know what you think. Check out our 'Conversations' forum to read what health care experts have to say, and if there is a topic you'd like us to address, please let us know.


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An ASCMC Student Senate Initiative
Sponsored by the Information Technology Advisory Board
Information Technology Services is supporting ASCMC in their desire to deliver TV channels to students over CMC's network infrastructure. All residents of CMC's dorms and apartments are now able to view the following regular TV channels via Windows Media Player on a Windows or Macintosh system. As an ASCMC venture, all programming-related questions should be directed to an ASCMC representative.
Media Player and System Requirements:
- Windows: Windows Media Player version 9 or higher
- Macintosh: Windows Media Player 9 for Mac OS X
- Windows:
- Click on a link below to begin watching
- If the video is choppy, check your Windows Media Player options and ensure that the "Connection Speed" is set to "Detect connection speed (recommended)"
- Windows built-in firewall in XP and Vista can interfere with CMC IPTV. Select your platform for detailed instructions: XP | Vista
- Macintosh:
- Download the IPTV Mac Pack below
- Double click the iptv_mac.dmg file that was downloaded
- Open READ_ME_FIRST.pdf and follow the instructions
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — Steven Kroll will appeal a recent ruling by a district court judge in favor of the Incline Village General Improvement District regarding who can access the community's deed-restricted beaches.
Kroll, a Crystal Bay resident, confirmed in an email this week his plans to appeal Washoe County District Court Judge Steven Kosach's Sept. 6 order to the Nevada Supreme Court.
In a prepared statement, Kroll said he was "disappointed" with Kosach's ruling, calling it "confounding" and adding that the high court will now have to decide whether a "private beach can be a public beach at the same time," and answer the question of "how IVGID taxpayers who are excluded from the beaches can nevertheless be forced to pay the ... yearly fee for the other recreation venues."
"Those questions will be resolved for all the people of Nevada, not just IVGID and me, in the fullness of time," Kroll wrote.
He continued: "(Kosach) did not disagree that IVGID was limited by Nevada law to providing only 'facilities for public recreation' as I had argued. He simply found that the beach properties are public recreation — a determination that should be as confounding to those who have always considered and treated the beaches as private as it is to me."
By law, Kroll has 30 days from the 6th to file an appeal.
Kroll originally filed a complaint against IVGID and current trustees Bea Epstein and Chuck Weinberger and then-trustees Robert Wolf, John Bohn and Gene Brockman in the First Judicial District Court of Nevada, and it later moved to the U.S. District Court in April 2008.
His complaint alleged both federal and state violations, arguing the district's recreation policies as outlined in Ordinance No. 7 are illegal, and it further alleged the 1968 deed restriction included in IVGID's purchase of four beachfront properties — Incline, Ski, Burnt Cedar and Hermit beaches — violated his constitutional rights.
The complaint stated Ordinance No. 7 violated Kroll's right to peaceful assembly as granted by the First Amendment. The suit further claimed the ordinance was a violation of the 14th Amendment, which guarantees all U.S. equal protection under the law.
Kroll also filed a separate motion challenging IVGID's First Amendment policy — Policy and Procedure 136 — which allows anybody to access certain public forum areas at all IVGID venues, including the parking lots and sidewalks at the beaches, as unconstitutional.
On Feb. 10, 2010, U.S District Court Judge Edward C. Reed ruled in favor of IVGID regarding the federal claims while remanding the state issues back to district court — leading to Kosach's order this month on the latter.
While it was previously reported in 2010 Kroll planned to appeal Reed's ruling, he never did.
Throughout much of his 13-page order, Kosach referred to Reed's ruling — as well the December 2011 ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that struck down a similar lawsuit from Crystal Bay resident Frank Wright — to build his opinion.
"The ... beach properties were acquired in 1968 for the purpose of providing beach recreation facilities for use by the 1968 IVGID property owners," Kosach wrote. "This necessarily meant all of the IVGID property owners at the time and the beach properties were open to all members of IVGID who owned property within the 1968 properties. Therefore, this Court finds that the properties were acquired for a public use."
