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�We can�t afford computers.�
�How can we write software without computers?�
�You�ll figure out a way.�
It�s hard to imagine a conversation like this happening in any company. The truth is, it�s hard to imagine because it basically doesn�t happen. No manager is crazy enough to tell his team to write software without computers. So let�s posit a slightly different scenario:
�Hey, the computers aren�t working.�
�I can�t get the lights to turn on.�
�It�s getting hot in here. What�s going on?�
�Oh, we decided to save money by not paying the electric bill.�
Sorry, that�s still pretty ludicrous. Let�s try another scenario.
I was recently at MIT giving a talk on organizational development. In response to a question about maximizing team performance, I explained that the secret is to have a manager whose job is to be a coach: just like on a top sports team, the manager�s job is to encourage the players, brainstorm with them, push them to achieve more than they thought possible, and make sure they don�t forget to stop and take breaks. It is, after all, the manager�s enthusiasm and sincerity that sets the example for the team, and transforms a team of experts into an expert team.
The immediate response from one member of the audience was, �We can�t afford to have someone just sitting around and watching.�
Now, if they�d left it at that, I would have let it go. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, since it led to this article, they didn�t. They went on to say that the manager needs to do the work of the employees: sales managers should be selling, engineering managers should be doing engineering, and so forth. Resisting the urge to point out that they clearly hadn�t heard a word I�d said to that point, I observed that a manager sits around and watches in the same way that a coach sits and watches. This needs further explanation.
As any Olympic coach can tell you, building a team and keeping it operating at peak performance is a full-time occupation. No one ever says, �These are professional athletes! They shouldn�t need a coach!� If the team wants to compete at a serious level, it needs a coach. If all you care about is playing in the D leagues, well, then perhaps you can get away without the coach. Of course, if that�s what you think of your business, why are you bothering?
When the manager is doing the work of a team member, you have a conflict. Salesmen try to outsell one another; sales success is their currency of respect. Engineers will argue over the best approach to solving a problem; being right is their currency of respect. When the manager is also doing the sales or the engineering or what have you, that shuts down the team. How can the members of the team compete with the manager? While it is a comforting thought to argue that professionals will compete with one another in a respectful manner, and a manager will respect the employee who out-competes him, it just doesn�t work. Comfort thoughts, like comfort foods, may feel good but can easily lead to fattening of the brain.
Athletes trust their coaches in large part because the coach�s job is to make the team successful: the coach is measured by how well he builds the individual athletes and the team. If the coach were being measured on how well he did as an individual competitor, few indeed are the athletes who would trust his advice.
Thus, when a company hires a �manager� who is nothing more than a glorified individual contributor who also signs time sheets, the results are often disappointing. At Soak Systems, it led to constant conflict and eventually to the loss of half the engineering team. If nothing else, the team will never achieve the level of performance that it could reach with a skilled manager.
Further guaranteeing that this problem will occur, most companies hire managers based on their technical, sales, marketing, and so on, skills. They do not hire, or promote, based on their coaching skills. They don�t provide them the training or coaching they need to succeed. Putting someone with no management training into a management role will, at best, produce someone who sits around and watches. More likely, it�ll produce someone who is actively harmful to the team. No wonder companies want �managers� who are also individual contributors: at least they are getting some work out of them and keeping them from causing trouble! Such �managers� really do look like an unnecessary expense. Since most people have never experienced really competent management, they also don�t realize just how much opportunity they are missing.
It�s quite true that you can�t afford to have an untrained manager sitting around and watching. There is also no point in buying computers if you won�t use them or paying for electricity if you don�t have anyone in the office. But if you want to write software you can�t afford to not buy computers. If you have people coming into the office, you can�t afford to not pay for the electricity. If you want to achieve top performance, you can�t afford to not train someone to sit around and watch.
