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BERKELEY -- On Friday, Glide founders Cecil Williams and Janice Mirikitani did what they have done for half a century: ruffle feathers, give and receive forgiveness, and inspire hearts and minds for social justice.
Arriving late, pent-up anticipation greeted them as they settled in front of an intimate crowd at First Congregational Church of Berkeley to talk about their 50-year journey and "Beyond the Possible," their just released, co-authored book.
Glide, the famed San Francisco Methodist church named after Lizzie Glide, the wife of a wealthy cattleman who bought the lower Nob Hill property in 1929, had a 35-member, entirely-white congregation when Williams arrived in 1963. Surrounding it, was the Tenderloin: a swarming 30-block ghetto of drugs, alcohol, addiction, prostitution, homelessness and hopelessness.
"Beyond the Possible" is the remarkable story of Glide's explosive growth from a dying church run on $35,000 per year to a $17 million dollar community organization providing celebration services, housing, health care, support groups and 2,560 free meals a day.
But Glide's change didn't come easily; nor did William's transformation from a young, radical African-American pastor from Texas to the stately -- but still revolutionary -- man who sits at the helm of today's multifaith operation.
And traveling with him has been Mirikitani, whose grueling internal battle with a thorny personal history and distrust of organized religion ironically made her light up like a hot spot on Williams' reach-the-needy radar. With a tendency to pitch her tiny, Japanese-American body into life's darkest corners, Mirikitani has been the perfect "warrior of peace" propelling Glide's voracious outreach.
"This book, we almost decided to get a divorce," Williams said, only half in jest. "It was just that difficult. This is a book that's got tear drops on it."
Mirikitani countered, saying, "I would say the book is a love story. Not just between two people, but in a community where there is action, more than talking."
Williams said he never set off -- and wouldn't now -- to "make anyone religious." His purpose was to empower, not to produce robotic, spiritual clones.
"If we want to make people alike, we miss the bar," he said.
In Glide's early years, they tackled the suffering around them one step at a time.
"We discovered that once we created programs for feeding and sheltering people, we couldn't just stop them," Mirikitani said.
Asking themselves questions -- "How do we keep our hearts open to this incredible diversity?" and "How do we help people take command of their lives?" -- was a daily ritual, as much as prayer.
Williams, recalling the Sunday service when Mirikitani made public her secret story as a victim of incest, said, "When you tell the truth, it opens up new possibilities."
Power and possibility, he suggests in the book, rise from revelation -- and revelation springs from painful rejection.
"Intolerance is still the biggest hornet's nest in society," he writes, "and until each of us deals with it honestly, America will continue to shake its finger in blame at people of color, at the poor, at women, at immigrants, and at people of different sexual orientations."
It's a modern day proclamation and a throwback to 1967, when Williams tore down the cross that had stood for an eternity in Glide's sanctuary.
"(The people) were ready to be dead, because so many were spiritless," he recalled. "We are always trying to break our silence, to set free a new spirit."
Mirikitani said the shadow of that cross, once removed, sent her running to help women who need understanding and compassion.
"It's a marathon," she said. "Especially for women, I think shame is the killer. The only way we can find our healing is through community."
One woman asked during the lecture sponsored by Berkeley Arts and Letters, "When you first started, did you have lots of people eager to help?"
Mirikitani said 10 people came to the first Monday night potluck. Today, almost 1 million meals are served annually.
Another audience member asked how working together toward a common cause affected their relationship.
"We've been honest with each other," Williams replied. "There's been conflict, but we always found a way to get our mission going together. It has paid off."
"If we didn't love each other, we'd probably be dead," Mirikitani joked. "I had to find my sense of trust."
Glide is preparing for the future by promoting from within.
"We've been building our staff with people who understand what it means to work with unconditional love," Mirikitani said.
Williams, self-deprecating as he offered thanks that there would "never be another Cecil Williams," insisted Glide would live on, saying, "The spirit among us, the beloved community, by the grace of God, will always be there and will probably even get better."


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There were 61 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Tuesday. At that time, there were 1,474 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411. When the jail is full, some inmates may be released early.
Robbery: A man entered a store in the 400 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard about 7:50 p.m. Monday, grabbed a clerk, forced her to the cash register and threatened to hurt her if she didn't open it. The man then emptied the cash register and fled out the front door. He was described as a black man 20 to 30 years old standing 6 feet tall with a thin build and wearing a black beanie, a dark long-sleeved shirt and black boots.
Weapons arrest: Community Response Team officers followed a vehicle into a parking lot in the 600 block of North Wilson Way about 10:50 p.m. Monday and observed the occupants holding beers as they exited the vehicle. Officers detained the occupants and discovered that one had a loaded revolver concealed in his waistband. A 17-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of gun possession.
Robbery: A 41-year-old man was on his bicycle in the 6100 block of Mitchler Avenue about 6:25 p.m. Monday when he stopped to collect recyclable materials. The victim was attacked by two other men, one who struck him in the head with a bat and another who took his bicycle. Both assailants were described as 5 feet 11 inches tall and 150 pounds.
The California Highway Patrol responded to 14 noninjury accidents and four injury accidents in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Tuesday. CHP officers also recovered one stolen vehicle.
The Stockton Fire Department responded to 105 calls for service in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Tuesday, including two vehicle accidents, 82 medical calls and two structure fires.
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Fledgling food-delivery startups using new communications technologies are changing the dining experience for many Bay Area residents.
Palo Alto-based DoorDash, Berkeley-based SpoonRocket and Chicago-based GrubHub Seamless each offer a different approach to delivering food fast and at reasonable prices to Bay Area homes.
"People are just very busy these days, so this is a way for people who don't have time to go out to dinner, or pick up their meals, to get great meals delivered to them," said Tony Xu, chief executive officer and co-founder of DoorDash. "For people who don't want to leave the house for an hour or two, they let us do the work. When people order through us, it's as if they are at the restaurant already, placing an order."
A customer using DoorDash goes to its website and picks from a group of restaurants in Palo Alto or Mountain View. Then the consumer selects a meal and places the order with DoorDash, which transmits the order to an iPad perched in the restaurant's kitchen. The restaurant prepares the meal, and a DoorDash delivery person arrives to pick it up. Average time: 44 minutes from order to delivery.
Xu said DoorDash uses algorithms powered by the company's proprietary software to figure out which driver is best-located to pick up a meal and deliver it. DoorDash delivers in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Menlo Park, Stanford University, Atherton, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills.
Diners pay DoorDash the cost of the meal plus a $6 delivery fee for orders of $100 or less. For orders that exceed $100, the delivery fee is $12.
SpoonRocket provides a much different service. It prepares its own food and charges $6 per meal, including delivery. Customers are offered two choices each day, one meat dish and one vegetarian dish. SpoonRocket delivers in Berkeley and Emeryville.
"We think this is revolutionary," said Anson Tsui, co-founder and chief happiness officer with SpoonRocket. "Never before have you been able to get a meal consistently delivered within 10 minutes."
SpoonRocket keeps costs down by limiting the choices to offering only two dishes each day, but the dishes change daily, so customers can sample a variety over weeks or months. The company hired executive chef David Cramer, who led restaurants in Napa and Yountville.
Both DoorDash and SpoonRocket are challengers in a niche dominated by GrubHub Seamless.