Further, Kosach found that, "this Court concludes that the continued exclusion of (Kroll) and other IVGID property owners who did not own property within IVGID as it existed in 1968 is a valid restriction pursuant to the deed transferring the subject beach properties."
Kosach also disagreed with Kroll's argument that since he is an IVGID resident (by way of the 1995 merger of the Crystal Bay General Improvement District with IVGID) he should not be excluded from the beaches.
Based on Nevada law and previous court rulings, "it is clear to this Court that the restrictive covenant sought to exclude any property owner who was not a member of IVGID as of June 4, 1968. The restrictive covenant makes no distinction between property annexed or merged with IVGID in the future," Kosach wrote.


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Cancer Health Center
Weight Loss Surgery May Cut Cancer Risk
June 18, 2008 -- New research suggests that weight loss surgery can dramatically reduce an obese person's risk for developing cancer.
In a study of morbidly obese patients, those who had gastric bypass or other weight loss surgeries had fewer reported cancers than those who did not have surgery.
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The study was small, involving just over 1,000 surgically treated patients, and the follow-up was just five years.
But the findings are in line with other recent studies suggesting a reduction in cancer risk and mortality among obese patients who lose weight as a result of having weight loss surgery, says McGill University director of bariatric surgery Nicholas Christou, MD, PhD, who led the research.
The unpublished findings were reported Wednesday at the 25th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) in Washington, D.C.
"I think we can say with reasonable confidence that weight loss is associated with a reduced risk of cancer and death from the disease in morbidly obese people," Christou tells WebMD. "The weight loss doesn't have to be from surgery, but surgery is proving to be the only the permanent treatment option that we have for this group of patients."
Weight Loss and Cancer Risk
Last year, an estimated 205,000 people in the U.S. had gastric bypass, gastric banding, or some other form of bariatric, or weight loss, surgery.
Candidates for bariatric surgery include those who are morbidly obese, which for most people means being 100 or more pounds overweight or having a body mass index (BMI) of 40 or more.
A 5-foot, 5-inch person who weighs 245 or more would be considered morbidly obese, as would someone who is 6 feet tall and weighs at least 295 pounds.
The newly reported study included 1,035 morbidly obese patients who underwent bariatric surgery between 1986 and 2002 and 5,746 patients matched for age, gender, and duration of morbid obesity who did not have surgery.
Four out of five surgically treated patients had gastric bypass surgery and the rest had gastric banding procedures.
During five years of follow-up, 21 (2%) surgically treated patients were diagnosed with cancer, compared to 487 (8.5%) of nonsurgically treated patients.
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National Jewish Medical and Research Center is conducting a study to determine why eczema patients are at an increased risk of developing eczema vaccinatum, a severe skin infection that can occur after receiving a smallpox vaccine.
This study seeks a variety of patients, but we are especially in need of patients of any age with a history of eczema herpeticum. Eczema herpeticum involves cold sores or fever blisters in addition to eczema symptoms and is generally treated with the medication acyclovir.
The study will take place over a four-year period and will be conducted at National Jewish Medical and Research Center. Patients will be compensated for their time. For more information, please contact Judy Lairsmith at (303) 270-2413.
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Oracle GoldenGate AppAdvantage in Action at Land O'Lakes, Smuckers, and Veolia Water
By Irem Radzik-Oracle on Sep 25, 2013
On Tuesday at OpenWorld we had the honor to host a panel with GoldenGate customers: Land O'Lakes, Smuckers,
and Veolia Water. Besides
giving us yummy nutrition and healthy water, these companies have another
aspect in common. They all use GoldenGate to boost their ERP application.
Veoila Water's Pierre Kerrinckx came from their HQ in France for this panel and spoke to us about the database migration project for their JD Edwards ERP system. Using GoldenGate Veolia was able to migrate from Oracle Database 10gR2 on Aix 5.3 Oracle 10g R2 to Oracle Database Aix 7.1 Oracle 11g R2 and did so with only 2 hours of interruption to JD Edwards end users. Pierre mentioned, the other benefit of GoldenGate was the ability to switch back to the old environment if needed.