"Author Stephen Balzac has written a terrific book that gets into the realpolitik of organizational psychology � the underlying patterns of behavior that create the all important company culture. He doesn't stop at the surface level, explaining things we already know like 'culture beats strategy' – he gets into the deeper drivers and ties everything back to specific, actionable stories. For example he describes different approaches to apparent "insubordination" by a manager; rather then judging them, he shows how each management response is interpreted, and how it then drives response. Balzac preaches real engagement with one's own company and a mindful state of operation, especially by executives � who must remember that culture "just happens" unless and until they learn to recognize that their behaviors play a huge part in creating and cementing it. It covers the full spectrum of corporate life, from challenging bad decisions to hiring, training, motivating teams – and the secrets of keeping people engaged and learning � and/or avoiding actions which do the opposite. I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to participate in creating and steering company culture."
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EAST HARTFORD — There were many Ansonia football alumni along the sidelines at Rentschler Field Saturday. And none more recognizable than former All-State quarterback Luke Richmond, who like many others said the Chargers' state championship win over North Branford was dedicated to memory of the late Jack Hunt, the legendary Chargers' coach.
Hunt died on Thanksgiving morning at age 67.
Richmond was out of town when Hunt passed away, but upon his return to the Valley, he decided to make a gesture to Hunt's family of having his prized memento, his record-setting football of 1996 when he threw for 35 touchdowns, be put in Jack's casket.
The Hunt family appreciated and accepted the gesture.
"I have a great father (Al Richmond)," said Richmond, "and Jack was like a second father to me. Jack gave me so much confidence. He always told me that he had my back. That made me feel so good. When Jack died, that was one of the hardest things that I've ever dealt with in my life."
As a sophomore at Ansonia, Richmond split time at quarterback with Steve Coughlin before Hunt made Richmond the full-time starter in 1995. The Chargers beat Bloomfield in back-to-back state finals in both of those seasons.
After graduating from Ansonia in 1997, Richmond played quarterback at UConn.
Charger pride around Rentschler: Former Ansonia captain Jake LaRovera, who helped lead the Chargers to a 38-0 win over Ledyard in last year's Class M state final at Rentschler Field, was back cheering on his ex-teammates along the sidelines.
LaRovera said the Ansonia program gave him an invaluable foundation for the college level. LaRovera just completed his freshman season as a defensive end for Union College.
"At Ansonia, I learned a lot about determination and drive," said LaRovera. "When I got to the next level last summer, I was almost used to it (the college structure)."
In the stands above the Ansonia bench were Chris Lisi and Tomasz Popiolek, two key members of the Chargers' 2002 and 2003 state championship teams as was Josh Matejek.
"It's great to see the tradition going," said Matejek, who was a two-way tackle back a decade ago.
Matejek's dad, Jim, was a captain on the 1976 Ansonia team that won the very first of now 18 state titles. The CIAC playoff format began in 1976.
Josh's grandfather, Ray Matejek, was an Ansonia captain in 1957. His other grandfather, John "Bucky" Glenn, also played for the Chargers in the 1950s. Glenn was keeping statistics along the sidelines Saturday.
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James J. "Joe" Ruf, 77, Lombardy Drive, Williamstown, died Nov. 10, 2012.
A servant of God, and a servant of the community, Joe was born March 28, 1935, in Marietta, Ohio, a son of the late Carl J. and Violet Fenton Ruf.
Following graduation from Williamstown High School in 1954, he served in the U.S. Army from 1954 to 1957, during the Korean War. He was employed in 1960 by Union Carbide Plastics, which later became Amoco. Joe retired from there in 1995. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Williamstown, where he had served as a member of the Church Session and the Church Deacons. He also was a member of American Legion Post 159, having been active with the Honor Guard., Masonic Lodge 129 and other associated organizations, and the 911 Advisory Board for Wood County, since its inception.
Joe had been an active member of the Williamstown Volunteer Fire Company since October 1952. His accomplishments included 60 years of service, retiring as Chief of the department on Oct. 25, 2012. He had served as Chief since October 1986. He was the oldest fireman in West Virginia to have completed and passed the Certified Fireman's Test, at age 66. Joe had been instrumental in the construction of a new fire station in Williamstown. Joe and a number of men built the picnic shelter across from the City Building during the "Hometown West Virginia Project." Along with fellow firefighters and other Williamstown residents, they built the new Food Pantry.
