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Paul Ryan Sees Vibrant Debate, Not Divided Party
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Rep. Paul Ryan, the Republican vice presidential nominee in 2012, challenged conservatives Thursday to look beyond differences that have split the party in recent years to craft a governing agenda they can run on in the fall.
The House Budget Committee chairman used a speech here to the largest gathering of grassroots conservatives to encourage the activists to move beyond intramural feuds that have roiled the GOP since 2010 and upended party leaders in Congress.
"I don't see this great divide in our party," Mr. Ryan said at the Conservative Political Action Conference. "What I see is a vibrant debate. We're figuring out the best way to apply our principles to the challenges of the day."
The Wisconsin Republican played down public splits that have dominated news coverage of the party and led to a series of contentious primaries, arguing the fight is a necessary step on the way to articulating a new agenda for the party.
"The way the left tells it, the Republican Party is in this big, messy civil war," Mr. Ryan said. "It's tea party versus establishment, libertarians versus social conservatives. They're infighting, conflict, backbiting, discord. Look, I'm Irish, that's my idea of a family reunion."
The congressman said the disputes have been more tactical in nature than about what principles the party should stand for or even over specific policies. "We should give each other the benefit of the doubt," Mr. Ryan said. "We have to offer a vision. We have to explain where we want to take the country, and how we want to get there."
Mr. Ryan's call for unity marked an abrupt shift in tone from the speech delivered moments earlier by Sen. Ted Cruz in which the Texas firebrand challenged Republicans not to compromise conservative philosophy in pursuit of electoral success. Mr. Cruz ridiculed his colleagues in Washington, referring repeatedly to the nation's capital as corrupt and broken.
In contrast, Mr. Ryan lauded other Republicans for the reforms they have proposed, including Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's call for streamlining federal poverty programs and House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp's recently released proposal to rework the tax code.
Mr. Ryan told the thousands of activists gathered here at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center that these internal debates will eventually pave the way to future success.
"You fight it out, you figure out what works," Mr. Ryan said. "It's messy, it's noisy, it's a little bit uncomfortable. But the center of gravity is shifting. We're not just opposing a president; we're developing an agenda, a modern, pro-growth, principled agenda for our party."
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Sequoia/Kings Canyon NP > Mount Langley > Climber's Log
Mount Langley Climber's Log
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|Route Climbed: East-southeast ridge Date Climbed: June 25, 1988
|From a camp at Cottonwood Lakes. The route goes up a chute from the northern most lake. Returned via Army Pass.
|Posted Sep 27, 2005 6:30 pm
|Route Climbed: Old army pass, partial class 2-3 summit descent Date Climbed: Sept 17 2005
|Stayed at lake 4, super windy night. Good times!!!
|Posted Sep 25, 2005 2:43 pm
|Route Climbed: Old Army Pass Date Climbed: September 17, 2005
|Stayed overnight at Lake 4, this was my first CA 14er.
|Posted Sep 20, 2005 10:44 pm
|Route Climbed: Army Pass Date Climbed: Sept 17, 2005
|14er #7 Beautiful day and a mellow climb. Went directly north from Army Pass and followed trail until it dead-ended into some boulders on SE face, avoiding the summit plateau. With a litte route-finding, was able to scramble on class 3-4 rock to the plateau. 12 hours car-to-car. Would have been faster if I didn't have a killer flu. Oh well.
|Posted Sep 18, 2005 8:31 pm
|Route Climbed: Old Army Pass/South Slope Date Climbed: September 12, 2005
|Great day! Day trip from the Cottonwood Lakes Trail Head. 12 hours round trip. All was easy until the last two hours back to the trailhead. Sore feet. 21 miles does add up fast on the feet! LOL Recommended 1st 14er for anbody looking to try. Nunz
|Posted Sep 18, 2005 12:58 pm
|Route Climbed: South Slope Date Climbed: September 19, 1998 and October 12, 2006
Date Climbed: Oct 12, 2006
|The first time we hiked to the uppermost lake below Old Army Pass, spent the night, then arose early the next morning. The ascent was fairly easy, though I was suffering a bit from the altitude--I'd just come up from sea level.
It was freezing and windy up top, but clear--one of those days where you could see for miles!
Yesterday Dan and I hiked over New Army Pass and up the same route from our camp above High Lake. It was very cold and clear--five degrees F that morning. We saw two herds of Bighorn Sheep--once on the way up and on the way down, two adult females with two young ones! We hiked out to Cottonwood Lakes trailhead early this morning in a snow storm.
|Posted Sep 17, 2005 12:59 pm
|Route Climbed: Old Army Pass Date Climbed: September 11, 2005
|A long, long slog - 9 hrs roundtrip. Very high winds on the summit and pretty views.
|Posted Sep 12, 2005 11:29 pm
|Route Climbed: Old Army/E Ridge, descended Winter Route Date Climbed: June 19, 2004
|Dayhiked with Balajisv and Shri. Pushed off the winter route by a cornice but got back on 500 ft. below. A long day that ended in headlamps.
Route Climbed: Old Army/E Ridge, descended Winter Route Date Climbed: Sept 2, 2001 Sucess!
Climbed with Brian, got kind of a late start, hit some clouds near the summit. Great veiws scrambling up the east ridge.
Route Climbed: Old Army/E Ridge Date Climbed: May 25, 2002 Denied!
Thunder at 13,500 turned us around. You snooze, you loose.
|Posted Sep 10, 2005 4:46 am
|Route Climbed: Old Army Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2005
|Spectacular weekend and weather. Pretty easy route and amazing views, wow! Several routes to take but a nice little trail directly after the sign for Sequoia (to the right/north) was a lot of fun. Very active birds living among the rocks, but no idea what they were.
|Posted Sep 9, 2005 3:26 am
|Desert Solitaire
|Route Climbed: Bowl N of Army Pass Date Climbed: August 12, 2005
|Dayhike from Horseshoe Meadows. Went past the uppermost Cottonwood Lake and ascended the bowl N of Army Pass. Great cl 2 scramble, but the top was blocked by a 30 foot wall of snow. Since I didn't have an axe, I opted to climb the steep wall adjacent to it. It was pretty exposed 4th class, but not too hard with plenty of holds. From there, its the standard slog up the summit. Tagged Cirque enroute back to the cars and descended via Army Pass.
|Posted Sep 5, 2005 4:53 pm
|Route Climbed: Old Army Date Climbed: August 26, 2005
|Beautiful day to climb Langley! This was my first 14'er so it was a special day :) Me and one hiking partner started at Cottonwood Lake #4 around 8:00 am, climbed up Old Army Pass, headed up to a red sandy saddle at about 12,000', dropped our backpacks, and dayhiked to the top. It took us awhile to find the route up the last 800' or so... There are lots of trails and it's hard to find one that's doable! Beautiful view from up there, expecially looking north to Whitney! Also lots of flowers blooming including sky pilot. Headed down around 3:30 pm and picked up our packs and then made our way down to Upper Soldier Lake. Saw 5 other people headed up or down that day.
|Posted Aug 30, 2005 1:17 pm
|Route Climbed: Old Army Date Climbed: August 26, 2005
|Day hiked from Cottonwood parking lot, 3:30am - 2:30pm with plenty of time on the summit and socializing along the trail. Beautiful views from the summit and along the way. Old Army is definitely the way to go. Once reaching the top of Old Army, head North (right), don't keep going straight or you'll lose altitude by the time you realize you are no longer on target for the summit. The summit from Old Army was the most tiring part...that Damn sand and scree makes for slow travel. There are a thousand different trails up the summit (follow which ever one you like or make your own) , the further to the east (right) the more technical the climb.
|Posted Aug 27, 2005 10:30 pm
|Route Climbed: Old Army Pass Date Climbed: July 23 2005
|I and four buddies hit the trail head at 5:30 a.m. We agreed on a turn-around time of 2:00 p.m. Two of us bagged out early (at 12K' and 13K') due to altitude affects. I was the last to summit at 2:01 ;) and we walked briskly back to the pass under intermittent hail and rain. Able to glissade down the last 200' of lower army pass above the lake. Back to the car by 8:00p.m.