Land O'Lakes' Mark Kohls talked about their use of GoldenGate for their JD Edwards ERP system supporting the Purina business line. Land O'Lakes had to migrate enterprise-wide JDE Xe ERP system to new database and application server platform with minimal downtime to the business. While their goal was to have less than 8 hours of downtime, with GoldenGate they limited downtime to 30 minutes.
Both Veolia and Land O'Lakes used GoldenGate in an Active-Passive fashion, meaning that the new environment was not used simultaneously with the old one, and the users migrated all at once. GoldenGate provides Active-Active migration model too, if the company prefers to do a phased migration and truly zero downtime.
Smuckers's Neal Indermuhle had a different story to share. He talked about operational reporting for their critical Oracle E-Business Suite and how using Oracle GoldenGate helped the company to achieve the near real-time data they need in making critical business decisions. Neil shared that the replication latency averages less than 10 seconds and Oracle GoldenGate Veridata is leveraged to validate synchronization.
I would like to thank Pierre, Mark, and Neal for sharing their best practices, and taking tough questions from the audience. If you would like to learn more about Oracle GoldenGate's solutions for JD Edwards, E-Business Suite and other key Oracle Applications please check out our new resource center with recorded video presentations and detailed white papers.
Before I get ready for another full day at OpenWorld tomorrow I would like to leave you with the key GoldenGate sessions we have lined up for Wednesday:


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History teaches us to not disarm
"Guarded with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but down right force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined," said Patrick Henry.
Gun control is certainly a topic which provides ample opportunity for debate from both sides of the issue. However, the framers' original intention for the Second Amendment is often overlooked or deliberately bypassed in the debate for a reason difficult to talk about.
No one wishes to contemplate that the chief reason for the Second Amendment is the possibility that the people may have to defend themselves against a government that may become brutal, repressive and murderous. We find it hard to contemplate such a scenario, but the framers did not, because they lived it.
Gun control advocates state that no one needs a high capacity semiautomatic rifle to go hunting. This is true; a high capacity semiautomatic rifle is not needed for hunting, but may well be needed for defending our communities against government forces which wish to visit severe repression on its own citizens in the future. Weapons like that would then be needed to achieve any kind of parity between citizens and those governmental forces who would wish to do them harm.
Now there are many who would look at our government and our way of life and would state that such a need could never arise. The framers did not look at it in that fashion and included the amendment because they realized the nature of man and that such a horrible predicament could arise.
History certainly has its precedents. It is a snap of the fingers in time that the wind blew the ashes of whole groups of people across the fields of Europe because they had no means to defend themselves from an evil government. I do not have the time here to discuss the more recent historical manifestations of the actions of evil governments against their own people, which is even going on as you read this.
You many very well counter that such a thing could never occur here in our day or in the future with our enlightened government. Perhaps you are right, but someone wiser than you or I once said, "There is nothing new under the sun."
Page 2 of 2 - We should deal with shootings in our society with proactive imagination, but it is never a good idea to disarm a free people because history has taught us it is a short, quick drop into servitude.
—Doug Hodge
Sorry about wreaths shortage
American Legion Post 59 would like to extend our apology for not getting the wreaths out for the "Wreaths Across America" project this past Dec. 12.
They shorted us on wreaths that we ordered and that prevented us from getting wreaths at all the crosses at Sunset Cemetery and at the other rural cemeteries that were purchased. This December we will make sure that a sufficient number of wreaths are received and placed as stated and American Legion Post 59 will bear the cost. We will also insure that all donor names are placed in the newspaper.
Although we had nothing to do with the wrong veterans group being noted in the paper, we will also follow-up that it is correct this December. This was our first year to do this and we have learned from it.
Please again accept our sincere apology.