Joe was married in July 1958 to Ruth Williamson, who survives with two children, Susan Barengo (Jim) of Marietta and Greg Ruf (Brenda) of Dublin, Ohio. Also surviving are grandchildren, Alex and Eric Barengo and Carl, Mark and Eva Ruf; and a brother, Tom Ruf (Linda) of Williamstown.
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Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church in Williamstown, with Pastor Elizabeth Campbell-Maleke officiating. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery, with full military rites observed. The family will greet friends at Marietta Chapel of Cawley & Peoples Funeral Home from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. today.
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Today: The FTC comes to an agreement with Google (GOOG) on some charges, but says its core search business does not break U.S. antitrust laws. Also: SunPower (SPWRA) zooms higher after selling solar projects, helping the entire sector, as markets trend down.
Google avoids antitrust charges for search business
After an investigation that lasted for more than a year and a half, the Federal Trade Commission said Thursday that Google's dominant search business does not violate U.S. antitrust laws, a huge relief for the Mountain View company that has been accused of using its leading search position to promote its own services.
Google agreed to make changes in other aspects of its business in a deal with the FTC. The company will not "scrape" reviews from competitors like Yelp for use with its own properties, a practice that acquisitions of Zagat's and Frommer's likely makes moot anyway. Google also will be forced to license patents for standard mobile technology that it gained in its Motorola acquisition, which could avoid some major infringement lawsuits between Google and other tech titans such as Microsoft and Apple (AAPL); and make it easier for companies to advertise on rival ad platforms concurrently with Google ads.
Despite those concessions, Google still came out of the process with a big win, as competitors' calls for an antitrust lawsuit focused on search were strongly rejected by FTC officials. The commission unanimously voted to close the antitrust investigation into Google's search product without action and officials strongly stated that the company is acting within the rules.
"Undoubtedly, Google took aggressive actions to gain advantage over rival search providers. However, the FTC's mission is to protect competition, and not individual competitors," FTC outside counsel Beth Wilkinson said in Thursday's news release. "The evidence did not demonstrate that Google's actions in this area stifled competition in violation of U.S. law."
"Evidence does not support a claim that Google's prominent display of its own content on its general search page was undertaken without legitimate justification," FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said at a news conference Thursday.
Google celebrated the investigation's end in a blog post by Chief Legal Officer David Drummond, in which he said the FTC's "conclusion is clear: Google's services are good for users and good for competition."
"We're pleased that the FTC and the other authorities that have looked at Google's business practices ... have concluded that we should be free to combine direct answers with web results," Drummond wrote.
Competitors and some advocates were not as pleased with the result as Google, and hope that "other authorities," such as the European Commission, make a different decision than the FTC.
"Google's competitors are looking at this as though it's a slap on the wrist," Arnall Golden Gregory antitrust litigator Jeffrey Jacobovitz told Bloomberg News.
Yelp, which complained of Google placing its reviews on Google properties, was still unhappy after the company agreed to stop that practice, as it believes Google placing its own reviews above Yelp's in search results harms its business.
"The closure of the Commission's investigation ... represents a missed opportunity to protect innovation in the Internet economy, and the consumers and businesses that rely upon it," the San Francisco online-reviews website wrote in a statement.
American Consumer Institute Center for Citizen Research President Steve Pociask said in an emailed statement that the FTC "failed to use their authority for the betterment of the marketplace and to the advantage of consumers," while FairSearch.org called the decision "disappointing and premature."
Google's critics hope for a different end to Europe's antitrust investigation into Google, which has stretched to nearly three years. However, the EU's leading antitrust official met with Google Chairman Eric Schmidt last month and signaled that a similar -- though slightly stricter -- conclusion could be coming this month.