GrubHub's website offers customers a list of restaurants in their vicinity that offer delivery services. The restaurants pay a 10 percent fee from each order to be listed on the GrubHub website. Restaurants that wish to be listed more prominently pay an additional fee to the online service. The customer pays the restaurant for the food.
"The availability of mobile computing and mobile apps and smartphones are really driving all of this," said Allie Mack, a spokeswoman for GrubHub. "The new technologies are making these kinds of services really convenient."
Several restaurants that use the new delivery services touted them as a way to drive more customers to buy their meals. Another appeal for restaurants is that the services free them of the cost of having a delivery driver on staff.
"It would cost us a lot to hire somebody to deliver," said Mary Minoo Sadri, a co-owner of Vaso Azzurro Ristorante in Mountain View. "DoorDash leaves ample time for ordering. They always are on time."
Mistie Cohen, a partner with Oren's Hummus Shop, a Palo Alto restaurant, said when they began working with DoorDash a few months ago, the delivery service provided the restaurant with about $40 a week in revenue. Soon after, the revenue was up to $500 a week. "The last time I checked, we were getting $2,800 to $3,000 a week from DoorDash," Cohen said.
DoorDash said it started out in mid-June with about 12 restaurants. Now it's up to more than 50 restaurants, has made about 3,800 deliveries, and is generating revenue that works out to $1.5 million a year.
"We're planning to expand further in the Bay Area," Xu said. "There is a lot of interest from customers from San Francisco to San Jose, from all over the Bay Area."
SpoonRocket also is planning to expand beyond its current Berkeley and Emeryville territory. The company will need to find new facilities first and make sure its present business model has a solid foundation, Tsui said.
"There is clearly demand for this," Xu said. "It is an underserved market."
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Tablets, smart phones and mobile computing are making it easier for people to have food delivered to them. Here are three companies with different approaches.
DoorDash: Lets customers order from restaurants, then delivers the meals. Consumers pay a $6 delivery fee and the cost of the food. The service is available in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Stanford, Atherton, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills. Expansions are planned. Website: doordash.com
SpoonRocket: Prepares two kinds of meals a day, then delivers the food to customers, who order directly from the company. The charge is $6 per meal, delivery included. The service is available in Berkeley and Emeryville at present. Website: spoonrocket.com
GrubHub Seamless: Delivers meals from participating restaurants, which compensate GrubHub with 10 percent of each sale. Customers pay the restaurant for the food. Available throughout much of Bay Area. Website: grubhub.com


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Director Masato Harada's enriching film follows a successful Japanese writer untangling himself from his own misguided perceptions about his ailing mother.
The award-winning film plays at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 15 and 2 p.m. Feb. 17 at the El Campanil Theatre in Antioch ($7-$8, 925-757-9500, www.elcampaniltheatre.com) then moves Feb. 22 to the Orinda Theatre for a week of showings (tickets and more information at www.lamorindatheatres.com).
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As written on page 1, under "B" of the 2011 "Tournament Eligibility Affidavit"---and on page 16 of the current rulebook.
Quote: "All age and residency eligibility documentation DATED PRIOR TO FEBRUARY 1 WILL BE REQUIRED.........."
IOW----any residency document dated after FEB. 1, 2011 is not acceptable
What I am asking: Who out there understands what prompted LL Inc., to issue that new edict??
My people have been taken aback by not being able to use residency documents dated after Feb. 1st as they have in the past.
Truth be told, they are asking me why the (new) date cut-off restriction---and I don't have an answer for them.
It appears little league persons on this board share the same lack of understanding as I do, as to what prompted Williamsport to come out with the (new) subject date resident proof restriction.
It's simple!
W-Port is trying to slip another one past the "Birthers!"
Mike CVUA
The "rumor" I heard was that using residency proof prior to February 1 proves residence at the start of the season.
So, if Jimmy didn't have residence at the start of the season but then the family moved within the league boundaries then an electic bill from May or June would show residency, but Jimmy should not have been allowed to play in the league because he didn't meet residency at registration so he should have needed a Waiver.
I'm not saying that's the case, I'm just saying that's what I was told.
I went to ER via email this past weekend, asking what prompted Williamsport to enact the Feb. 1st residency proof cut-off date; and what is/was the problem that "gave birth" to the subject new restriction.
I was advised by ER (this morning) to present my question to Patrick Wilson; Vice-President of Operations---as... "He can better advise me."
I did so this morning!!
So, the Eastern Region doesn't know either !!!
Not that I'm singling out the Eastern Region, I doubt you'd get much of an answer from any of the other Regions either.
This seems like a "Williamsport driven" change.
Lou: Apparently Mr. Wilson chose not to reply to my question via email.
His email reply asked if he could call me via phone.
I replied: (Yes!) and gave him my home phone number.
[Where is Andy Konyar when needed?]
Andy probably might not have been able to help on this one.
Andy was more for the "playing rules" not the admin stuff.
That said, if you asked him a admin question he'd generally find the answer for you.
Heck of a guy.
Let us know how the phone call goes !!!
Andy, of course, was" Umpire-in-Chief" for many years---[ last noted in the 2007 OM]---- and as such was good/qualified with playing rule responses. His title changed to "Umpire Consultant" in the 2008 OM. His name gone in the 2009 OM, and OM years going forward, --due to his retirement.
But he also was a member of the "Charter Committee" for many years--which to a degree-- was involved in administration.
It's noted:---both "umpire" position/titles (above) remain "vacant" since his retirement three(3) years ago.
But nevertheless---as Lou said---he never dodged a question, and never adverse to putting his answers in (email) writing---often with a "splash" of humour!!
If he was in the office, it was not uncommon for a reply to my question(s) to come back to me within 10/15 minutes.
He never, ever, told me to go to regional with my question(s).
He also was a 20/year retired military vet.
I miss the guy!!
P.S. Haven't heard back from Mr. Wilson yet.
Mr. Wilson called me this morning.
I expressed my questions and concerns re the subject cut-off date
He did say something about Williamsport finding out about residential proofs--[in some areas]--being bogus!!
That implementing the Feb. 1st cut-off date was necessary to address that problem. [??????]
I did explain to him at least two scenarios that my people are upset about.
1)---Our leagues (historically) accept registrations dated after Feb. 1st--- Parent/guardians with league/age kids that have relocated/moved into our league's boundaries---after Feb. 1st--March, & some as late as April-will register with resident proofs dated after Feb. 1st---heretofore, not a problem. Now no longer acceptable.
2)--Ongoing, returning and new registrations, for longtime within boundary residents, who supplied residential proofs dated after Feb.1st, 2011---those proofs are no longer acceptable for a player, or players, enrolled on the 2011 T.E.A. [see page 1, under "B"]
Parents/guardians must be asked to submit (again) residential proofs dated before Feb. 1st, 2011 for their 2011 All-Star players.
Mr. Wilson did say, if any person, is so many words---is "not happy" with the new Feb. 1st cut-off date, that person should call him.
He said that more than once during our conversation when I told him my people were questioning the need for that cut-off date---and basically, did not want it or like it.
I understand and agree that the new date could be a problem under scenario #1. I wouldn't turn away a military kid because his parent had to change bases after 2/1.