—Marv Garbe
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In a previous tutorial I spoke about how you can create frequency-based FX and divide your FX, sending different delays or phasers or any combination of FX to different frequencies in your mix. This time we're going to send those same FX to different locations in your mix: Front, Back, Left and Right. This way, we'll create different FX for 4 different corners of your mix.
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I posted this patch to fix a problem with the Sony BDP-S370 blu-ray player, but I guess it solves a problem that could be present in other renderers, so I'll cross-post it here so that other people can benefit.
The bug occurs because some renderers expect to receive the media stream via multiple partial-content responses. PMS handles the partial responses correctly, but unfortunately it reports the content length of the response "chunks" incorrectly which causes some renderers to declare the media corrupt.
I posted the patch on the PMS bug tracker on google code under issue #822.
The patch is also available directly here.


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NH among few states with growing unemployment
Two months from now, revised government estimates are likely to claim the economy is even bigger than the currently stated $15 trillion. And while the numbers may make some blink or gasp, the mere size of gross domestic product won't hide the reality that in terms of actual growth, this is also the worst economy in 83 years.
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Nike Federation Replica (James) Men's Basketball Jersey
The Nike Federation Replica (James) Men's Basketball Jersey is the lightest ever! The men's jersey features a breathable and durable design with a 3D-structured Dri-FIT fabric to help pull sweat away from the skin. The sleeveless v-neck silhouette, complete with hem vents and modified armholes, provides mobility while the slim fit reduces bulkiness and distraction. The Hyper Elite Jersey shows your pride of USA Basketball in the 2012 Olympics.


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Im a 29 year old female whos always been reasonably active. Always a casual runner (5ks and 10ks for fun) but more seriously Ive been running consistently for about two years and this spring decided to train for my first marathon. As its my first, my goal is to just finish as happily as possbile. Everything has been going well without any major hitches until i passed my 15 mile mark.
I have 6 weeks left til the Big Day - four long runs (two are 20 milers) and two weekends of tapering. mid week runs are 5-10-5-5. long runs are 10:30/mile and the others are 9:00/mile. I have tried to keep hydrated on a daily basis and dont drink much caffeine (maybe one drink per day). I eat sensibly and healthily just as I did prior to this training and havent really altered anything to compensate for extra running.
So my first 13 and 15 miles in this training were great - in fact both days i felt like i could keep running. Last weekend my 13 miler was freaking hard from about mile 8 but i finished it. Today was supposed to be 17 but i absolutely couldnt make it past 13. Again at mile 8 i just felt empty, despite my usual Gu every 4-5 miles with 6-8oz water (which ive been doing since i hit 8 miles many weeks ago without any issues). AND I was so thristy at the end. It wasnt a new running route, wasnt any hotter or more humid than usual. I slept well last night and even napped for a bit a couple hours before the run (Im an evening runner).
Here's my question - Im suspecting Im doing something wrong when it comes to nutrition and/or hydration. Any suggestions on how to alter eating the day before or of a longer run?Do I need to do this at all ?Same quesiton for hydration? Or is there something else anyone can identify Im doing wrong??
Thanks for all the help! I look forward to getting over this hump. I really want to go into race day as confident as I can with a solid plan
- Erin
It does not seem that you are doing anything wrong with the training schedule, so I can only suggest trying some different things. (Like honey mixed with your water instead of the energy gels). You may also want to look at your carb/protein combination, with the notion of slowly increasing carbs several days before the LR and boosting protein just prior and immediately after. Consider your sodium intake as well because that causes big problems if it is off at all (too low or too high). Too much will increase thirst and too little will make you exhausted, so it is tricky.
Finally, take a close look at your route because familiar mile-markers can sometimes produce a mental block of sorts. For example, you know exactly where mile 8 is and your mind determines that as a particular point (whether or not your body is capable of moving on). Think about another routine where the overall terrain is basically unknown and mile 13 will just cruise by because you will be focused on adjusting to the new environment. (an old pre-race mind-trick, but sometimes works).