Google stock trimmed early gains after the announcement, following the overall market down, but still showed a slight gain on the day, closing with a 0.1 percent increase at $723.67. Competitors who had pushed for a suit were mixed, as Yelp gained 2. 3 percent but Microsoft dropped 1.3 percent.
Any weakness in Google stock could likely be attributed to other news from Google on Wednesday, as Samsung announced that it would transition some phones from the company's Android mobile operating system to Tizen, a competitor backed by Intel (INTC); and the State Department expressed disappointment with Schmidt's decision to visit North Korea. While Fortune presented CEO Larry Page's vision for the future of the U.S., The Wall Street Journal detailed the company's push to make Google+ a completely integrated part of Google's future.
SunPower deals sends solar stocks shooting higher
The solar industry had a rough 2012, as Chinese production sent prices and revenues down and the fallout from Solyndra's high-profile bankruptcy reverberated throughout the industry. San Jose solar manufacturer SunPower started 2013 off with a bang on Wednesday, however, and the effects showed up in a big way Thursday, when the company's stock exploded nearly 50 percent higher after analysts said that its latest deal is a model for the industry.
SunPower rose 48 percent to $9.07 Thursday after agreeing to sell two solar projects in Southern California to a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway for more than $2 billion. Analysts Sanjay Shrestha and Aditya Satghare of Lazard noted Thursday that the deal should make investors sit up and take notice of "the company's earnings power, strong management team, technological leadership, and global reach."
Investors obviously have noticed SunPower, which also rose Wednesday for a two-day gain of $3.45 a share, or 61.4 percent. Other solar companies joined SunPower's rise Thursday, as newly public San Mateo solar installer SolarCity gained 5.6 percent, U.S. leader First Solar increased 7.6 percent, and Chinese companies Suntech and Yingli rose 13.8 percent and 16.2 percent respectively.
Not all investors are convinced, however: Raymond James analyst Pavel Molchanov said in a note that "the market -- in the context of a classic 'risk-on' trade -- is overreacting to this announcement," and suggested that investors short-sell the stock before SunPower releases its earnings and 2013 guidance. "We think the stock is due for a hefty correction," he wrote.
Wall Street falls as Apple and Facebook's gains turn around
Solar's rise was not the norm Thursday on Wall Street, as stocks sank back down slightly after Wednesday's massive 'fiscal cliff" relief rally, as Investors worried that the Federal Reserve is conflicted about its bond-buying program.
Fed officials are split about how long its stimulus program should continue, even as economic indicators seemed strong: Early indications are that December was a strong month for job growth, with the federal government's count arriving Friday; and auto sales hit a five-year high, according to early figures.
Still, the Fed's concerns sent the three major U.S. indexes down as much as 0.4 percent, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq falling the farthest in a rough day for tech stocks. The SV150 index of Silicon Valley largest technology companies descended even more, losing 0.7 percent.
Apple lost 1.3 percent as analysts continued to be split on the company's future, while a report that the Cupertino tech company would acquire Israeli mapping app startup Waze was shot down by the same blog that initially reported a deal was in the works. Facebook, which had been gaining this week along with Apple, dropped 0.8 percent as it tested a Skype-like app for its Messaging service.
On the positive side, Netflix (NFLX) gained 5 percent after BMO Capital Markets analyst Edward Williams increased his price target for the stock by more than $20, though the target is still less than the Los Gatos company's closing stock price; and Cisco (CSCO) gained 0.5 percent after RBC Capital analyst Mark Sue upgraded the stock.
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Up: SunPower, SolarCity, Netflix, Yelp, Electronic Arts (ERTS), Jive, Zynga, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Cisco, Splunk, Nvidia, Google
Down: Palo Alto Networks, VMware, eBay (EBAY), Juniper, Tesla, AMD, Adobe (ADBE), Yahoo (YHOO), Apple., Workday, Oracle (ORCL), Facebook, Symantec, NetApp, Intuit (INTU), Intel
The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index: Down 11.69, or 0.38 percent, to 3,100.57
The blue chip Dow Jones industrial average: Down 21.19, or 0.16 percent, to 13,391.36
And the widely watched Standard & Poor's 500 index: Down 3.05, or 0.21 percent, to 1,459.37
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Wednesday, 18th July, 2012, 08:49 PM #1
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Another D&D Next Playtest Survey
WotC has just sent out details for another official playtest survey; this one dealing with wizards and clerics.