Picts here: (flash slide show)
|Posted Aug 21, 2005 12:36 am
|Route Climbed: Army Pass Date Climbed: 8/14/05
|Nice hike on SPS trip. 12 people came on the trip, 8 made the summit. Four of us opted to go over the Cirque as a preview on Saturday as well.
|Posted Aug 16, 2005 7:38 pm
|Route Climbed: Northeast Chute Date Climbed: 08/06/05
|From the Ashram,(church) followed the unmaintained trail to Tuttle Creek Canyon. At the end of the cayon by the waterfalls and you can see the NE Chute half filled with snow. I ascend the chute and scramble (class 3/4) to the summit. Descended the East Face and then rock skied down some no-name chute to Tuttle Creek Canyon, and back to the church for some praying.
|Posted Aug 8, 2005 6:06 pm
|Route Climbed: Army Pass Date Climbed: August 3, 2005
|I made it on my second attempt. I tried a year ago but turned back when I found myself in some boulders that I couldn't figure out how to get past.
|Posted Aug 6, 2005 10:25 am
|Route Climbed: Army Pass/ Normal Route Date Climbed: Summer 2002
|Solo trip. Fun scrambling to be found (can find good Class 3/4) above sand slog just below the top.
|Posted Jul 9, 2005 12:10 am
|Ol Walsher
|Route Climbed: Army Pass Date Climbed: June 25, 2005
|Backpacked from Horseshoe Meadow, stayed at Soldier Lake, then headed up Mt. Langley and down to Cottonwood Lake #5. A great trip with my Ol' Buddy Chad.
|Posted Jun 27, 2005 12:21 am
|Route Climbed: Army Pass/Normal Route Date Climbed: June 25, 2005
|Part of a three day backpacking trip with Ol' Walsher. Left the Horseshoe Meadow Trailhead and headed up over Cottonwood Pass to the PCT and down to Soldier Lake. The next day we hiked up the back (west) side of the New Army Pass Trail and cut over to Old Army Pass and picked up the trail to the summit. Managed to (slowly) drop down Old Army Pass with our ice axes and camped at Cottonwood Lake #5.
|Posted Jun 26, 2005 8:28 pm
|Route Climbed: New Army (up), Old Army (down) Date Climbed: June, 2002
|My first 14'er. I remember a short exposed section coming down Old Army Pass, but much better than heading up and over to descend the New Army Pass. A friendly group setup at the base of Old Army Pass invited us to stay for a wine and cheese happy hour, much appreciated after a long day. A great trip.
|Posted Jun 22, 2005 12:59 pm

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Professor of the Practice of Chemical Engineering
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Affiliate Professor – Principles of Engineering – Project Lead the Way (www.pltw.org)
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering – University of Pittsburgh, 1986
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M.S. Chemical Engineering – University of Pittsburgh, 1984
B.S. Chemical Engineering – New Mexico State University, 1979
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The goal of our research is to increase awareness and interest in pursuing engineering as a career, as well as to understand what factors help students be successful once they have chosen engineering as a major. These efforts are being developed by the Chemical & Biochemical Engineering Department in partnership with faculty at UMBC, the University of Maryland Medical School, George Washington University, the Maryland State Department of Education, High School Technology Education Teachers, and key businesses.
We are developing the INSPIRES (INcreasing Student Participation, Interest and Recruitment in Engineering and Science) curriculum for high school students. This curriculum incorporates hands-on activities, on-line interactive animations, mathematical design simulation, and inquiry based learning with 'real world' engineering design exercises. These exercises increase interest by bridging the gap between real life and the classroom. The curriculum targets the International Technology Education Association Standards 8, 9 and 11 (engineering design), as well as national standards in science and mathematics. Teacher training is a vital component of this project and is provided to in-service teachers.
In addition we have developed curricula which introduce math students to simple engineering problems and applications which can be solved using algebra. Middle and high school algebra teachers participate in summer training and are paired with undergraduate engineering students, to learn how to complete simple experiments and activities and apply basic mathematics. This project addresses the need to increase both the awareness of and interest in career opportunities in engineering while building students' math skills and understanding through the use of engineering applications. We are also involved with Northrop Grumman's TEAACH program and provide teacher workshops with hands-on activities and demonstrations to increase student understanding in math and science while providing an interest in engineering. We also provide Principles of Engineering training for teacher certification with Project Lead the Way.
In addition, we provide Outreach programs to middle school and high school students through YESS and Computer Mania Day. We also helped to develop a high-quality video, "You Can Be Anything," which encourages young women to study science and technology; this video is featured during Computer Mania Day. In addition, our undergraduate chemical engineering students visit area middle and high schools each academic year to introduce engineering concepts and opportunities using hands-on activities and demonstrations. We have also investigated the relative effectiveness of a two-week summer bridge program, a mentoring program, a scholarship program, and an internship program on student enrollment and retention in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) programs. This program, seeks to increase the number and success of students, particularly those from underrepresented groups, receiving degrees in STEM areas.
Ross, J.M. and T.M. Bayles, "Incorporating High School Outreach into Chemical Engineering Courses", invited paper for publication in Chemical Engineering Education, Volume 37, Number 3, 2003, pp. 184-187.
Bayles, T. M., J. Rice, G. Russ, and T. Monterastelli, "High School Outreach: A Look at Renewable Energy", Paper AC 2007-1533 published in the Proceedings of the 2007 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, nominated for best paper. Presented in the K-12 Engineering Outreach Programs Session in the K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division Session #3567 at the ASEE Annual Conference, Honolulu, HI, June 27, 2007.
Rice, J., T. M. Bayles, G. Russ, and J. Ross, "Preparing Freshmen for Future Energy Issues", Paper AC 2007-1748 published in the Proceedings of the 2007 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Presented in the Hands-on & Real world Studies Session in The Freshman Programs Division Session #2253 at the ASEE Annual Conference, Honolulu, HI, June 26, 2007.
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Before you start pawing him, "touch your own body, like your collarbone if you have a necklace on, or your finger to your lips," Slotnick suggests. These are subtle flirty body language moves that show an openness and sensuality, establishing you as a sexual being.
Sex up what you're wearing, says Slotnick. No one's suggesting you bust out fishnets and a garter belt or anything, but some dipping necklines, bare shoulders, skinny jeans, bright lipstick, or whatever you feel sexiest in, couldn't hurt when you're around him.
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SAN JOSE -- On a Saturday evening when thousands of people crowded into a downtown area that has become synonymous with family-friendly, Christmas-themed activities, a 14-year-old boy was stabbed in what police said was a gang-related incident.
The victim, who was not identified by police, staggered from the shadows of a walkway behind the Tech Museum, bleeding from stab wounds to the chest and arm. An employee of Winter Wonderland, a stretch of amusement park rides along Park Avenue, called an ambulance shortly before 9 p.m. and waited with the youth near a funnel cake booth. "He just said they jumped him," said the woman, who asked not to be identified, fearing gang retaliation.
Another 911 caller mistakenly said the stabbing occurred at Christmas in the Park, the seasonal mecca in Plaza de Cesar Chavez on South Market Street, which was picked up and repeated by news outlets. Police spokesman Albert Morales said he didn't know the exact location of the stabbing. The victim, whose injuries were later determined to be non-life-threatening, was transported to a local hospital from a site closer to the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, where "The Nutcracker" ballet was being performed.
"It was closer to Winter Wonderland, which operates carnival rides, than it was to Christmas in the Park," said Jason Minsky, executive director of the long-standing downtown tradition, now in its 33rd year. Minsky said Christmas in the Park had four uniformed officers and two private security guards on duty when the stabbing occurred, and there were no plans to beef up security at the event.
"When you have a free event downtown, you're going to get that," Morales said. "The kids don't have a lot to do, and the carnivals do attract that element. It's just a way to get out and, for some of them, to cause problems."