Overall, sounds like you are doing great Erin. It is not unusual to face these types of challenges, so have faith in your training and abilities.
Wishing you all the best.
I am in the same boat as you but I am training for my first half marathon in a few days over a month. I have been doing 5k's with my 11 year old son for the past 6 months. My longest run to date is 7 miles and I am nervous that I won't be ready for my half when the day arrives. I am also a very healthy eater, have been active my entire life, and do not consume much caffeine. Any tips you can give me to amp up my miles before the big day would be greatly appreciated, since you have many miles under your belt! thank you and good luck to you in your race.
ESLosey, I know this is after the fact, but did you ever think that your body could just be tired from training too hard? I know last winter as I was training for my first marathon I had a week where I just had no energy to complete my runs. I pushed through that week, but took a couple days off the next week and it helped a lot. Just something to consider.
Wow Erin. That was a great post. Same thing happened to me last weekend. I alternate long runs on Saturdays. Two weeks prior I ran 16 no problem. Last Saturdya my body body gave out at 12. I believe I dod not hydrate/drink properly. In fact I know it. I too am looking for suggestions as my marathon approaches.
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For four straight games, the San Antonio Spurs showed off all the teamwork and tenacity that the Los Angeles Lakers lacked all season long.
And when the Lakers' tumultuous season finally collapsed Sunday night, the smooth Spurs rolled right past them to the second round.
Tony Parker scored 23 points, and San Antonio completed its first-round sweep of the injury-plagued Lakers with a 103-82 road victory in Game 4.
Tim Duncan had 11 points and six rebounds for the second-seeded Spurs, who will face the winner of the Denver-Warriors series in the second round. They'll get plenty of rest after flattening the Lakers, who staggered through back-to-back blowout losses at home without three regular starters in their first opening-round exit since 2007.
The Lakers couldn't keep up without injured starters Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash and Metta World Peace. Los Angeles' top four guards were out with injuries, including backups Steve Blake and Jodie Meeks, and the Lakers had just nine available players in uniform for the final minutes.
"Obviously, it wasn't a fair fight," said Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, whose team never trailed in the clincher.
In his final game before unrestricted free agency, Lakers center Dwight Howard scored seven points before getting ejected early in the third quarter for arguing. Pau Gasol had 16 points for the Lakers, who were swept from the postseason for the second time in three years despite a late courtside appearance by Bryant on crutches.
Howard said the season was "like a nightmare. It's like a bad dream, and we just couldn't wake up from it. That's what it felt like."
San Antonio trailed for fewer than five combined minutes in the four-game series.
Heat 88, Bucks 77: LeBron James scored 30 points, Ray Allen had another big game against his old team, and Miami got its first playoff sweep in the Big Three era, advancing to the Eastern Conference semifinals with a victory in Milwaukee.
"It was our next big step as far as our growth," James said.
The defending NBA champions won each game by double digits and never trailed Sunday. Allen finished with 16 points, the third time in the series he scored in double figures, and was 4 of 7 from 3-point range.
Dwyane Wade (knee) missed a postseason game for only the second time in his career.
"They had the whole package," Bucks coach Jim Boylan said. "When you can afford to sit a guy like Dwyane Wade and perform at the level they performed at, that's a championship-caliber team."
Milwaukee got almost nothing again from Brandon Jennings, who didn't play in the fourth quarter. Jennings, who had guaranteed the Bucks would win the series in six games, finished with three points on 1-of-7 shooting. After scoring 26 points in Game 1, Jennings had 27 total in the final three.
Jennings is expected to test free agency, though the Bucks can match any offer for him. Monta Ellis, who led Milwaukee with 21 points Sunday, has an $11 million player option.
Celtics 97, Knicks 90: Two days after being smacked in the nose by J.R. Smith's elbow, guard Jason Terry scored host Boston's last nine points and kept the Celtics' season going.
Paul Pierce scored 29 points as Boston beat New York in overtime to avoid a first-round sweep and force a fifth game in New York on Wednesday.