I don't understand why Scenario 2 is a problem in regards to All-Stars. When my kid is announced on 6/15, I go to my computer and print off copies of my January 2011 gas, cable and property tax bills to take to the parent meeting. We all knew what the new requirement was way in advance, so why would I have even printed documents that were dated after 2/1?
Your point about scenario #2 is well taken.
Scenario # 1----if a parent/guardian is impacted, would probably require a waiver to accept new address proofs for resident relocation moves made after Feb. 1st.
However, good bad or indifferent-----those after Feb. 1st, 2011 residency proofs were used at local league registrations as they were (legally) for many years.
Yes----I personally reminded all concerned at a District meeting of the new cut-off date----but, "habit" trumped the new policy, and those after Feb. 1st resident proofs slipped thru. Humans being humans!!
The "crap" hit the fan when all read page one(1) ---under "B"-----of the 2011 T.E.A.----at our last meeting.
The necessity for the Feb. 1st cut-off date--at least locally---is still being questioned.
Believe others on this board also question its need.
Well, I'd do what he says!
That is, if anyone complains about the Feb 1 date or wants to know why it's now a new rule, I'd give them Pat's Number and tell them to call him.
That's what he said you should do, so take him up on his offer !!!
In fact, I guess that's what everyone who is not happy with the Feb 1st cut-off date should do, call Pat Wilson in Williamsport.
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OAKLAND -- Levi Noddin's two-run triple helped lift the Arroyo High baseball team to a 4-3 win over Bishop O'Dowd on Thursday in the West Alameda County Conference-Foothill Division title game at Laney College.
The victory assures Arroyo (19-7) of a spot in the North Coast Section playoffs, which begin next week.
"That's really all we wanted from this game," Dons head coach Eric Anderson said.
Jacob Jennings singled and Goby Medina was safe on an error to lead off the Arroyo third. Dragons pitcher Channing Nesbitt bore down and got two outs, but Noddin got a belt-high fastball and drove it deep into center field, scoring two runs for a 2-0 lead.
"He was throwing me fastballs and figured he'd throw me another," Noddin said. "I was ready for it."
The Dons added two more runs in the fifth on a passed ball, three walks and Ben Sandoval's fielder's choice.
Bishop O'Dowd (16-10) finally got to Arroyo starter Tim O'Dalaigh in the bottom of the fifth, scoring three runs on David Kyriacou's single and Nesbitt's two-run pop single to left that fell between three Dons fielders.
The Dons had one last chance in the bottom of the fifth when Kyriacou and Matt Achramowicz hit two-out singles, putting runners on first and second.
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O'Dalaigh, Peterson and J. Medina; Nesbitt, Farley (5), Symens-Bucher (6) and Barrios. W: O'Dalaigh. L: Nesbitt. 3B: Noddin (A). Records: Arroyo 19-7, Bishop O'Dowd 16-10. Highlights: Arr -- Noddin 1-for-2, 2 BB, 2 RBI; Sandoval 1 for 3, RBI; Peterson 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, K. BOD -- Kyriacou 2 for 4, R; Nesbitt 1 for 3, 2 RBI; Martinez 1 for 2, R.


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CORPUS CHRISTI – The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi cross country teams will travel to Waco, Texas to compete at the NCAA South Regionals on Saturday, Nov. 12. The men's 10k will begin at 10 a.m. and the women's 6k race will follow at 11:15 a.m. at Cottonwood Creek Golf Course.
"We are hoping that Patrick Kimeli can repeat as a national qualifier, and if we can finish as well as we are ranked or better that would be outstanding," head coach Shawn Flanagan said. "We have to be healthy and have good races."
Live Results: Results will be available here and at Baylor University's website.
In the Running: The Islanders will face 23 teams in the South Central Region in the women's race and 21 in the men's race.
Here's a look at the South Central Regional rankings and how each team finished in their respective conference championships two weeks ago:
1. Texas (3rd, Big 12)
2. Arkansas (1st, SEC)
3. Texas A&M (4th, Big 12)
4. Lamar (1st, Southland)
5. UTSA (2nd, Southland)
6. Houston (3rd, Conference USA)
7. Rice (4th, Conference USA)
8. Arkansas - Little Rock (2nd, Sun Belt)
9. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi (3rd, Southland)
10. Stephen F. Austin (4th, Southland)
11. Baylor (9th, Big 12)
12. UTPA (2nd, Great West)
13. McNeese State (5th, Southland)
14. ULM (5th, Sun Belt)
15. Texas State (6th, Southland)
1. Texas (2nd, Big 12)
2. Arkansas (2nd, SEC)
3. SMU (1st, Conference USA)
4. Rice (3rd, Conference USA)
5. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi (1st, Southland)
6. Texas A&M (6th, Big 12)
7. UTSA (2nd, Southland)
8. Lamar (3rd, Southland)
9. Texas State (4th, Southland)
10. North Texas (2nd, Sun Belt)
11. Baylor (10th, Big 12)
12. UT Arlington (5th, Southland)
13. TCU (6th, Mountain West)
14. Arkansas - Little Rock (4th, Sun Belt)
15. Stephen F. Austin (6th, Southland)
2010 South Central Regionals: Last season, the Islanders ran in Waco, Texas, and Patrick Kimeli finished in seventh place to become the fifth runner in the last six years to represent the program at the NCAA Championships.
The women's team finished eighth with Julia Sambu running a career best, finishing 15th with a time of 21:08.0 and Sarah Kimaiyo had a personal best with a time of 21:37.4 to finish 38th. BreAnna Briggs (62nd, 22:14.8), Danielle Higgins (65th, 22:16.3) and Kristine Burciaga (86th, 22:52.4) also competed.
The men's squad finished 13th with Kimeli leading the way. Behind Kimeli was Justin Adame in 93rd place with a time of 33:42.6 followed by Jacob Abrego (97th, 33:48) and Jason Garcia (101st, 34:04).
Women's 6k: Burciaga, Sambu, Higgins, Kimaiyo, Briggs, Cecilia Gonzalez and Shelby Polasek are slated to compete in the 6k.
"If we are 100 percent healthy and if we run a good race we might sneak in, but that requires us to be 100 percent aligned," Flanagan said. "Our goal is to qualify the whole team."
Men's 10k: Kimeli, along with Adame and Garcia, Angel Banda, Philipp Baar, Christoph Hintz, Valentinas Rudys and Paul Hansel are slated to compete.
"We have a very young team and we will have everyone back for next year," Flanagan said. "The men's team had their best race of the season at the conference meet. If we can have another solid race, and finish at where we are ranked or higher, that would be outstanding."
Islanders in the Rankings: In the latest USTFCCCA South Central regional rankings the Islanders women's team maintained their No. 5 spot and remained in the top slot in the Southland. The men's team sits in ninth place and third in the Southland, behind Lamar and UTSA, who sits in the No. 4 and No. 5 slots.
2011 Southland Conference Champions: The women's squad won their fourth title in five years, edging UTSA by five points in Nacogdoches, Texas. The five points that separated the Islanders and UTSA was the smallest winning margin at the SLC Championships, since the Islanders clinched their first title in 2007 over Lamar by four points. The team won in 2007 on their home course at West Guth Park, in 2008 in Nacogdoches and again in 2009 at West Guth Park.