We hope you have been enjoying the materials we have provided so far in the Dungeons & Dragons® Next playtest. At this stage in the process, we are eager to hear your thoughts on which spells are essential to D&D wizards and clerics.
Please click the link below to complete the second D&D playtest survey, administered by SurveyGizmo. The survey begins on July 18, 2012, and you can provide your feedback anytime thereafter, until the playtest officially ends. The D&D team will review the results and use the feedback to help inform our efforts.
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Thanks in advance for your participation. We're excited to hear from you!
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Interesting that they are looking for iconic spells.
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That survey was... exhaustive.
It felt very 3e-centric in regards to spell names. Although my memory is fuzzy in terms of the spell name changes between 2e and 3e and between 3.0e and 3.5e.
I'm not sure of the point of this survey. Any spell than has been in >2.5 editions should probably be updated and in the Core book. We don't need a repeat of 4e where iconic and recognisable Name elements are held back for four years.
It might be a bar-setting exercise. Find out what the community thinks are the coolest and most memorable spells of each level and make those the best. Use them to set the power curve or magic and establish the benchmarks. The easy example is fireball: if you want to deal AoE damage that's the gold standard.
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I found this to be a frustrating exercise. There are some iconic spells--sleep, fireball, cure light wounds, heal, etc. But there are lots of iconic categories of powers--illusion, summoning, healing, and so forth. I really don't care if Lesser Planar Binding or Major Image are on the spell lists. But I care a lot about summoning and illusion categories of powers being well represented in the wizard class's spells.
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It is tough to go back and forth between what individual spells matter, and what overall categories of magic need to be there. I tried to represent the latter. I also found the names 3e-centric.
At least it seems like they have some interest in doing it right this time.
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I had the experience of realising that the iconic spells in my head were usually the ones I either always cast or had amusing stories associated with them in game. Like Stone Shape for instance, probably not iconic to most, but to me it saved our lives once in a dungeon where we abused the spell definition to form a giant spike to drop on the bad guy's head.
I commented on nearly every section, trying to say why I didn't pick certain things. Particularly why I chose lots of damage spells, even though I don't think that's all Wizards should do. Similarly for Clerics, who have far fewer iconic spells I think, and those like Flame Strike and Blade Barrier probably shouldn't be for every Cleric.
I created a thread a while back discussing this - they have a good chance to redefine everything about magic. Schools, types, damages, durations, saves, keywords, effects, power levels, the lot. They should rebuild from scratch, because, most of all, that list reminded me how the D&D spell list was grown organically from how O/1/2e functioned, and the game doesn't function like that any more.
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Pretty much agree...I also found myself looking for illusion spells, even though the names were not nec. iconic. And yes, it would just be easier to use the 2E PHB, (which is basically 1E PHB + 1E UA), it would get you 95% there.
As it was, I did get bored and gave up.
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One point I found myself coming back to in the comments was to clean up the number of spells that have similar or inverse applications. Do we really need both Daylight and Darkness to be seperate spells? Do we really need Animate Dead/Create Undead/Create Greater Undead as diffenerent spells? Not to mention all the Lesser/Greater variants. I think not. I'd rather see them create one spell that has different applications depending on either caster level or spell level memorized.
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How was this playtest, in any way shape or form?
For me, I would have preferred to see what kinds of spells were most popular, not jsut going by names. I made sure to check spells ofr the effects, not necessarily the names. I want summoning again, I want planer travel, _i want versatile spellcasting.
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Ah, the old "When will you stop beating your wife?" quiz. The implication is automatically that I would rather see SOMETHING in 5e named "Fireball" than "please don't make another Solid Fog spell".