The NBA suspended Smith for the game, and the Knicks could have used his shooting. Carmelo Anthony scored 36 points and Raymond Felton picked up the slack with 27, but New York made just 28.9 percent of its shots in the first half as Boston took a 54-35 lead.


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Still working out the kinks! Judge Dick Button held up the wrong number for Jonny Moseley and Brooke Castile's skate routine, giving them an 8 for an artistic score but holding up a 7. Give this judge a 0!
Also, we had our first fall! It's a skating show; we'll have plenty. But tonight, we had our first. This courtesy of Vince Neil and his partner Jennifer Wester (but mostly courtesy of Vince). Fall at 1:00


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beat79 wrote:Thanks a lot! It's a big issue unless I can manage to import local media source into library... hope they can find a solution in the topic I linked from the xbmc forum.
About the smb protocol... do you think It will ask a huge effort to implement this feature in the plugin? If you think this will be useful to other users, I could help with java coding
I had a quick look at it last night.
It looks like the only thing i found that might work is the jcifs library, this library provides you with an class SMBFile. Unfortunately this file does not extend the java File class. This is a problem because all the PMS internals require a java File.
So in order to do this I'll have to rewrite some of the PMS internals... You are most welcome to get a clone of the source and see if you can maybe find an easier way to get it done


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Please use the right words
Published: Friday, February 15, 2013 at 5:53 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, February 15, 2013 at 5:53 p.m.
I am constantly amazed at the ability of certain persons of influence and power to speak out of both sides of their mouths, or with forked tongue, as Tonto used to say.
The instances of reference to the "gun show loophole" are many and are totally incorrect.
Gun shows used to be primarily for individuals to gather and buy, sell or trade firearms and other goods.
In recent years, however, gun shows have been pretty much taken over by licensed dealers; therefore, more background checks are conducted on purchasers than not.
The term "assault rifle" is another example of convenient incorrect usage.
This is an unusual case wherein it may walk like a duck and look like a duck, but it is not necessarily a duck.
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LA MIRANDA, Calif. — Getting settled in with a new attack against two nationally ranked teams turned out to be too much to ask of the Southern Oregon University volleyball team Thursday at the Biola Invitational.
The Raiders took a pair of losses to start their season, falling first against the host team, No. 4 Biola, 25-20, 20-25, 25-13, 25-15. Westmont, ranked 16th in the NAIA, later swept the Raiders by scores of 28-26, 25-21 and 25-15.
SOU never found its stride offensively. The Raiders attacked at an average of .108 in the opener and followed that performance with at a .068 clip.
Senior hitter Liz Madden racked up seven kills in both matches to lead SOU while Paula Pinheiro had 12 kills on the day and Mona Goudarzian 11. Senior libero Renee Yomtob had a team-high 36 digs.
Lindsay Verboort, a junior seeing her first action at setter for SOU, tallied 16 assists against Biola and 13 against Westmont. Freshman Lauren McGowne added 25 assists over the two matches.
Ashland native Sam Boehnke got in on six blocks in the first match and four in the second. She chipped in seven kills against Biola.
Biola got 15 kills from Alyssa Mason and 12 more from Chelsee Arnitz. Westmont also had two attackers with double-digit kill totals: Madison Serrano (16) and Jessica McCann (13).
The Raiders will wrap up play at the tournament today against two more ranked opponents: No. 18 Cal-State San Marcos at 9 a.m. and No. 1 Concordia (Calif.) at 5 p.m.
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Lincolnton man finds wood, makes dulcimers
Published: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at 11:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at 12:00 p.m.
LINCOLNTON, N.C. — Lincolnton resident Frank Brown likes knowing he can take a piece of wood that would have otherwise been cut up or used to build a barn, he said, and turn it into an object that produces a beautiful sound.
For the last eight years, the 72-year-old has been crafting handmade dulcimers at his home.
He keeps a small shed behind his property and when the weather's just right — not too windy, hot, chilly or rainy, he said laughingly — he'll pull out his materials and build one on the concrete patio he laid beside his house.