Three suspects were being sought by police, the spokesman said, though they had no further leads since the incident. "They may not even investigate it," Morales said. "We get so many stabbings, this is just another one added to the pile."
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MARIETTA — A Marietta man accused of collecting nearly $100,000 for several construction jobs he never completed and swindling an elderly Cutler woman into a dubious logging contract in 2010 was......
Let's look at this another way. A person ripping off people is now costing tax-payers more. These victims will never see their money back but the state or county will collect fines after some jail time costs the tax-payers. Why don't they force him to do public service or do jobs that benefit these folks he ripped off as pert of community service? One thing for sure the system is a little broken on this event.
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Ripping off old people, wow bet your mama is proud. Don't advocate floodwall beatings but if anyone deserved one it is this guy.
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Treaty Hunt, Fish Rights To Be Tested Elmo—Armed with written permission from the Tribal Council, and BIA superintendent, councilman Pat Lef-thand, Elmo, is trying to reestablish the ancient Kootenai tribal right ot hunt and fish in the Fisher river area. Lefthand says that an old trail leads directly from Elmo to the hunting, fishing and berry gathering grounds of the Fisher. Lefthand said the trail has been used for centuries by his people and the right to aboriginal food gathering privileges was assured in the Hellgate treaty of 1855. The Elmo councilman added that although the tribes have secured the rights to hunting and fishing on the reservation, there has not been a recent test of the treaty provision for traditional off reservation ranges. During the early '40s, Lefthand recalled, his uncle, Sakalai Lefthand and a party went up the old trail into the Fisher to hunt. They were arrested with fresh game and taken to Libby. According to Lefthand, the Tribal Council informed the authorities of the treaty provisions and the case was dropped. Included in the council's written authorization is a commitment to assist with legal fees if the Lefthands are arrested by state authorities. Flathead Irrigation Project, the Confederated Tribes hold unto themselves all uses of all said waters of the Flathead Reservation, such uses include but are not limited to sale, rent Act q{ im (the Am distribution, recreation and fish mentact) These are the waters v continued on page 10) Excluded from this blanket affirmation of ownership were waters taken by the federal government by authority of the On May 26 of this year the Tribal Council of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes signed a resolution stating its ". . .Position of Reservation Waters..." In part, the document". . .Resolved, that and wildlife purposes. Published By The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Dixon, Montana 59831 (Chcrrlo) (Koostahtah) CHAR—KOOSTA Snlish. Kootenai, Pend 'd Orielles Tribes Voulme 2. Number 6_Moon of the Servkeberry - 28 ,..."J_"". PgjjCE 10c People of Tribe to Decide on Judgment Check With BIA Pending ^ Ignatius Polling of the People Judgement Pow Wow Slated following a disagreement during Dixon-The fate of an the July 18 meeting. Coun- $11,249,913.81 judgment check oilman E. W. Morigeau, Poison, from Montana Power will be suggested to per capita out 90 decided in a series of district Percent of the check. During, meetings this month. discussion however, Councilman The amount of the check Tom "Bearhead" Swaney, St. represents 11 years difference Ignatius, said he felt the people between the rate the utility had in his district would Prefer to been paying the tribe for Kerr invest the money- Meetings in Dam and a new rate set bv the the eight reservation districts Federal Power Commission. are to be held before the end of The figure also includes a four tne montn-percent annual interest. Montana Power, in a The tribal council decided to statement issued after the US open the question of what to do Supreme Court refused to hear with the judgement monies their appeal on the case, said the ment, the money then available to the tribe. being Labor Dept. Finds Fault In Area Indian Hiring products industries were Dixon—A team of Labor especially slow incomplying to Department investigators last new federal regulations, week reported that fair em- Gremley said that a three day ployment practices among eight survey indicated that "all the large employers in the Flathead large timber operators will have Indian Reservation area were to take some serious steps to "not very satisfactory." improve their hiring practices In summing up the use of as regards to both Indians and Indian labor in and around the women." Gremley specifically reservation, William Gremley, referred to Plum Creek, Van Deputy Assistant Director for Evans and the Intermountain Compliance Operations with the Company as being deliquent in Office of Federal Contract comDlvine with new Executive Complience, said the lumber (Continued on next page) check would be in the hands of the FPC by the end of the month. The FPC will then credit the money to the tribe's account with the US Treasury Depart-The judgement check stems from an Oct. 4,1967 ruling by the FPC giving the tribe a rental hike on Kerr Dam of $711,625 (from $238,375 to $950,000). The order included a provision for six percent interest from the expiration of the original contract in 1959. The utility was granted a stay from the order in 1968 to give the courts an opportunity to review the case. The review process dragged on four years until, in June of this year, the Court of Appeals upheld everything in the FPC order except the six percent (Continued on next page) St. Ignatius—The recent Montana Power rate adjustment judgment will be discussed at a St. Ignatius district meeting Wednesday (Aug. 2). Tribal Councilman Tom "Bearhead " Swaney , who shares the St. Ignatius district with Tribal Council Chariman Harold "Junior" Mitchell JR., said the meeting will be held at 8 p.m. in the Community Center. Swaney said he would like to talk to his people about the possibility of a long-term investment of the monies as an alternative to per-capita (Continued on next page) Zectran Back Again Dixon—A proposal to use the insecticide Zectran on tribal forests affected by the spruce bud-worms was approved last Friday by the Council's Economic Development committee. The council, which must still approve the plan, last year decided not to go ahead on a U. (Continued on next page)
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As devoted deadman blog readers with photographic memories know (a surprisingly slim sample size), I've never been a fan of being barefoot.
For much of my teenage, young adult and now creeping middle-age life, my bare feet have been a rare site, indeed, with notable exceptions being in the shower and on the beach. I'm not 100% sure of the reason for this, exactly – while they definitely don't fall into the stunningly beautiful category, I don't think my feet are hideously embarrassing either (photographic evidence to the right – my apologies to my photographic memory readers who will now be stuck with this image seared into their brain for all time).
I think my aversion to bare feet in the past has been partly due to bad circulation (there are times during the dead of winter when I have to soak my feet in hot water just to feel them), partly due to the way I hate the way toenails and skin rub against bedsheets (it reminds me of fingernails on blackboards), and partly just out of habit (as if I am anything, I am certainly a creature of that)
Whatever the reason, the conspicuous lack of naked, or even scantily sandal-ed, feet has been a notable trait of my life, so much so that some of my lovers have never even seen my feet (oh yeah, sex with socks – hot!!!), and the soon-to-be-Mrs. Deadman has endearingly nicknamed me Sox.
But all that has changed over the past two summers, and the reason for the sudden change of events is solely due to Crocs footwear, winner of the latest My One Favorite Thing of the Week award. Granted, I don't yet sleep or shower or exercise in my Crocs (though I think it's high-time I try sex with Crocs), but at almost every other time you can find me and my bare feet luxuriating in a pair of these bad boys.
These things rock. They're so cushy and comfortable. Seriously, it's a like a party with every step. They're not the most fashionable things for sure, although many of the newer styles have abandoned the clunky atrocities of the earliest versions of Crocs.
I look at people now wearing Birkenstocks, or heaven forbid, regular thong sandals, and I feel so sad, like I'm watching savages who haven't yet discovered fire, or heathens who need to be shown the Light and taught the way of the Croc.
Yea, once I was Sox. Now, just call me Crox.
Unfortunately, the company that manufactures these little rubber beauties may be in some operating trouble – its 2-year stock price performance, at least, has been a sheer disaster as the brand has passed that hot fad phase.
But I can at least feel good knowing me and my Beyonce have done our part to ensure the company's survival, scooping up pairs and pairs of the shoes just in case we have to hoard them for the future.
Yet I don't think that will be necessary. While the proliferation of reality TV may suggest otherwise, i still believe in the inexorable progress of evolution, and I just can't imagine society ever going Croc-less again.