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There was no need to go to New Orleans for the nearly 200 people who celebrated Mardi Gras Tuesday at WASCO Inc. in Marietta.
A parade consisting of 13 floats featuring live and papier-mache animals, a human jack-in-the-box and more wound its way through the production area of the nonprofit organization that provides work and life skills to adults with developmental disabilities. Clients and staff members worked to put together the floats then donned purple, yellow and green masks, hats and beads to throw a party for each other and students from nearby Ewing School.
"I can't hardly believe we've got a full house," said WASCO client Marsha Hill, 54, of Belpre.
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WASCO clients Penny Bolen, front left, assisted by WASCO associate Tina Dalton, and king Duane Henry, center, lead off the Mardi Gras parade Tuesday at the WASCO Workshop.
Hill helped construct a papier-mache elephant that followed Mardi Gras king and queen Duane Henry and Penny Bolen at the head of the parade. Bolen squealed with delight as workers, volunteers, community members and fellow clients applauded her royal entrance.
It was the second year WASCO has celebrated Mardi Gras, but the first time volunteer Carolina Alvarez of Marietta participated.
"It's amazing," she said. "I'm really impressed by how much time and effort went into this."
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Work on the floats started last month and generated a spirit of competition among those involved, said Sandy Lang, registered support specialist with WASCO. That resulted in a few pranks and Lang joking that she wanted to claim the four-tiered sternwheeler float assembled by WASCO clients and staff who do work for Thermo Fisher Scientific as her own.
"This is the one I'm mad about," she said.
WASCO clients Alicia Lee, Josh Donahue and Julia Cottrell pulled the float - loaded with festively decorated rubber ducks - around the workshop floor. They were proud of their efforts, which resulted in the group repeating as the winner of the Best in Show prize.
"We had hours and hours in that (float)," said Donahue, 23.
"We're pretty happy," Cottrell said of winning the award.
Taking the Best Mardi Gras title was the music room's cart pulled by an actual miniature horse.
"I've become a farmer," WASCO registered support specialist Connie Hughes said of her work to prepare the entry with nurse Kathy Silvus. "I've been up since 5 o'clock working in a barn with Kathy. And I'm all city girl."
Lang said the day is simply a chance to do something fun for WASCO's clients. After the parade, the celebration continued with live music by local band Roy Bones and the Breaks, king cake, a pinata and photos. She said the event is something that is fun for the clients.
"It just keeps getting better and better, better and bigger," Lang said.
WASCO client Betty Anne Fitzpatrick, 48, of Marietta, agreed, although she attributed at least part of the improvement to where she was sitting. Last year, she was in the parade; this time, she was a spectator.
"They did a wonderful job on the floats," Fitzpatrick said. "I think I enjoyed watching it better than being in it."


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American Cancer Society recommendations for early breast cancer detection in women without breast symptoms. Last Medical Review: Sept. 17, 2013. Last Revised: Jan. 28, 2014. Available at: http://www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcancer/moreinformation/breastcancerearlydetection/breast-cancer-early-detection-acs-recs. Accessed: March 23, 2014.
Lehman CD, DeMartini W, Anderson BO, Edge SB. Indications for breast MRI in the patient with newly diagnosed breast cancer. JNCCN. 2009;7:193-201.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Practice Bulletin No. 122 Breast cancer screening. Obstet Gynecol 2011;118:372-82.
National Comprehensive Cancer Network. NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology: Breast cancer. Version 1.2014. Available at: http://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/pdf/breast.pdf. Accessed: March 23, 2014.
Saslow D, Boetes C, Burke W, et al. American Cancer Society guidelines for breast screening with MRI as an adjunct to mammography. CA Cancer J Clin. 2007;57:75-89.
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Outgoing chancellor: Charles Reed faced controversy, challenges
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Two words describe how outgoing Chancellor Charles B. Reed impacted California State University, Northridge, officials say.