Defending Back-To-Back Champion: Kimeli clinched his second consecutive Southland individual title in the 8k, finishing with a time of 24:50.6. Kimeli joins former Islander and current assistant coach Shadrack Songok as the only runners to win the individual 8k title consecutive years. Songok won the title in 2006 and 2007. Last season, Kimeli finished as the top individual in the men's 8k race with a time of 24:47.0.
Consecutive SLC Male Athlete of the Year Honors: For the second consecutive year, Kimeli was named the Southland Conference Male Athlete of the Year. Kimeli joins former Islander and current assistant coach Shadrack Songok as the only conference runners to win the Southland cross country 8k event and be named athlete of the year in two consecutive years. Songok earned the award in 2006 and 2007. Kimeli joins Songok and Anne Ronoh as the only Islanders to earn the honor.
Make it 28: Head coach Shawn Flanagan was named the Southland Conference Women's Coach of the Year marking his 28th career conference Coach of the Year honor. Flanagan, a 10-time coach of the year, earned his eighth Southland Women's Coach of the Year honor and third for the Islanders after guiding the women's team to its fourth team title in five years. Flanagan led the Islanders to their eighth title as a team out of 11 conference meets. Before joining the Southland, the Islanders won four as a Division I Independent conference. Flanagan ranks first all-time among Southland coaches with 10 championships combined between Texas A&M - Corpus Christi and UTSA. Flanagan earned the Women's Coach of the Year honor in 2007 and 2008, when the women won the team titles back-to-back.
Spotlight Runners: Burciaga, Kimeli and Gonzalez have all earned Southland Cross Country Athlete of the Week honors this season.
Islanders Head Coach Shawn Flanagan enters his 11th season as the head coach of the Islanders cross country team and 31st season as a Division I coach. Flanagan started the cross country program in 2000. He has won four Southland women's titles, four Independent women's titles and three Independent men's titles. Altogether, Flanagan holds 30 Conference titles as head coach, including the 19 conference titles he won at UTSA. He also sealed three conference titles as an assistant coach at the University of Texas, totaling 33 Conference Championships to his name.
2011 Season: This season the Islanders have performed well at their six meets. At the UTPA Bronc Relays, both the men and the women took the top spots. At the Rice Invite, both teams finished in second in the women's 4k and the men's 5k, while Kimeli took home the top spot. At the Islanders Splash, the women finished second in the 5k behind Rice, while the men took the top spot in the 8k. Gonzalez and Banda each finished in second for the women's and men's teams. In Austin at the Grass Routes Grand Prix, the women's team finished third in the 6k, while the men finished fourth in the 8k. Kimeli finished in second behind Lamar's Matt Johnsen. The women's squad finished 11th in the 6k and the men's team finished 12th in the 10k at the Chile Pepper Festival. At the 2011 Conference Championships, the women's team clinched the title while the men finished in third place. Kimeli won the men's 8k race while Burciaga finished in second in the women's 6k race.
Keep up with the Islanders: For the latest information, follow Islanders Cross Country on Twitter (@IslandersTFXC) and Facebook (Texas A&M Corpus Christi Track & Field/Cross Country).


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The Evoz beta program lets parents use their iPhone and the Evoz baby monitoring service to monitor their babies from anywhere in the world with the touch of a button. Evoz has unlimited range and can send smart alerts (call, text, or email) if your baby is crying. Parents can download Evoz from the iTunes Appstore for FREE.
Our beta grants mobile parents early access to the free monitoring service and also offers an extended period of time with advanced capabilities. It is important to note that this is a beta, so we haven't worked out all the kinks yet. We are counting on our beta users to give us feedback, identify problems, and share ideas with our team as we prepare a full public launch.
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Are Mortgage Credit Standards Loosening? (Hint: No)
It's no surprise to anyone who has applied for a loan recently that banks are being far more careful. But a new report shows just how tight conditions have become — and how even borrowers with favorable credit profiles are being denied.
Loans closed by banks and mortgage lenders in February had borrowers with a credit score of 750, up from 740 six months earlier, and an average loan-to-value ratio of 76%. The average denied loan had a credit score of 699 and a loan-to-value ratio of 83%.
"Talk about high-quality loans — those are pristine," says Jonathan Corr, chief operating officer of Ellie Mae, a mortgage software provider that tracks the characteristics of loans run through its platform.
Most mortgages today are being backed by federal agencies such as the Federal Housing Administration or through mortgage-finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. While lenders will still underwrite FHA-backed loans with credit scores of 620 and down payments as low as 3.5%, they have sharply tightened up their lending standards for Fannie- and Freddie-backed mortgages out of concern they'll have to buy back the loan if it defaults.
For refinancing, the Ellie Mae report shows that the average borrower going through Fannie and Freddie had a credit score of 770, considered extremely high. (The highest score is 850, but not many borrowers are above 800.)
To get a different idea of how hard it's become for some borrowers, consider this: the average credit score for a "conforming" refinance mortgage through Fannie and Freddie that was denied in February stood at 720, which had traditionally been considered good credit.
Conforming loans approved to purchase new homes had an average credit score of 764 and an average down payment of 22%. Applications that were denied had an average credit score of 732 and an average down payment of 19%.
While banks first began tightening credit standards as the housing downturn deteriorated four years ago, "it still seems like it's getting a little tighter," says Mr. Corr.
Moreover, Fannie and Freddie are charging higher fees to borrowers who have less-than-perfect credit or down payments of less than 25%. The upshot is that "if you want to get the best rates that are out there right now, you need to have a really high credit score," says Mr. Corr. If you're below a 740 credit score, "you can qualify, but you're maybe not getting the lowest rates."
FHA borrowers tend to have less pristine credit profiles, though even that has changed. The agency has often served first-time buyers.
The average credit score for a refinance applicant who received an FHA loan in February stood at 722, up from 706 in August. Purchase loans backed by the FHA that were approved had an average credit score of 701 with an average down payment of 5%.
FHA loans could be harder for some borrowers to come by beginning this week, when a new rule took effect barring FHA loans to borrowers with outstanding credit disputes of at least $1,000. Previously, the restriction didn't automatically bar someone from getting an FHA loan, though it did require court-ordered judgments to be paid off.


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There is some risk of problems with this test.
- Some people who have a myelogram develop a headache, nausea, or vomiting after the test. The headache may last for 24 hours. In rare cases, a seizure may occur after the dye is put into the spinal canal.
- There is a small risk of a seizure if the dye moves to the brain. This is why if or when you lie down, you need to keep your head raised higher than your body.
- There is a small risk of infection at the needle site or bleeding into the spinal canal.
- In rare cases, the hole made by the needle in the sac around the spine does not close normally. This can allow spinal fluid to leak out. This leak may need to be repaired through a procedure called an epidural blood patch. To do the patch, your doctor injects some of your own blood to cover the hole.
- There is a small risk of having an allergic reaction to the dye. You will be given medicine for a reaction.
- There is a risk of kidney problems if you take metformin (Glucophage) to control your diabetes.
- In rare cases, inflammation of the spinal cord, weakness, numbness, paralysis, or loss of control of your bowel or bladder may develop.
- Also in rare cases, the dye may cause blockage of the spinal canal. If this occurs, surgery is usually needed.
- There is always a slight chance of damage to cells or tissue from radiation, including the low levels of radiation used for this test. But the chance of damage from the X-rays is usually very low compared with the benefits of the test.