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Week In Review: Making Progress Toward Finding Cures
Week In Review: Making Progress Toward Finding Cures
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Innovators are progressing, and as a result, so is our understanding of the work they are doing. This week, PhRMA President and CEO John Castellani spoke at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's National Minority Quality Forum and Health Braintrust Awards Dinner, where he discussed both the progress we've made toward finding treatments, as well as how perceptions around health care have evolved. Specifically, he noted that there has been a shift in the way people view the value of medicines, stating:
"The U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently updated its methodology for calculating the costs of Medicare policies. It now reflects the positive effect of prescription medicines on total medical costs. CBO will for the first time account for the savings from medicines that reduce the need for other costly medical services, like hospitalizations, acute care and long-term care.
Josie Martin, Vice President of Public Affairs, also noted the progress being made in the industry by discussing the medicines currently in the pipeline. She emphasized that she is "excited by the promising, innovative research" currently underway because the pipeline represents the "expertise, ingenuity and determination (aka passion) of thousands of individuals in the biopharmaceutical ecosystem - company scientists, academic researchers, clinician trial volunteers and more."
Matt Bennett, Senior Vice President of Communications summed it up best, emphasizing that although many of the drugs in development will not make it through the testing and clinical trial phase, we won't stop trying. Medicines that fail to complete the approval process still represent a step toward a medical breakthrough or an improvement on an existing therapy.
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Well, W8D2. I'm tired of excuses and torturing my brain "why this, why that".
29 minutes, 22 seconds. Covered 4.4 km. Took three 30 seconds walk breaks.
Just gotta stay optimistic, hopefully I'll finish W8 with no walk breaks.
If you can't join them, beat them!
Just got done with W6D2 - I'm definitely a few days behind!
W5D3 - that 20 minute run was definitely the hardest since the 1st day for me. I made it though and I went e x t r e m e l y slow from the get-go. I'm not going to worry about time until I'm done with the program! Like you guys, I found that the last 5 minutes were much easier than the first 15. I had a moderate stitch in my side from minute 3 to minute 13! The second day (the two 10 minute runs) were almost easy.
I try to run when it's cool out (mornings or evening or when it is overcast) and when I've had a bit to eat. It makes all the difference.
I guess W6D2 was the last day that had walk breaks. I love those walk breaks! Hoping for the best for W6D3's 22 minute run.
If anyone wonders why I progress kinda faster with the program, that's because I don't do 3 days a week, I do a run every other day.
W8D3. 28 minutes 7 seconds. Took three 10s walk breaks. Medium-strong right side stitch from min 9 to min 12.
Not sure how much I covered since I changed the route a bit but it's around 4.5km.
Can't believe I'm a week away from finishing the program.
If you can't join them, beat them!
Last week. Day one. Probably the most exhausting run I had, or at least the last 6-7 minutes. The weather got a lot hotter last few days and there's a lot of sweat dropping out of my face.
30 minutes 24 seconds run. Had to take three 10 seconds walk breaks.
If you can't join them, beat them!
I have just finished W5D1 and I found it pretty easy. I had to take over a week off as I have had a cold. I never really know what to do in that situation - rest of keep training? I feel bad now as I have my 8km run in three and a half weeks. I know I won't be able to run the whole thing but at least I'll only be doing long runs by then.
Well done on making it to week 9 - that's awesome!
W9D2 finished. Exhausting but not as much as the previous run.
Took three 15 seconds walk breaks, in the last 3rd of the run.
Covered around 4.8km in 30 minutes and 10 seconds.
I almost always run twice as fast the last one minute.
I was also using a stopwatch this time and did a few stop spots and measured that I run pretty much the same pace throughout the whole run, and that's about 160 meters per minute.
Oh yes, I nearly forgot. I got my first slight injury I think. I felt nothing when I got out of home, I felt no pain during the first 17 minutes of the run, and I think around min 18 I experience pain on the left side of my right foot. It followed me through the rest of the run. The pain downscaled after I stopped running but it was still present while I was walking. It's a bit swollen now and still hurts a bit when I walk.
Used ice on it for a short time but I couldn't cuz it hurted more.
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Finished W... wait a minute, finished C25K!!!!!!
If only I could say the same for the run, it was exhausting. The pain in my foot was still present. But I finished the run.
Tad slower than the previous run, at the 4th kilometer mark I was in 24:55, on the last run I was in 25:01.
Took only one 10s walk break and it was nearly the end, at 28:35. Covered 4.75.
Well, C25K done. I think I should be precautions and take a several days rest for my foot, or perhaps I'd cross train. Need to fix the bike.
I have a new goal. I want to be top 10 in an average 5k race. I'm not sure wether I should up my mileage/running time and then start speedwork or start speedwork/intervals now.
Asked a guy who finished 4th in a 5k race, he said I should start speedwork.
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I am on week 4 day 2 but I have not ran this week because I have been feeling like my left heel is strained so i have been trying to apply heat in hope that I can get back to running again. I am registered for a 5K next month, hopefully i will be injury free and will continue the C25K.
Will1911, W4D2 is where I am at too and also looking at a 5K next month....actually a couple weeks. Not sure if i will just bail and sign up for one later in the summer when I feel more prepared. Great job on making it to this point! Hope your heel is back in action soon!
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Restarted C25K March 13, 2011
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I just beat Week 5. I ran 20 minutes!!! I covered 2.2 miles. I am sooo happy. I haven't been able to run that much since I was 16 years old (I am now 35).
We can do it, peeps!!!
My 5K is August 3rd.
Hey everyone - today is my ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of starting C25k and I'm still running. Can't really believe it.... it seems like so long ago, and now I can't imagine not being able to run three miles. Think of where you're headed, keep pushing, and it's so worth it
I write a running blog geared towards motivating runners of any pace or distance at http://www.iamrunningthis.com!
Couch to 5K graduate, September 2012
First 10K, June 2nd, 2013
First Half Marathon, September 2013
Training for my 7th half marathon, May 2016 and first Triathlon, Tri for a Cure, July 2016.
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Hi all, I'm new to this page and gained some good information from reading all your posts. I'm presently stuck on W5D2, and reluctant to try W5D3 (20 minutes no walking), and felt more comfortable doing W4 over & over. When I started C25k I was at my heaviest 285+ LBS's and since dropped over 30+ pounds and recently weighed in at 253 . I completed my first 5K race on Fathers Day in 34+ minutes (walking / running). Maybe its time to push on to the next level?
Push on to the next level - you can do it! That was the hardest jump for me during the C25K program as well. It's a big mental hurdle. I actually didn't do it until I went for a run with my husband for moral support and encouragement... if you have someone who can spot you for the support it might be a good way to go. Or just get out there and do it, and come back here and tell us! If you can do a 5k running and walking in 34 and change, you can run twenty minutes without stopping, even if you slow your jog a little to keep going. And it's a great hurdle to get over, you really feel like you're a runner when you don't need to stop!
Just ask yourself if you can keep going another thirty seconds, not if you can keep going the rest of the twenty minutes, and do that over and over again until you're done. Sounds to me like you're ready to make it!
I write a running blog geared towards motivating runners of any pace or distance at http://www.iamrunningthis.com!
Couch to 5K graduate, September 2012
First 10K, June 2nd, 2013
First Half Marathon, September 2013
Training for my 7th half marathon, May 2016 and first Triathlon, Tri for a Cure, July 2016.
Twitter: @iamrunningthis
"Kelly1066" I did it! Completed W5D3, ran 20 minutes without stopping to walk. I feel great and energized to move on further! Thanks for your words of encouragement and you're right I'm starting to feel like a runner for not stopping to walk.
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SAN JOSE -- Hansell Wilson lights up at the thought of being able to eat with his San Jose State teammates this year.
The walk-on junior wide receiver -- and many players across the nation -- will benefit from a new NCAA rule that allows programs to provide unlimited meals to players, including walk-ons. Previously, walk-on football players could eat during summer training camp, but once school was in session, the meals were cut off.
For Wilson and other walk-ons, that meant taking a quick shower after practice and heading home for a peanut butter jelly sandwich or buying a quick bite before class.