The instrument, also known as a "mountain" dulcimer, originated in the United States, growing in popularity across the Appalachian Mountains, Brown noted on the back of his business card.
The instrument is played in one lap's using a pick.
For the last five years, the music man has been crafting a special type of dulcimer — one with two distinct functions.
Called the "Walk-about Dulci-jer," the instrument also serves as a walking stick, Brown said.
He thought of the idea after spotting something similar in a music store in the mountains.
The main closet where he stores his dulcimers had become packed at the time, and he needed something else to craft, he said.
Brown currently maintains a dozen of the instruments in the closet, not to mention numerous other dulcimers he's made stuffed under beds, in drawers, hanging on walls and sitting on display inside his living room and other locations throughout his residence.
"We have them everywhere," his wife Mildred said.
She even made one of her own in past years, however, it was the only dulcimer she crafted.
She now lets her husband stick to the craft but still assists him by making storage bags for the wooden pieces using different fabrics.
Brown recently completed his 194th dulcimer, he said, which is currently his pride and joy and the one he typically chooses for playing around the house.
During a sit-down interview Thursday with the Times-News, he paused between questions and stories to pluck the four-stringed instrument, playing familiar tunes such as "Amazing Grace," ''The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "I'll Fly Away."
Usually made with three strings, some dulcimers contain a fourth string for the purpose of a louder sound, Brown said.
The Caldwell County native, once a television and computer repairman for Sears, became involved with the melodious device after quitting his long-time career with the commercial chain.
His boss at the time threatened to fire him if he didn't quit, Brown said, telling him he was too old to continue in the repair business.
"When that jerk told me I was too old to work, I thought maybe he was right," Brown said, "and I quit."
Afterward, the couple bought a motorhome and traveled up and down the East Coast, frequenting campsites and other locations throughout the Blue Ridge Mountains, noticing how popular stringed instruments were across the rural area.
During one of the pair's trips, they stumbled upon a dulcimer shop, where the owner taught Brown's wife how to play one.
It wasn't long before he, too, tested out the strings and was shocked to learn the ease with which he could play it, prompting him to return to the mountain shop to buy a second dulcimer.
"I didn't play music," he said, "and couldn't even play a radio."
Brown also bought a kit for piecing together the instrument. After putting it together, he sold the instrument — his first handcrafted dulcimer — for $250.
He later ventured to a local sawmill to gather wood for additional dulcimers, continuing his newfound hobby.
"There are several things you need to do than to just put the pieces together," he said.
Brown mostly uses harder wood — walnut, maple and Brazilian cherry — to construct the instrument's back and sides and softer wood materials like Spanish cedar, chestnut, cypress and redwood for the front/top area.
Some of the wood varieties he picks for his dulcimers are more than a century old.
"I like wood that's got a story to it," he said. "It makes me feel like I saved it from something."
He remembered the wood piece a sawmill owner in Florida once cut for him out of the bottom of a swamp, where Brown said it had laid untouched for more than 100 years.
While the Lincoln County man's work is tedious and time-consuming, he never calculates how long it takes to complete an instrument, sometimes fashioning a banjo or guitar on a rare occasion.
"I don't let it get away until it's done," he said. "I'm doing this because I like to do it and I can."
Brown doesn't want to be tied down by a time card or clock — that's why he keeps his wood work labeled as a hobby, not a job.
With no official website or social media page advertising his finished products, he often gets the word out about his dulcimers through business cards and conversations with people.
He even once sold two "Walk-about Dulci-jers" to employees at a Sam's Club store.
Intrigued by his wooden invention, the women asked if he had more for sale.
As a result, Brown always keeps a stockpile in his vehicle and bases each item's price on how well he likes it after it's made, making sure no two are alike.
His favorite songs to play on the instrument include "Boil Them Cabbage Down" on the "Walk-about," and the old, Irish tune "Rosin the Beau" on the standard dulcimer, he said.