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Call 911 or other emergency services right away if you have a seizure.
Call your doctor right away if you:
- Have any increase in pain, weakness, or numbness in your legs.
- Have a severe headache or stiff neck, or if your eyes become very sensitive to light.
- Have a headache that lasts longer than 24 hours.
- Have problems urinating or having a bowel movement.
- Develop a fever.
Your doctor will talk to you about the results of your test.
The dye flows evenly through the spinal canal.
The spinal cord is normal in size, position, and shape. The nerves leaving the spinal cord are normal.
No narrowing or blockage of the spinal canal is seen.
The flow of dye is blocked or diverted. This may be due to a ruptured herniated disc, spinal stenosis, a nerve injury, an abscess, or a tumor.
Inflammation of the membrane (arachnoid membrane) that covers the spinal cord is seen.
One or more nerves leaving the spinal cord are pinched.
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NAPA -- The Raiders are counting upon second-year cornerback DJ Hayden to make a bigger contribution than he did as a rookie, when abdominal and groin injuries limited his practice and game time.
For that to happen, Hayden needs to be healed enough from the ankle injury he suffered in an offseason workout to the point he can practice, veteran defensive back Charles Woodson said Wednesday.
"The way you get better at this game is being out there on the field," Woodson said. "There's only so much being in the film room, or looking at the film or studying the plays, there's only so far that's going to take you."
Coach Dennis Allen said late in the offseason that he expected Hayden to be back at full strength in time for the first training camp practice Friday. That remains to be seen.
Hayden wasn't spotted during the players' check-in period that the media was permitted to observe Wednesday. He also wasn't available for comment.
Woodson, entering his 17th NFL season, missed some time early in his career as a result of turf-foe injuries. He speaks from experience when he talks about the importance of practice.
If Hayden misses significant practice time during training camp, Woodson said, it's going to be a "big setback." Hayden was limited during training camp last season as he recovered from a May surgery to remove scar tissue in his abdominal region.
"You need to be out on the field," Woodson said, "and, along with that, other guys are going to be getting reps. If you're not out there, proving what you can do, how do you ever get back into the lineup?
"That will be the test for him and hopefully it's not nothing that's going to hold him out the whole camp and he doesn't have to worry about being on (the physically unable to perform list) or anything like that, because he's a guy we feel he can help us out around here. It has the potential to be a setback, but hopefully it's not."
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Tristan Kingsley is back showing off her natural physique. She likes to keep in shape playing sports and having steamy sex in unusual places. At least that's what we like to imagine about Tristan. She has this good-girl image but getting to know her better lately lets us believe that there's a lot of raunch under Tristan's somber surface.
Tristian had a fun day at the mall. She found this sexy little summer outfit (including the sandals) and wanted to model it for you. Her petite little body and that huge smile go along way into your hearts..and other parts of your body. ~you know what I mean..hehe~ This IS the kind of girl you would bring home to mom! Enjoy this hot little number!


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Somewhere in Australia there's an Irish lad called Rowan McCormick who broke Maureen Dowd's heart. When she went back in the early 1970s to visit her homestead in County Clare, hard by the majestic Cliffs of Moher, she met him and fell madly in love.
Her older sister Peggy remembers that she was seriously worried they might never see Maureen again. "She was totally in love. We didn't think we would bring her back," Peggy remembers.
The Dowd family had traveled over with their mother to keep her company. Their dad, Michael, was national chairman of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and the annual convention was being held in Ireland.
Sadly, like most summer romances, Dowd's didn't work out, and her beau departed for Australia. But when she was Down Under a few years back on a book tour she put out an all-points bulletin and he came running.
Alas, he was married now and settled down. Dowd still sounds disappointed.
It is quite an image – Maureen Dowd, scourge of every president since Poppy Bush and, arguably, the most powerful journalist in America thanks to her must-read column in The New York Times – talking of the road not taken, living a quiet life as a barkeep's wife back in Clare.
Maybe that image isn't so fanciful, though. Spending a few hours in the back of a midtown Manhattan restaurant with Maureen and her sister Peggy is akin to catching up with relatives in a snug bar in the west of Ireland.
After lunch the theater crowd drifted away to the matinee performances and left the world to us. The Dowd sisters are very close, finishing each other's sentences, adding a detail here and there.
The talk is soon of Ireland. Peggy is the family historian, and the stories flow like a familiar river.
Peggy has her Irish passport; Maureen covets one. The focus is memories of their father Michael, a son of Ireland who bestrides their lives still, though he is long gone.
Michael from Clare was the son of a poor farmer in a poor country, the second child in the family named Michael after the first died. He was booked on the Titanic in 1914, but his mother cried all night and he couldn't leave her.
The woman who took his place in the doomed liner survived and they met up years later. Though still a young woman, her hair had turned pure white from the fright of that awful night, or so says the family lore.
Michael eventually came to Washington, D.C., and despite a rudimentary education made it into the police force where he quickly climbed the ladder. Soon after he made detective, he met Peggy Meenehan, whose father managed the family bar.
The cop and the barkeep's daughter were both champion Irish step dancers. In 1934 they married; the age difference was 18 years. They raised five kids together – Maureen, the youngest, Michael, Martin, Kevin and Peggy.
Maureen's father was 61 when she was born, but he wrote his age as 50 on the birth certificate.
"It was hilarious that he lied," Maureen says now, "and as a policeman, he was lying on an official document."
The Dowds had it rough. Years later when Maureen would sometimes romanticize the 1930s, her mother would wag her finger. "Those were tough and mean times," mother would tell daughter.
Now Maureen says she knows what she was talking about. "We're back there," she says referring to the current economic crisis. "We're back in a soup can economy."
The sisters describe Michael as the cool, clean hero, devout and chivalrous to a fault, a man adept at sizing up people and situations like no other. Peggy says Maureen had the same gift from an early age and that she got it from her father.
He loved to read, especially newspapers. "He'd grab a morning, an afternoon and evening paper every day," says Peggy.
Their strongest memories are of Michael engrossed in the newspaper sitting under a portrait of JFK, one of his heroes. So it is not surprising that Maureen felt the pull to write from an early age.
There were already other powerful role models in the family pantheon. Tommy Corcoran, married to a Dowd relative, was FDR's closest confidant, known to the president as "Tommy the Cork." He drafted much of the New Deal legislation and reputedly coined the phrases "nothing to fear but fear itself" and "rendezvous with destiny." Roosevelt's son Elliott wrote, "Apart from my father, Tom (Corcoran) was the single most influential individual in the country."
So being around power was also an early experience for the Dowd clan. And Ireland permeated the family's early years.
Maureen is pictured in the Washington Post at age 2 in 1954, plump and pretty in a shamrock-bedecked dress, posing on St. Patrick's Day. Typically she critiques her first media appearance – "Look, they had to give me potato chips to make me smile."