"It's honestly great," Wilson said of the change. "It used to be hard. All your friends go in there and eat, get a full course meal. You have to go to the locker room, take a shower and walk home empty-handed."
That non-eating group last year included the team's starting running back, Jarrod Lawson, whose breakout season earned him a scholarship. He was going to get to eat this year regardless, but is happy to see the change.
"It came a little late," Lawson said. "But I know it was something that was hard for me to see, constantly walking by the training room and seeing people eat. I love that it shows all these people that hard work can pay off in that room. Everyone that works hard out here can go eat in there and that's a fair rule that needed to be changed."
Feeding 25 additional walk-on players comes at a cost and San Jose State coach Ron Caragher had to concoct a strategy to afford to do so. He did so by deciding to fly commercially to the Spartans' games at Auburn and Navy, rather than take a charter flight that can cost three times as much. It's a small sacrifice, Caragher and players say.
"It's a little sacrifice but it can go a long ways and the guys are all-in," Caragher said.
There are even some benefits. The flight to Baltimore for the Navy game will be nonstop. When the team flew cross country to play Navy two years ago, it had to make a stop in Wichita, Kansas, for fuel.
The flight to Atlanta for the Auburn game will stop in Phoenix, but in both situations, the team has the whole plane booked to itself. The lone drawback is they'll have to go through the airport's regular security and board the plane in the terminal, but some players are even looking forward to that.
"Sometimes you want to walk through the airport with your gear on and be noticed," senior wide receiver Jabari Carr said. "I mean, who's not going to notice 100-something guys wearing blue sweatsuits?"
For the walk-ons, the sacrifice of the team to help them out means a lot.
"It just shows that coaches and players care for the walk-ons," sophomore defensive back Dominic Barnes said. "They're unselfish, they thought of us. The fact that they did that, it means a lot."
The cost savings also allowed the team to purchase two new sets of jerseys and a gold alternate helmet. The new sets of blue and white jerseys will have a more "traditional" San Jose State look, Caragher said. The SJSU written across the chest will be replaced by San Jose State and there will be an SJ logo on the sleeves.
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Obstruction call gives Cards win in WS Game 3
Teammates mob St. Louis Cardinals' Allen Craig at home after Craig scored the game-winning run on an obstruction call during the ninth inning of Game 3 of baseball's World Series against the Boston Red Sox Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) by Ben Walker AP SPorts Writer ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Cardinals rushed to the plate to congratulate Allen Craig. The Red Sox stormed home to argue with the umpires. The fans, well, they seemed too startled to know what to do. Who'd ever seen an obstruction call to end a World Series game? No one. In perhaps the wildest finish imaginable, the rare ruling against third baseman Will Middlebrooks allowed Craig to score with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning and lifted St. Louis over Boston 5-4 Saturday night for a 2-1 edge. A walk-off win? More like a trip-off.


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- KRAV. This Sweden-based organization also has organic textile standards based on IFOAM's criteria.
- The Japan Organic Cotton Association (JOCA). Established in 2000, this organization certifies and promotes organic cotton products and garments in Japan.
3. GOTS certification does both
The global tangle of organic textile certifications could change if the USDA's National Organic Program adopts the Global Organic Textile Standards (GOTS). These standards are the result of a joint effort between the OTA, the Soil Association, IVN and JOCA to develop a common standard that would cover all the steps involved in getting organic cotton and all natural fabrics from field to finished product.
The GOTS standards cover production, processing, manufacturing, packaging, labeling, export, import and distribution of all natural fibers.
Only GOTS certified companies can display the global standard label on their products. GOTS currently allows these two levels or grades of certification:
"Organic" or "organic in conversion." Items in this category must be made from fabrics that contain at least 95 percent certified organic fibers or fibers from fields that are in the process of converting or transitioning from conventional to organic status. The rest can be non-organic fibers, including certain synthetics and recycled fibers.
"Made with X percent organic materials" or "made with X percent organic in conversion materials." Items bearing this label must be made from fabrics containing between 70 to 95 percent certified organic fibers or organic conversion fibers. The rest, up to 30 percent, can be non-organic fibers.
The dyes allowed under GOTS are limited to natural dyes and some synthetic dyes that meet GOTS specific requirements, including limitations on heavy metals, formaldehyde, pesticides, and azo dyes (which are considered chemical carcinogens).
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If want to buy organic clothing and natural textile products that don't come with asterisks, look a little beyond the word "organic."
Look for the GOTS logo or a combination of the agricultural and textile certifications listed above. Not all GOTS certified textile makers put the symbol on their labels or tags, so if you don't see it, ask the company whose brand name is on the label. (Gaiam buys only from textile makers that are GOTS certified.)
Look for terms like "low-impact dyes," "low eco-impact manufacturing," "no chemical finishes," "clay dyes" or "fiber-reactive dyes," all more eco-friendly alternatives to conventional petroleum-based dyes and synthetic finishes.
Read the company's website or ask a customer service rep about the dyes and finishes they use, and how the company monitors what happens to its fabrics and clothing after the fibers are harvested.
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The proclamation does not mention Moraga resident Ryan Andresen's continuing effort to be granted Eagle Scout status, but focuses on a project he led as part of his application for the rank. Andresen encouraged students, faculty and staff at Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School, which he attended for sixth through eighth grades, to decorate tiles with anti-bullying messages, then installed the tiles in a "Tolerance Wall" at the school.
The proposed proclamation credits Andresen's "strength of character," citing his "honesty, courage, integrity, commitment to service and community." The wall will continue to have a positive impact on the school and the community for years to come, the proclamation says.
Andresen's membership in the Boy Scouts was revoked after he went public with his fight to become an Eagle Scout in October. Scouting officials said in a statement that Andresen told them he did not agree with Scouting's principle of "Duty to God" and does not meet the organization's "standard of sexual orientation."
More than 400,000 people signed an online petition supporting Andresen, and he was featured on national news and Ellen DeGeneres' afternoon talk show. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom became one of Andresen's most prominent supporters Wednesday, signing the petition and tweeting that "California is proud of Ryan Andresen."
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Increasingly it seems that all the easy cash the European Central Bank has been doling out to fight the symptoms of the debt crisis could come at a high cost.
In not so complimentary speeches, two executive board members of the central bank warned Wednesday that the continued flood of liquidity to the money markets could have perverse side effects for the region.
"The longer we carry on with a highly accommodative monetary policy, characterized by extremely low interest rates and excess liquidity in the banking system, the more we will see a phenomenon manifesting itself with greater and greater evidence," Peter Praet, the ECB's top economist, said in a speech on the state of euro zone reforms.
The phenomenon Mr. Praet was referring to goes by the name of "instrument instability," but in layman's terms basically boils down to the law of diminishing returns.
The ECB has ensured that the euro zone has enjoyed record low interest rates since July. At the same time, the central bank has pumped over 1 trillion euros into the market to replace funds that cash-strapped European banks couldn't find in the markets.
Much as an addict needs to use more of his drug over time to reach the same high, Mr. Praet's fear is that the ECB will need to "apply larger and larger doses of the same policy interventions" only to see their economic influence fade over time.
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In High School:Competed at Del Rio High School for Rams coach Ric Smith...named his school's male athlete of the year as a senior and top cross country runner...most improved as a senior...team advanced to state meet in cross country in each of his final three seasons finishing in the top 10 each season including fifth as a junior...also competed in track for three seasons.
Personal:Born Ricardo Luis Zapata on Sept. 12, 1989...son of Estela Zapata...has five siblings...plans to major in kinesiology.