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MANTECA— Seniors from the Manteca area will be selling lemonade in front of Kaiser Permanente Manteca at 11 a.m. Thursday to protest what they call an escalation of cuts in patient care services at the facility, located at 1777 W. Yosemite Ave., though Kaiser officials dispute their assertion.
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It took 30 years for the victim of Father Matthew Michael Sprouffske to work up the courage to confront her abuser, and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
It was 1986 when the woman penned two eloquent and powerful missives, one to Sprouffske and one to Monsignor John Rawden, an archdiocese official, and she spoke plainly about the abuse she suffered from the age of about 4 until 16.
Though the physical abuse stopped, she wrote, the emotional trauma and never-ending fear that Sprouffske may have abused other children as a priest and educator at several churches and schools throughout Los Angeles County continued to eat away at her well into adulthood.
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Sprouffske's abuse of the woman occurred prior to his ordination and during the early portion of his career, when he was assigned to Mount Carmel High School in Los Angeles and Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- The Detroit Tigers lost Game 2 of the World Series on Thursday night, but they know it could have been worse -- much, much worse.
In the second inning at AT&T Park, the Giants' Gregor Blanco hit a line drive that glanced off Tigers pitcher Doug Fister's head and caromed into center field.
The Tigers rushed to the mound to check on their pitcher, and he passed the concussion tests sufficiently enough to remain in the game.
Fister then gave his teammates a chance to even the series, matching Madison Bumgarner zero for zero until giving way to the bullpen after Hunter Pence led off the seventh inning with a single to left field.
The Giants scored on a Brandon Crawford double-play ground out later in the inning and then added a run in the eighth to win 2-0.
Afterward in the Tigers clubhouse, the question everyone wanted to know: How was Fister?
"I'm fine," he said. "I got a little bump, but there was no damage. It's just a matter of I threw a changeup that he squared up, and it came right back at me."
Fister tried to get his glove up, but the ball came back too quickly. He said he immediately knew what had happened and that hit definitely hurt.
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Fister said he expected to be reexamined by team doctors on the trip back to Detroit but was sure they would not find anything wrong.
"I don't have any sort of symptoms of anything, so I'm OK," he said as he answered questions in front of his locker.
Tigers manager Jim Leyland said the play obviously concerned him, even after Fister passed the tests on the mound.
"You always worry about something like that after it happens," Leyland said. "Maybe you're all right, and then you come and sit in the dugout and all of a sudden you've got a back headache or something, and that puts a different light on things. He was fine, and he pitched outstanding."
Justin Verlander said he was worried, too.
"It scares me," the Tigers ace and Game 1 loser said. "Nobody likes seeing that, especially a pitcher. Thankfully, it was a glancing blow, and he was all right."
Left fielder Delmon Young added, "I didn't know what happened at first, then I found out he got hit in the head. But he looked O.K. Glad he's all right, and then I felt bad for the baseball."
It was eerily similar to the play last month that resulted in brain surgery for A's pitcher Brandon McCarthy, sidelining him for rest of season. McCarthy was watching Thursday night, and he Tweeted in response to people suggesting the Tigers should have removed Fister from the game immediately.
"... really tough spot for them to be in there. World Series man, but dealing with something so dangerous," McCarthy said in his tweet.
Fister said he never saw any stars and that his biggest concern after the ball got away was where it ended up.
He walked the next batter, Crawford, before retiring Bumgarner to end the inning.
In his six-plus innings, Fister allowed just one run and four hits and threw 114 pitches.
In the end, he tried to keep a positive frame of mind after the Tigers left San Francisco down two games to zero in the series.
"It was a tough night," Fister said. "Obviously, we had a couple of balls that didn't go our way. But that's O.K. We're going to have a good, safe trip back to Detroit, get some work in tomorrow and come back for Game 3."
The Tigers had a chance to give Fister a lead early in Game 2 when Young doubled into the left-field corner. But Buster Posey tagged out Prince Fielder, who was trying to score from first on the play even through there were none out.
"The umpire made a great call," Leyland said.