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Ifyou�d heard nothing about �Death Valley� and never seen the poster, you�d getabout a quarter through the film still thinking it was an overly angsty kid�smovie about dealing with divorce. To your surprise, you�d find that the film isone of the most gussied-up, glitzy actor'd, low-brow slasher flicks every made,fitting quite well amongst Scream Factory�s Blu-Ray revival of all things weirdand terrifying.<>>
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Despitean impressive cast, it�s really no surprise if you haven�t heard of this one �I hadn�t and I�m a child of the 80�s. In 1982, with slasher films reachingtheir apex of interest, and audiences demanding more and more outlandish scenarios,director Dick Richards (better known for westerns and noir) set out to make aserious suspense thriller told from a young boy�s perspective. Fortunately (orotherwise), he succeeded only in finding a bizarre new genre-limbo somewherebetween �Kramer vs. Kramer� and �Slumber Party Massacre�; �Death Valley� is a bitof an awkward fit.<>>
Billy,played by Peter Billingsley (�A Christmas Story�), is as sublime a �natural� asever there was in the role of the young boy in question. He lives in Manhattanwith his father, a rather sophisticated businessman played by Edward Herrmann (�TheLost Boys�) and is about to take a vacation out west with his mother (CatherineHicks � �Child�s Play�) and her corn-fed boyfriend (Paul Le Mat � �AmericanGraffiti�). There�s no question that Billy is none too pleased at the prospectbut he�s immediately shown to be both mature and intelligent enough to cope.<>>
Asidefrom Billy�s misplaced distrust of his mother�s new beau, the newly-formed familyunit begins a trek across the deserts of Arizona with only the mildest of dysfunctionin tow. Our first hint that the story will dive into dread comes when Billynotices an ominous old Cadillac passing on the highway; the scene recalls Spielberg�s�Duel� or Carpenter�s �Christine�. From here the film spirals down into a bloody-redmurder mystery with Billingsley as the hunted witness and Wilford Brimley (�TheThing�) as the bumbling highway cop without any hope of protecting thisunsuspecting family from a mysterious killer.<>>
Therereally is a punch about a third of the way into the film (around the time wesee a completely obligatory topless vixen and tomato-soup-red blood pouringfrom the neck of a victim � whose killing has no motivation by the way) thatthe whole tone turns on its head. �Death Valley� feels a bit like 2 movies with2 different directors - who have vastly different goals - just collaged togetherwithout much care or purpose. It�s no wonder that Universal didn�t really knowwhat to do with this one; it sat in a can for over a year before it wasreleased. Purpose aside, I sat down and tried to figure out why this filmdoesn�t work and, in doing so, I found myself with a list of all the reasons itdoes: big names, epic cinematography (filmed almost entirely on location),Wilford Brimley, 1980�s nostalgia (see �SIMON�), unapologetic child-in-perilscenario, and neon-orange blood splattered across half of the movie. What�s notto like?<>>
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Thepicture here is gorgeous with the perfect amount of film grain and colorsaturation but �Death Valley� definitely has the fewest bells and whistles ofthe Scream Factory releases I�ve viewed to date. The packaging cover has theoriginal one-sheet with some stills on the inside and you get a copy on DVD aswell as Blu-Ray. There is an original Theatrical Trailer and TV Spot; one ofwhich (kind of) presents the film like a Dukes of Hazard episode, introducingeach of the characters in a folksy who-done-it manner � very odd.<>>
Thehighlight of the features � and by highlight I mean the greatest amount of goodintentions resulting in disappointing results � is the commentary with thedirector, Dick Richards. In his defense, he has lived a long life and I�m surethis film isn�t the highpoint but his level of disinterest is a bit shocking.By half-way in, almost every question posed by the interviewer results in �Idon�t remember� or �yes/no�. By the end, Richards seems to be completelyignoring the questions and we get long periods of complete silence. If you area fan of this man�s work, he does talk quite a bit about his career and itmight be worth your time but, otherwise, I�d just focus on the film and givethe commentary a pass. <>>
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'The Outsiders' is an awesome new book from Shillington tutor Jeffrey Bowman, Sven Ehmann and Robert Klanten. The book not only contains some beautiful photography but explores the 'refreshing and evolving ethos of today's smartly successful outdoor and lifestyle entrepreneurs'.
You can purchase a copy of the book over here or take a look at some more of Jeffrey's amazing photography work!


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Open source web media player.
Songbird is a desktop Web player, a digital jukebox and Web browser mash-up. Like Winamp, it supports extensions and skins feathers. Like Firefox, it is built from Mozilla, cross-platform and open source.
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New nightly is really aweosme. You can get it here http://developer.songbirdnest.com/nightly/builds/mac/
shows promise, but currently the nightly build (7/20/06) only seems to play mp3s (out of wma, ogg, mp3, and flac)
I like it, but it needs to be able to play iTMS songs better then it does now.
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Marius the giraffe – right or wrong? The great divide
"Danish zoo kills healthy giraffe and feeds it to the lions" The headlines are appalling, and the international outcry has been almost as dramatic as if the Danish zoo authorities had fed a human to the lions. Do the protesters have a point, or is the zoo simply being honest about an unfortunate but necessary situation? The answer to this question highlights a major divide in the broad community of animal lovers: those who are in favour of animal rights, and those who believe in animal welfare. Animal rights people believe that animals have similar rights to humans. Animals are sentient, living individuals, often referred to as "non-human persons". They have a right to exist and to be granted the Five Freedoms - freedom from pain and disease, freedom from hunger and thirst, freedom from discomfort, freedom to express natural behaviours and freedom from fear and distress. They also believe that animals have the right to life, and that humans do not have the right to take that life away. People who believe in animal rights really ought to be vegans, since they do not believe in the right of humans to exploit animals for meat or milk. They believe that animals should not be viewed as property, or used for food, clothing, research, entertainment or as beasts of burden. They believe that animals deserve equal consideration to humans: if animals are not given equal rights, this is "speciesism" which is as bad as racism. They believe that in the future, we will look back on our time and see our attitude to animals in the same way as we currently view human slavery. Animal welfare people believe that non-human animals are sentient and that efforts should be ensure their well-being, especially when they are under the care of humans. However they do not believe that animals have the same rights as humans. They also believe that animals deserve the Five Freedoms, but they believe that humans have the right to decide what happens to animals, which includes taking the animal's life in a humane manner in some circumstances. They believe that it's acceptable to farm animals for meat and milk, as long as the animals have a life worth living while they are farmed, and as long as the animal's death takes place in a way that is free of fear and pain. They believe that it's acceptable to use animals for food, clothing, research, entertainment or as beasts of burden as long as the Five Freedoms are not impaired. Animal welfare people do not believe that animals have a right to life, justice or freedom. This is the most widely held view in the Western world today: that it is morally and ethically acceptable for humans to use non-human animals, provided that adverse effects on animal welfare are kept to a minimum. So what about Marius the giraffe? The protesters about the zoo in Denmark are seeing the situation from an animal rights perspective, whereas the zoo defends their stance from an animal welfare point of view. The animal rights stance would say that Marius the giraffe was a "non-human person", and that it's outrageous that his life was taken. They also believe that the zoo compounded the unfairness by butchering Marius in public (even with children looking on) and then feeding him to the lions. This showed lack of respect to Marius, and an uncaring attitude to an adorable creature. The animal welfare stance would understand the perspective of the zoo, which has stated that the giraffe was surplus to its own requirements,and there was no simple alternative. The options that were available included rehoming to non-accredited wildlife parks and private sanctuaries, and the zoo was concerned that they would lose control of the giraffe, and that he might end up in an inappropriate situation where he was suffering. The zoo believed that quick, pain-free death was a better alternative for the giraffe than to take that risk. The zoo would say that millions of cattle, pigs and sheep are killed in the same way every day and nobody complains about them, so what's the difference? The problem is this: onlookers see the zoo's attitude as disingenuous. Zoos are quick to humanise their animals when it suits them, such as when they ask the public to sponsor individual creatures, or when they advertise to encourage visitors. They are happy to create an animal-rights type illusion of the animals being "furry people", and the public are happy to accept this. Most of us are animal rights believers at some level, especially when considering animals (such as our pets) that are well-known to us. And when an animal has been given a name, and has featured in attractive photographs, we also like to take an animal rights view on behalf of that creature. Yet the reality is that zoos take an animal welfare stance, and so do most of us when we do not know the individual animals. How many of us are vegans? Perhaps 1%? If we put our money where our mouths are, then 99% of us are animal welfarists, not animal rights believers, at least when it comes to farm animals. But we don't like it when our pockets of animal rights belief (like Marius) are blatantly treated with animal welfare rules. The zoo has clearly not understood this, and their "practical" approach of publicly butchering the animal and feeding him to the lions has compounded their error. Whether they are right or wrong, the zoo has created an image of uncaring arrogance which does not serve animals or the zoo's purpose well. It's a PR disaster. The zoo has lost a sea of international supporters and the animal rights argument against the continuing existence of zoos has moved one step forwards
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The Celtics have undergone quite a few changes since the trade deadline and have acquired many new faces, including Nenad Krstic, Jeff Green, Troy Murphy, Sasha Pavlovic, and now Carlos Arroyo.