2008 Indoor Track:Named Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year in indoor track...second in the 5,000-meter run at the Southland Conference Indoor Championship (2/22) with a time of 17:50.47...seventh in the 3,000-meter run in with a time of 10:20.78 at the SLC meet which was the second-best time by an Islander...2008 Outdoor Track: Placed second in the 10,000-meter run at the Southland Conference Outdoor Championship in a time of 38:34.52...was also second in the 5,000 at SLC meet with a time of 17:39.45...had the top time in the 5,000 for an Islander and second in school histoy at the Texas Relays (4/4) with a time o 17:29.98 to finish second...set a school record in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 10:15....At Western State College: Competed at Western State College in Colorado for coach Jennifer Michel...was a two-time All-American in cross country...also all-region and all-conference in cross country...all-conference in track in the 3,000-meter run...was ninth at the NCAA Division II Natonal Championships as a sophomore after placing 17th as a freshman...In High School: Attended Singore Girls' High School.
Personal:Born Anne Ronoh in Iten, Kenya on Jan. 21, 1985...has a brother and two sisters...nursing major.


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It is possible that the main title of the report Wolf Hirschhorn Syndrome is not the name you expected. Please check the synonyms listing to find the alternate name(s) and disorder subdivision(s) covered by this report.
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- Wolf-Hirschhorn Chromosome Region (WHCR)
- Chromosome 4, Partial Deletion 4p
- Partial Deletion of the Short Arm of Chromosome 4
- Chromosome 4, Partial Monosomy 4p
- 4p- Syndrome, Partial
- Pitt-Rogers-Danks Syndrome
Disorder Subdivisions
- None
General Discussion
Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome is an extremely rare chromosomal disorder caused by a partial deletion (monosomy) of the short arm ("p") of chromosome 4. Major symptoms may include extremely wide-set eyes (ocular hypertelorism) with a broad or beaked nose, a small head (microcephaly), low-set malformed ears, mental and growth deficiency, heart (cardiac) defects, and seizures. Because the amount of genetic material deleted varies, the symptoms of this syndrome vary from case to case.
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- EBAL roundup: Cal tested by Livermore as it clinches league title outright
- BVAL roundup: Oseguera's late TD gives Liberty win over Heritage
- DFAL roundup: Campolindo beats Dougherty Valley to remain perfect
- Albany 56, De Anza 0
- McClymonds 60, Castlemont 0
- East Bay football roundup: Clayton Valley survives test from Concord
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- Regional football roundup: De La Salle rolls over Monte Vista
- East Bay high school/community college scoreboard for Friday, Nov. 1 events
- Pittsburg High football team hands Deer Valley its first defeat
- Friday's East Bay high school football scores
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The San Leandro High football team has rebounded nicely after a disappointing 1-9 record a season ago.
On Friday, the Pirates used a dominating second half to clinch at least a share of the Western Alameda County Conference-Foothill Division after knocking off Encinal 35-14 at Burrell Field.
With the win, San Leandro wins its first league title since 2009 and also earns the automatic berth for the North Coast Section Division I playoffs.
"It is such an awesome feeling after how we struggled last season," San Leandro coach Brad Bowers said. "We battled through from some injuries we had early on and have done a tremendous job jelling together."
Pirates junior quarterback Stephen Johnson overwhelmed the Jets defense with his arm and legs. He went 6 for 11 for 133 yards and two touchdowns, both of them to tight end Keone Foumai. Johnson also went over the century mark on the ground, running for 110 yards and two more scores.
Running back Isaiah Hunter had two touchdowns for Encinal, including a 13-yard run up the middle that gave the Jets (7-2, 3-1 WACC-Foothill) a 14-7 lead in the second quarter. The Pirates (5-4, 4-0) tied it right before the end of the half when Johnson hit Foumai on a jump ball from the 9.
The second half was all Pirates as Johnson scored on a 2-yard keeper with 47 seconds left in the third for San Leandro's first lead of the night at 20-14. Ruben Garcia Ceja padded the Pirates' lead with 9:41 left on a 4-yard score. Maleek James had two interceptions for the Pirates.
Bishop O'Dowd 21, Berkeley 0: The Dragons spoiled Berkeley's homecoming as Bryce Grandison caught a 30-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Chris Hagmaier early in the first quarter for all the scoring Bishop O'Dowd (3-6, 2-2 WACC-Foothill) would need.
"I tried to come out and do the best I could for my team," said Grandison, who finished with 168 all-purpose yards.
Berkeley fell to 3-6 overall and 1-3 in league play.
The score remained 6-0 until the third quarter when Maijed Bey recovered a botched screen pass and took it 15 yards for a score.
-- Logan Murdock, correspondent
Castro Valley 42, Hayward 0: Demareyeh Lane ran for 175 yards, including touchdowns of 94 and 35 yards, as the visiting Trojans rolled to victory in this WACC-Foothill Division contest at Sunset High in Hayward.
Lane also recovered one of nine Hayward fumbles, pitching the ball back to Damon Mitchell, who ran in for the touchdown.
Special teams also got into the act for the Trojans (3-6, 2-2 WACC-Foothill) as Jacob Leanio scooped up a punt blocked by teammate Anant Tikku for a second-quarter touchdown.
Up by three touchdowns by halftime, the Trojans extended their lead to 28-0 when Nick Alfaro scored on a 32-yard pass reception from Brenden Brown.
Mitch Avery's 28-yard run completed the scoring with 7:47 left in the game. Josh Guzman made all his extra-point attempts.
Hayward (0-9, 0-4) controlled most of the play through a scoreless first quarter and recovered a muffed punt at the Trojans' 17. The drive ended with a lost fumble at the 1-yard line two plays into the second quarter.
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Staying healthy is often easier than getting healthy, but it requires more willpower to focus on preventative health measures because it's harder to measure your results. Maintaining my health while everyone around me falls ill has never felt quite as rewarding as waking up refreshed and energetic after a week of being ill. Nevertheless, paying attention to the ways you can stop yourself from getting sick is at least as important as treating the illness you have.
Some of the ways that you can boost your health and immune system link back to your diet. A healthy intestinal tract, for example, can ward off indigestion, food poisoning and even chronic degenerative diseases, especially those related to inflammation. This past summer was difficult for me in this regard: It seems like I got sick at least once a month. My favorite way to maintain the level of healthy or "good" bacteria in my body, is to try eating more yogurt. Plain yogurt is best, but any with minimal sugar and live active cultures will do. The live active cultures are the key; these cultures are probiotics that promote the growth of healthy bacteria in your digestive system. Some brands that contain these cultures include Stonyfield Farms, Nancy's, Dannon and, my personal choice for smoothies or eating straight from the cup, Brown Cow. Probiotics are also available in supplement capsule form. According to a study at the University of Vienna in Austria, a daily supplement pill and a daily 7-ounce serving of yogurt are equally effective at boosting immunity and maintaining intestinal health.
Beta-carotene-rich sweet potatoes provide your body with vitamin A for skin health.Photo by Rebecca Nichols/Courtesy Flickr
Other immune-boosting foods include those high in beta-glucans (such as oats, barley and shiitake mushrooms). Beta-glucans activate the immune system, boost natural killer cell activity and have antimicrobial properties that aid in both internal and external infections. Garlic, sweet potatoes and carrots are also helpful in raising immune system functions. Garlic is a natural antibiotic and aids in lowering cholesterol. Brightly colored foods such as sweet potatoes and carrots contain high levels of beta-carotene, which your body transforms into vitamin A to protect the health of your skin, which in turn is your first level of protection from infection.
If you wish to incorporate any of these into your diet, pay attention to portions. A half cup of sweet potato will give you 40 percent of your daily recommended value of vitamin A. Your optimal dose of garlic can be up to two raw cloves a day, excluding what you chop up and cook, which can be difficult to remember. All of these nutrients are also available in supplement form. Personally, I'm enjoying introducing my body to these ideas through changes in my eating habits first. (I've always been wary of taking pills in any form.) Always be sure to check with a health care professional before self-medicating, as some of these compounds in high doses may react adversely with your current medication.
Herbs can also provide an immune boost. Astragalus (Astragalus membranaceus) is a favorite do to its history of use in Traditional Chinese Medicine and the large body of scientific research conducted by Western scientists. Laboratory results confirm this herb's ability to fight bacteria and viruses, reduce inflammation and normalize body function. Eleuthero (Eleutherococcus senticosus, also called Siberian ginseng) is another commonly recommended herbal adaptogen that strengthens and balances the body and its resistance to stressors through normalized blood pressure, regulation of blood sugar levels and the strengthening of the adrenal glands.