Jolene Koester.
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During their respective terms, the 356-acre Northridge campus grew from a collection of damaged buildings and few sidewalks into a lushly landscaped facility.
In addition to overseeing a $370 million campus building program after the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, Koester shepherded construction of the $125 million Valley Performing Arts Center.
The university also added a posh student recreation center, a student union building, one freshman dorm, three parking garages and four new academic halls.
A new green-energy program also featured a 1 megawatt fuel-cell plant and solar-power system.
And while CSU suffered $1 billion in state budget cuts in the past four years, Koester, who lost $76 million during the last three years of her tenure, still managed to sock away a rainy day fund that served as a model for other campuses.
Reed, however, was widely criticized for supporting recent raises for his top administrators. New CSUN President Dianne F. Harrison, who took the helm in June, earns $324,500, nearly $30,0000 more than her predecessor.
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Nice tarpon catches top Day 2 of rodeo action
Published: Saturday, August 3, 2013 at 10:15 p.m.
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Tarpon was again the big fish story this year on Day 2 of the 63rd Annual Terrebonne Parish Sportsman's League Rodeo.
John Eichorn held first place on the second day of the rodeo with a 172.2 pound silverfish on Saturday. Eichorn also took the award for first tarpon entered. Heyden Eichorn held second with 142-2, with P.D. Guidry at third with 133-8 at the East Park Recreation Center in Houma.
"We've got a couple of bigger (tarpons) than last year," rodeo chairman Larry Jordan said. "We've got a 172 pounder, and a 133. We've had one tagged and released, and the guys are still out fishing. The weather is really cooperating with them, and I think we're going to see some more (today)."
Jordan said the board was filling up slowly but steadily.
"So far, we've had a lot of fish brought in," Jordan said. "The tarpon category is doing really well. We've had tag and release fish. The drum category is looking pretty good. Redfish is looking good. Bowfish is looking really good. This is the first year we've done bow fishing, so we're excited about that. A lot of people have been asking for it, and this year we decided to do it."
Bow fishing has been a boon for Corbert Barrios, who when the scales closed Saturday held all three positions in all three categories: garfish, sheepshead and redfish.
"We were surprised to see someone come in (Saturday)," Jordan said. "We really didn't expect anyone until (the final day today). But we had one guy come in and fill up the categories. We think the category is going to fill out a lot (today).
Brian Folse pulled a similar hat trick in the seacat category, holding first, second and third place at the end of Day 2 of fishing.
The scuba division, predictably, had no entries, since diving teams traditionally show up on the final day of the rodeo.
"The scuba divers are still out diving," Jordan said. "They've got good weather, and we expect a good haul (today)."
Weigh master Steve Hein said that the fishing has been good, but a little slow.
"It hasn't gotten real hot yet," Hein said, referring to the pace at the scales. "But we expect a lot of things to come in (today). We've had a lot of small drum come in, the tarpon board is filled, and scuba comes in (today)."
Scales at the East Park Recreation Center open at noon today and close at 4 p.m., except for the scuba division, which closes two hours earlier at 2 p.m.
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Producer: Veronica NickelEditor: Jeff IsraelScreenwriter: Jared MosheCinematographer: Robert HauerPrincipal Cast: Barlow Jacobs, Clare Bowen, David Call
Martha (Clare Bowen) and her husband, Heck (David Call), live and work on the family's spectacularly beautiful but desolate land in New Mexico in 1870. The young couple are determined to get off the land and trade their chore-ridden days for urban living in fabled San Francisco. They'll do anything that needs to be done to get there. Their plans are moving apace when Martha's big brother, Wade (Barlow Jacobs), who she thought had died in the Civil War, rides in with an enigmatic letter from their father in his pocket. All the characters in the small cast have more than one firearm at the ready, and need little provocation to pull the trigger. Martha, flouncing through the dust in her full-skirted gingham dress, is herself a crack shot. Gunfights alternate with dialogue to lead the story to its inevitable bloody showdown.