As Celtics fans, our main concern is that Doc Rivers and the team can help the newcomers transform their game to fit into the Celtics' schemes, and that the adaptations will go over smoothly before the playoffs.
Thus far, we have seen several great plays on the offensive end from the new faces, and the Celtics Newcomers "Transform Ya" mix compiles many of their shining moments from the past few games. Let's hope to see many more in the games ahead.
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JR says:
Another great video DH. We're very happy you've joined our team.
Thanks JR! Happy to be a part of it :) And I thought it was time to make a video that focused on the Celtics instead of bashing the Miami sHeat.
Three Toe says:
hey nice work. what software do you use to edit the video?
Stanley Fisher says:
DH give me back my video editing software!
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DH love ur videos....
u have great choice is music no questioning dat!!!.*BOWs*
Thanks guys! I just use Windows Live Movie Maker. I actually never made any videos before the LeBrick House one a couple days ago but it's pretty easy to use for noobs.
Nice video! What band/song?
The song is by Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne - it's called "I Can Transform Ya." One of my faves. I used it as entrance music to my first fight! Not just because I like the song, but because I have a twisted sense of humor... it's by Chris Brown and he beats women, and I was about to do the same ;)
The video itself is well put together, just hate the choice of song.
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Music player merges iTunes with Last FM
A light weight, stand alone media player, Everplay plays music from your iTunes library as well as from Last FM online radio services.
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Version 1.5 comes with fetch, add and correct song lyrics from the world's largest online lyrics database & reduced price...
Very nice but unfortunately basic functions like changing playlists or going to the currently playing track make it stutter and beachball on my G5 with 120 GB playlist. iTunes handles these fine so for now I'm not switching. Needs multi-threading or some other optimization to be useable on older macs with large libraries.
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There's also Ecoute.
And it's cheaper than Everplay.
I like it. Finding an alternative for iTunes in MacOS is really hard to find.
Not freeware anymore.
The price is around 20 dollars.
Very promising. Good interface, seems stable, delivers the promised features, already better than the other alternative Last.fm clients for the Mac. As of 1.0b4.1, it does not, however, support "lastfm:" URLs, and playing personal tag stations is possible only through Recent stations (thankfully "imported" from the official Last.fm client) and does not work for tags with spaces.


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Perkins Restaurant, 2111 E. Kansas Ave. in McPherson, is hosting a fundraiser for the Christian Motorcyclists Association from 5 to 10 p.m. April 12. Ten percent of meals purchased that night will go toward the association's Run for the Son world mission project.
The Christian Motorcyclists Association's vision is "changing the world, one heart at a time" through outreach to bikers and other ministries with world-reaching potential. One hundred percent of money raised for Run for the Son goes to missions. Christian Motorcyclists Association is accredited by the Evangelical Free Church of America.
Twenty percent of funds raised go to Missionary Ventures International to purchase transportation for indigenous pastors in Third World countries. Twenty percent goes to Open Doors to provide Bibles to people in countries closed to the message of Jesus Christ as Savior. Twenty percent supports The JESUS Film Project, which takes the message of Jesus Christ to remote people around the world. The remaining 40 percent goes toward reaching motorcyclists throughout the United States and around the world through Christian Motorcyclists Association International.
For more information on the Christian Motorcyclists Association, visit www.cmausa.org/run-for-the-son.
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Faculty Convocation is Sept. 12
President Ray Watts will deliver the State of the University Address and recognize faculty award winners during the annual event.Dubose 'embodies all that is genuinely good about working at UAB'
The third time at UAB is a charm for Kristen Dubose, whose work in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation earned her Employee of the Month for August.Fanucchi named UAB's first faculty ombudsAssociate Professor Michelle Fanucchi, Ph.D., will officially begin her role as UAB's first faculty ombuds — an independent, confidential and impartial resource for faculty — Sept.1.Foster is a master of the 'monstrous' tasksIf you need someone to coordinate large, complicated projects across time zones and holidays who strikes the right balance of pushing and cajoling to get it done on time, Jeff Foster is that guy and UAB's employee of the Month.New Employee Wellness director brings fresh perspective to programAnna Threadcraft joined UAB this week — just in time to help champion UAB employees competing in the Birmingham Corporate Challenge this weekend at Railroad Park.Gallitz leads by servingPreventive Medicine's Laura Gallitz steps up to any challenge that may arise — just one of the reasons she was selected UAB's Employee of the Month for June.Tolwani appointed to new Rutsky professorship in nephrologyThe UA System Board of Trustees approved the creation of a new professorship and the appointment to fill it during its meeting June 17.Biggio named inaugural holder of Hauth professorshipJoseph Biggio, M.D., is the first to hold the endowed position in maternal-fetal medicine named for John Hauth, who directed the division for more than 10 years.Four honored with emeritus appointmentsRecognition was awarded to longtime faculty Rosalia Scripa, Louis Dale, Joseph Bloomer and G. M. Anantharamaiah.Faculty honored for excellence in teachingHonorees represent each school, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Honors College and the Joint Health Sciences departments.Myers helps the world see the wonders of UABJeff Myers, UAB's Employee of the Month for May, helps tell the UAB story through his camera lens.Amos helps ensure the hospital makes a good first impressionUAB's Employee of the Month Teresa Amos is an ambassador to the many faces she sees each and every day.Paustian is new QEP directorPamela Paustian, Ph.D., associate professor in the School of Health Professions, has been selected as the director for UAB's Quality Enhancement Plan, "Learning in a Team Environment."Four faculty appointed to endowed positionsHerbert Chen, Ursula Isolde Wesselmann, Nicolaas Geurs and Stephanie Yates were named to endowed positions in the schools of Medicine, Dentistry and Business during the April meeting of the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees.Armstrong never tires of of saying 'Thank you'
Melanie Armstrong, assistant director for Stewardship and Donor Relations, is UAB's Employee of the Month for March.8 honored as UAB's Outstanding Women for 2016The UAB Commission on the Status of Women presented its annual awards to women who have mentored or served other women, taken a courageous stance or overcome adversity to achieve a goal.Urthaler remembers when there was 'no tradition to push around'Ferdinand Urthaler, cardiologist and professor of medicine, physiology and biophysics, is one of three being honored for 45 years of service during UAB's annual Service Awards Luncheon March 4.Three honored for 45 years service during annual awards
With 45 years at UAB to their credit, Ferdinand Urthaler, Jeanne Hutchison and Louis Dale are among the employees who will be honored during this year's Service Awards Program luncheon March 4, which recognizes employees with 20 or more years of service. A list of recipients is online.Tanner is everywhere someone needs her to be
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Interweave Knits Spring 2001 Issue
Respectful of the fact that many of us still have several months of winter left, editor Melanie Falick chose to keep a good number of wools and wool blends in this issue.