Check back in the next few weeks for more herbs and lifestyle choices that can help you boost your health!
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Connecticut beat Louisville by 14 points back in January.
That doesn't mean the Huskies are going to be brimming with confidence about their chances of winning an eighth NCAA national title on Tuesday night against the Cardinals.
Louisville (29-8) has become the master of the upset in the 2013 NCAA tournament.
The Cardinals beat Cal 64-57 in Sunday night's national semifinal in the latest game they weren't supposed to win. Louisville stunned defending national champion Baylor and knocked off perennial power Tennessee just to get to New Orleans.
Connecticut knows how little one should read into previous meetings. UConn (34-4) lost to Notre Dame three times this season, only to beat the Irish handily, 83-65, in Sunday night's other semifinal.


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An argument over household chores escalated Monday night into a physical altercation, during which a Lowell woman allegedly stabbed her stepfather.
Angela D. Myers, 18, of 6950 State Route 60, was arrested Monday for felonious assault, a second-degree felony, after taking a kitchen knife and stabbing Edward D. Binegar, 50, in the leg, according to police.
"I think he was trying to get her to clean up or take out the garbage can," said Washington County Sheriff Larry Mincks.
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During the course of the argument, Binegar picked up an aluminum broom and proceeded to hit Myers. There were marks on Myers' wrists, hands and back, said Mincks.
"She decided to fight back rather than retreat," he said.
It is possible that charges will also be filed against Binegar, said Mincks.
However, Myers was found with the knife and admitted to stabbing her stepfather, giving the Washington County Sheriff's Office probably cause to arrest her, he said.
"It will be up to a grand jury or a jury trial to decide if she was justified in stabbing him," he added.
Binegar was taken to Marietta Memorial Hospital for treatment of a severe leg laceration, said Mincks.
A hospital official said Tuesday afternoon there was no record of Binegar as a patient.
Binegar has done eight stints in the Washington County Jail, said Mincks. Two times were for domestic violence charges, five for temporary protection order violations and once for a mental evaluation, he said.
Myers has a previous domestic violence conviction as a juvenile, said Mincks.
She is being held at the Washington County Jail in lieu of $35,000 bond.


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THE AMERICAN EMPIRE; The Burden
By Michael Ignatieff
Published: January 5, 2003
In a speech to graduating cadets at West Point in June, President Bush declared, ''America has no empire to extend or utopia to establish.'' When he spoke to veterans assembled at the White House in November, he said: America has ''no territorial ambitions. We don't seek an empire. Our nation is committed to freedom for ourselves and for others.''
Ever since George Washington warned his countrymen against foreign entanglements, empire abroad has been seen as the republic's permanent temptation and its potential nemesis. Yet what word but ''empire'' describes the awesome thing that America is becoming? It is the only nation that polices the world through five global military commands; maintains more than a million men and women at arms on four continents; deploys carrier battle groups on watch in every ocean; guarantees the survival of countries from Israel to South Korea; drives the wheels of global trade and commerce; and fills the hearts and minds of an entire planet with its dreams and desires.
A historian once remarked that Britain acquired its empire in ''a fit of absence of mind.'' If Americans have an empire, they have acquired it in a state of deep denial. But Sept. 11 was an awakening, a moment of reckoning with the extent of American power and the avenging hatreds it arouses. Americans may not have thought of the World Trade Center or the Pentagon as the symbolic headquarters of a world empire, but the men with the box cutters certainly did, and so do numberless millions who cheered their terrifying exercise in the propaganda of the deed.
Being an imperial power, however, is more than being the most powerful nation or just the most hated one. It means enforcing such order as there is in the world and doing so in the American interest. It means laying down the rules America wants (on everything from markets to weapons of mass destruction) while exempting itself from other rules (the Kyoto Protocol on climate change and the International Criminal Court) that go against its interest. It also means carrying out imperial functions in places America has inherited from the failed empires of the 20th century -- Ottoman, British and Soviet. In the 21st century, America rules alone, struggling to manage the insurgent zones -- Palestine and the northwest frontier of Pakistan, to name but two -- that have proved to be the nemeses of empires past.
Iraq lays bare the realities of America's new role. Iraq itself is an imperial fiction, cobbled together at the Versailles Peace Conference in 1919 by the French and British and held together by force and violence since independence. Now an expansionist rights violator holds it together with terror. The United Nations lay dozing like a dog before the fire, happy to ignore Saddam, until an American president seized it by the scruff of the neck and made it bark. Multilateral solutions to the world's problems are all very well, but they have no teeth unless America bares its fangs.
America's empire is not like empires of times past, built on colonies, conquest and the white man's burden. We are no longer in the era of the United Fruit Company, when American corporations needed the Marines to secure their investments overseas. The 21st century imperium is a new invention in the annals of political science, an empire lite, a global hegemony whose grace notes are free markets, human rights and democracy, enforced by the most awesome military power the world has ever known. It is the imperialism of a people who remember that their country secured its independence by revolt against an empire, and who like to think of themselves as the friend of freedom everywhere. It is an empire without consciousness of itself as such, constantly shocked that its good intentions arouse resentment abroad. But that does not make it any less of an empire, with a conviction that it alone, in Herman Melville's words, bears ''the ark of the liberties of the world.''
In this vein, the president's National Security Strategy, announced in September, commits America to lead other nations toward ''the single sustainable model for national success,'' by which he meant free markets and liberal democracy. This is strange rhetoric for a Texas politician who ran for office opposing nation-building abroad and calling for a more humble America overseas. But Sept. 11 changed everyone, including a laconic and anti-rhetorical president. His messianic note may be new to him, but it is not new to his office. It has been present in the American vocabulary at least since Woodrow Wilson went to Versailles in 1919 and told the world that he wanted to make it safe for democracy.
Ever since Wilson, presidents have sounded the same redemptive note while ''frantically avoiding recognition of the imperialism that we in fact exercise,'' as the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr said in 1960. Even now, as President Bush appears to be maneuvering the country toward war with Iraq, the deepest implication of what is happening has not been fully faced: that Iraq is an imperial operation that would commit a reluctant republic to become the guarantor of peace, stability, democratization and oil supplies in a combustible region of Islamic peoples stretching from Egypt to Afghanistan. A role once played by the Ottoman Empire, then by the French and the British, will now be played by a nation that has to ask whether in becoming an empire it risks losing its soul as a republic.


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Waverly already has one restructuring plan in place for Waverly Middle School.
"We're adding 20 more days to the school year and extending school day," said Waverly Schools Superintendent Debra Jones.
As for the rest of the schools, Jones said the district is at a crossroads.
"We're on the cusp of being a great school district and I think by fiscally using our money to our best of our ability, as little as it is, and securing programming to help academic excellence we'll reach that quicker," said Jones.
The district whittled down initially ideas to four that could be used singularly or in some combination for its restructuring: Expanding early childhood education, reconfiguring grade levels, creata freshmen academy and have a full day kindergarten program.
"I'm hopeful that we have a number of community members as well as staff members to come forward who wasy they want to look deeper into this idea so I'm part of the process and part of the solution to help Waverly grow and reinvent," said Jones.
When Waverly Middle School was labeled as one of the state's lowest performing schools, the District snapped a plan in place. Now its using similar strategies for the other schools.
Between now and the end of January, committees will be researching each idea and Jones hopes that can push the district from good to great in no time. The commitee will present its ideas on Januray 24. The board will then take it into consideration, there will be more community forums on the finalized proposal and then in March, the board will vote on a final plan. Jones expects to start the changes at the end of March and students would start noticing a distance in the Fall.


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icarus502 wrote: it doesn't take fox news to make a Libertarian look stupid.
August Spies wrote: well it was kind of a joke, which is why I spelled stupid wrong.