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A story about the North Coast Section girls volleyball playoffs incorrectly stated the winning team in the Division II championship match. Las Lomas defeated Maria Carrillo-Santa Rosa.
It's not the path the Campolindo High volleyball team planned to take. But the Cougars still ended up where they wanted to be.
Campolindo let a late lead in game three slip away, let a 2-0 lead in games get away and was forced to a fifth game by Bishop O'Dowd on Saturday night.
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"Our whole motto this season is that we never doubt ourselves," Campolindo senior captain Annie Shurtz said. "When our back is against the wall, that is when we push the hardest and dig down to get the job done."
The top-seeded Cougars (27-4) dug themselves into early holes in games one and two.
They trailed 10-5 in the first game but rallied. They trailed 11-7 in the second game only to score 18 of the game's final 20 points.
Up 19-15 in the third game, it seemed academic. But the No. 2 Dragons (29-7) came storming back.
Behind Brianna Karsseboom -- who had 13 of her 17 kills after game two -- they scored eight points in a row to turn the 19-15 deficit into a win. The Dragons then pulled away late in game four, and seemed to have all the momentum heading into game five. But Shurtz came up with four of her 22 kills in the fifth game, and Campolindo won its second title in three years.
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Emily Reder had 19 kills, seven digs, three aces and three blocks to pace San Ramon Valley (30-10), and freshman Katherine Claybaugh added 17 kills and 18 digs.
-- Robert Jordan, correspondent
Las Lomas d. Maria Carrillo: The visiting Knights (36-7) scored the last three points of the fifth game to earn a 25-16, 23-25, 17-25, 25-21, 15-12 victory and capture the NCS Division II championship for the school's first section title in volleyball. Las Lomas and Maria Carrillo (29-6) advance to play in the Northern regional playoffs, which begin Tuesday.
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"Get your biscuits in the oven and your buns in the bed, 'cuz Dixie Cash is the best good-night reading around!"
—Nancy Martin, author of the Blackbird Sisters series
The Domestic Equalizers are back! Author Dixie Cash's delightful small town Texas hairdressers-turned-sleuths take on a new case in I Can't Make You Love Me, But I Can Make You Leave. A former Queen of Country Music, a long way from Nashville, faces a murder rap when her back-up singer and hated rival is found dead in the fading star's dressing room—and the Equalizers ("Don't get mad, get evidence") must prove her innocence. At once wacky and heartfelt, Cash's latest is a country hoot! (Publishers Weekly calls it, "one of her most entertaining cases yet.") Fans of Mary Kay Andrews and Karin Gillespie who have yet to experience the zany delights of Dixie Cash should definitely start now!
When someone makes a killing in the country music business, it's time to call in Debbie Sue and Edwina—the Domestic Equalizers—whose motto is, "Don't get mad, get evidence."
The career of former Queen of Country Music, Darla Denman, ain't what it used to be. No more big arenas—she's lucky to fill a barroom—and now she's forced to tour (by bus!) with the detestable Roxie Jo, current wife of Darla's manager/ex-husband. So when her rattletrap tour bus gives up the ghost outside tiny Salt Lick, Texas, the faded Nashville star's thrilled to find loyal fans (and sympathetic ears) in Debbie Sue Overstreet and Edwina Perkins-Martin.
But when her nemesis and upstart backup singer Roxie Jo turns up dead in her dressing room—which bears an uncanny resemblance to a cleaning-supply closet—Darla finds herself in more trouble than a Dixie Chick in merry old England. Luckily Debbie Sue and Edwina are not only the proud owners of Salt Lick's best beauty parlor but they also moonlight as private detectives! And if the Domestic Equalizers can't get to the bottom of a murderous musical mess, then no one can!
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- Imprint: William Morrow Paperbacks
- On Sale: 04/05/2011
- Trimsize: 5.313 in (w) x 8 in (h) x 0.757 in (d)
- Pages: 336
- List Price: 13.99 USD
- BISAC1: FICTION / General