HOWEVER, MC there may be smart and stupid policies... there is ALSO smart and stupid political theories.
Also Libertarian is a very right wing political theory, unless you mean the true libertarian (socialist) use, so why would that go against fox news?


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AUGUSTA, Ga. --- Before he was seen on the big screen, Quinton Aaron spent his days in front of a much smaller audience: singing tenor in the chorus at Glenn Hills High School.
"He liked to sing," said Sherry Puryear, his chorus instructor. "He liked to sing, but he was very shy."
Sherry Puryear remembers Quinton when he first moved to Augusta. They soon bonded and have stayed close. She found out about his new role from his Facebook page.
"I saw the little trailer," Puryear said. "I didn't really realize the magnitude of it until I actually saw the trailer on TV and was like wow, that's big."
His nearly six foot, six inch frame made him a shoe in for the football team, but while both coaches and players tried their best to recruit him, he never set foot on the field, saying he just wasn't an athlete.
After moving down south from New York, it was right here at his grandfather's house where Quinton spent a lot of his time...playing with his younger brother and working on his music.
Quinton's grandfather Rev. William Mack says despite the success, his grandson is still the same guy who used to sing in church on Sundays.
"He's just a sweet young man. just a gentle young man, just a big teddy bear," Mack said. "Big guy, but so humble."
And it's this success that former classmates say is so inspirational.
"I'm very proud of him," said Travis Carter, who graduated with Quinton. "Especially to see someone from our community doing something positive."
Mack says that even though Quinton only spent three years here in high school, he calls Augusta home. His chorus teacher says she plans to invite him back to Glenn Hills High School to speak to students there.


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My first impression is - if it makes my one year-old great nephew Ryan smile and dance uncontrollably, it's got to be good. That was his immediate reaction upon hearing Cal Tjader's Soul Sauce for the first time in his young life.
For people like Ry, or myself, who were not around, too young, or simply not yet hip to this music on it's first go-around, the reissue of this 30 year-old Verve classic is an education and an artistic blessing. And for people like Poncho Sanchez, who is perhaps Tjader's most important and dedicated musical descendant, this was a reissue much too long in the process: "Man, I've been waiting ten years for them to put this back out!"
Many recordings, which have been unavailable for years, are now being reissued on compact disc as part of Verve's 50th Anniversary celebration. Recently reissued in conjunction with each other were two landmark recordings, Cal Tjader's Soul Sauce, and a two-fer, Spanish Grease/Uno, Dos, Tres by Willie Bobo. Both represent what are considered by many to be pinnacle recordings by these musicians. Cal's masterful manipulation of the ensemble and the music made this 1964 recording the definitive one of this genre. During this period as well (1965-66), Willie Bobo firmly established the undeniable cultural bond that urban Latinos had, and still have, with mainstream pop and R&B. On these recordings, Bobo and Tjader captured the essence of two distinct musical styles as well as the mood of an era. Both set the ground work for an even more extensive evolution of Latin music into jazz, rock, soul and R&B. Evidence of this is the title, and opening track to Willie's Spanish Grease, the melody surfacing again in the 70's as a big hit for Santana, titled "I Ain't Got Nobody(...that I can depend on").
With pop standards like; "Hurts So Bad," "It's Not Unusual," "Our Day Will Come," "Michelle," "Goin' Out Of My Head," and others, Bobo confronted, head-on, the misconception that Latinos, for whatever aesthetic or cultural reasons, are, or should be, excluded from the pop music domain. Willie spearheaded the "boogaloo" movement of 60s and brought these tunes home to the world by seasoning them with sabor.
A master percussionist and jazz lover, Bobo also always included jazz and original compositions on his records. Check out "Blues in the Closet," "Nessa," "Elation," and Benny Golson's "I Remember Clifford," all included in this reissue. Also worth mentioning is the tasty and classic Bobo composition "Fried Neck Bones and Some Home Fries." This one alone will make even the most skeptical listener a Bobo convert.
While some of the material contained in this reissue has been criticized as being a bit too commercial, one thing is certain, this is quintessential Willie Bobo. Put this one on at a party, and you're guaranteed not to get any complaints.
Another sure bet, and again, capturing the spirit of a generation, is Soul Sauce, an undisputed Latin jazz classic and essential for Cal Tjader fans. This is one recording that jazzers across the ages and the seas all agree on being the one, a genuine work of art capturing the climate of a moment in musical history. Everything seemed to be right for this session, all of the elements necessary to make a great record are here. You can just feel the enthusiasm in the music. The positioning of Donald Byrd, Jimmy Heath, Kenny Burrell, Lonnie Hewitt, Johnny Rae, and Grady Tate, alongside of Willie Bobo, Armando Peraza, and Alberto Valdés, is about as authentic a Latin jazz combination as you can get.
Soul Sauce includes, of course, a spirited and immediately recognizable "Guachi Guaro." Willie does his vocal thing on this one, occasionally dropping in an "Ay Que Rico," "Sabroso," or "that's nice!," - Cal wrote the book with this one. There's also a stellar version of "Afro Blue" featuring great solos by Burrell and Byrd. This combination of mambos, ballads, and standards, is augmented by some swinging originals. Most notably, "Pantano," "Maramoor Mambo," the relentlessly hard-driving "Tanya," and the deceptively smooth starting - but later working into a smoldering groove, "Leyte." This one sounds reminiscent of Clare Fischer's "Morning" at the head, but then takes a harmonic left into more of a bluesy feel before returning to the a.m. groove again at the end. "Joao," a tribute to Bossa Nova giant, Joao Gilberto, closed out the original release, but this reissue includes four previously unheard session outtakes. There's an interesting rough vocal mix of "Guachi Guaro," and a very hip, funky tune called "Monkey Beams" that features the horn ensemble, "Ming," clocking in at 8:39, is the longest tune on this collection and is a nice, very straight ahead composition spotlighting great guitar work by Burrell and extended solos by the rest of the crew. A remake of "Mamblues" closes out the festivities on this recording with a rousing, fast tempo mambo that evokes visions of fleet-footed Palladium dancers.
All in all, these are two very important and worthy Latin jazz historical documents. The packaging includes facsimiles of the original album covers (including original liner notes), as well as reissue notes and technical information. For the serious enthusiast as well as for the novice or aficionado, these two records are compulsory and should be in your collection. Now, after being out of print for many years, thanks to the folks at Verve, we can all enjoy Soul Sauce and Spanish Grease/Uno, Dos, Tres for generations to come.


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IMI launches €196m project
08.02.2013 - The EU's IMI has launched a novel platform for drug screening. It is aimed at screening 500,000 compounds to find new lead structures.
Under the umbrella of the European Lead Factory, an international consortium of 30 partners led by German Bayer Pharma AG and Taros Chemicals GmbH & Co KG will screen 300,000 compounds provided by seven pharma companies: Bayer, AstraZeneca AB, H. Lundbeck A/S, and Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, Merck KGaA, Sanofi, and UCB Pharma SA. Additionally, the academic and SMEs will synthesise a library of 200,000 completely novel compounds. The pharma companies will screen this new chemical space.
Additionally, the academic and SME partners will screen the compound library with their own assays generating new IP within a newly established European Screening Centre. The EU will fund the project with €80m. The Joint European Compound Collection will be accessible to all project partners and to public organisations offering promising new targets for drug discovery screening.
"The seven EFPIA partners will, for the first time, open their compound libraries for public researchers", Taros' CEO Dr Dimitrios Tzalis told EuroBiotechNews. "This open access approach is a novelty and may lead to significant progress in the field of drug development." Hanno Wild, Senior VP and Head of Candidate Generation & Exploration at Project Coordinator Bayer HealthCare Global Drug Discovery, says: 'The European Lead Factory is an outstanding example of a project in which public-private partnerships enable collaborative drug discovery." The Innovative Medicines Initiave is a industry-driven Public Private Partnership between the European Commission and the EU pharma association EFPIA that aims to boost productivity of drug development.
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