Colors and textures are subdued and sensual, including a simple cashmere sweater, a man's ribbed pocketed vest from Nora Gaughan in a variegated alpaca, and a knitted bag from Mary Nickol that's perfect for summer.
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A Colerain mother accused of starving her children as punishment was in court Tuesday.
Felicia Griffin plead guilty to on count of child endangering. She was indicted on five counts but the other four were dismissed.
Police say her 12-year-old daughter was caught stealing food from a Walmart. The girl appeared thin and had bruises on her body. Doctors say she was malnourished.
Griffin's daughter told police she was rarely fed and beaten with a belt.
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The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and its other partners in the ATV Safety Coalition have begun a Public Service Announcement competition to promote ATV safety in the state.
The launching of the statewide public education campaign is to bring awareness and stress the importance of safety when riding an ATV. Tennessee ranked sixth nationally with 101 ATV reported fatalities from 2007-10.
The coalition's ATV Safety PSA Contest is for students in junior high (grades 6-8) and in high school (grades 9-12). Participants are asked to create a 60-second PSA video informing children and teens about the consequences of unsafe riding and the encouragement to follow ATV safety rules and regulations.
The submission deadline is Nov. 19. Winners will be announced on Jan. 21, 2013. There will be first, second and third place winners in the junior high and high school divisions with prizes of $250, $150, and $100 for the top three entries in each division.
For more information, visit the Monroe Carrell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt website: http://www.childrenshospital.vanderbilt.org/services.php.
The TWRA is one of the coalition's steering committee organizations along with the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Castle Powersports, Future Farmers of America, Tennessee Department of Health, Tennessee Emergency Medical Services for Children, UT Extension and 4-H.
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The nationwide America's State Parks Ambassador Program (ASPAP) helps individuals volunteer at their favorite state parks and document their experiences through photo essays, videos and stories.
The Virginia State Park system is unique among state park systems involved in ASPAP. Other systems typically have only one or two state ambassadors. Virginia, however, has at least one ambassador per park, as well as at-large members with no relation to any particular park.
The goal of the ambassador program is to counteract environmental apathy. Technological advances, particularly social media, have made it possible for the millennial generation to lose touch with nature as never before. It is estimated that millenials spend 30 hours a week viewing a TV or other electronic screen. Most millennials spend less than an hour a week interacting with nature.
Studies show that time spent in nature boosts physical and mental well-being. As fewer people take part in outdoor recreation, however, it has become clearer that this issue needs attention. ASPAP seeks to address this by using social media to reach millennials viewing screens instead of the great outdoors... in sunshine and among great trees.
ASPAP involves millennials with Virginia State Parks by having them foster, develop and share their love for nature. Ambassadors write blogs and produce videos and photo essays and post them here. They thus advocate for the many cultural, historical and natural wonders in each park and engage peers by enthusiastically advocating the natural and cultural world. Those interested in becoming an ambassador must register here and have a recent photo of themselves to upload to the site.
Ambassadors must be between 16 and 28 and are expected to volunteer 10 hours a month at their respective park as well as post at least one blog per month. They should get to know their Virginia State Park volunteer coordinators to better understand the park's programs.
ASPAP creates a team of young leaders passionate about nature. The program exemplifies esprit de corps. Ambassadors learn to make a difference by working with peers and staff. The program gives young people the perfect chance to share their enthusiasm and passion for nature through advocacy and action. They develop confidence and a sense of belonging through involvement with the program, and they earn badges to demonstrate a deep connection with the outdoors. It's ideal for those wanting to assume leadership positions, expand their horizons and develop professional skills.
Those who fear that today's environmental apathy and technological addictions are too great to overcome should remember Margaret Mead's words:
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
And recall Martin Luther King Jr.'s words as well:
Everybody can be great... because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.
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Even In Spain, Debt Sometimes Pays
If the original sin of Spain was that it got hooked up on debt, the takeaway from the latest earnings reports of the country's largest corporations is that sin pays–to some extent, and for some at least.
There's Iberdrola, for example. The Basque Country-based power utility admitted in its full-year results Thursday that it's having its share of problems in its home market, due to falling energy demand and higher costs across the board, amid a year-long recession caused by a property bust now in its sixth-year.
Last year, Iberdrola said, the contribution to net profit from its Spanish operations in the country fell 36%, and is now at levels last seen in the year 2000—that is, in financial markets perceptions and on the view of some purists of Y2K discussions, the last century.
By contrast, international operations helped to offset the hit, and overall net profit edged 1.3% higher for the year to 2.84 billion euros. Net profit from outside Spain rose a cool 35% to €1.98 billion, and already accounts for 70% of the company's total profit.
The problem here is that, if it weren't for the debt it incurred to expand in the U.K. and Latin America, Iberdrola wouldn't have such significant international operations to start with. Even for a country where heavy debt loads are hardly news, Iberdrola has a pretty significant debt pile.
Following a series of asset divestments, Iberdrola only managed last year to cut its debt by €1.38 billion to €30.3 billion.
A similar picture is to be seen in comparable cases. Take another company that took on massive debt to expand in the U.K. and Latin America: Telefonica.
The Spanish telecom giant is not reporting full year earnings until Feb. 28, but it reported third-quarter earnings in November showing a net profit of €1.38 billion, entirely dependent on foreign contributions as its Spanish unit has become a loss-making machine, with revenue down 15% on the year that quarter.
Telefonica debt pile, meanwhile, is one of the largest of any global corporation ever. Even though it dropped by €2.3 billion on the quarter, it was still at €56 billion.
A more recent example is Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), which is slightly different from the previous two cases in that, as a bank, its debt is an asset and not a liability. Also, it didn't expand in the U.K., unlike rival Banco Santander, but in other countries.
On Feb. 1, BBVA said net profit last year fell 44% to €1.68 billion due to an annual loss of €1.27 billion in its Spanish operations. Elsewhere—in places ranging from Mexico to Turkey—the news was clearly better.
The same day as BBVA reported, two smaller Spanish lenders did the same: CaixaBank and Banco Popular. These are two domestically-focused banks (in the case of CaixaBank, forcibly, because international expansion was difficult during the long time it was an unlisted savings bank) that have won praise, and, especially in the case of Popular, soaring share prices in the past because they eschewed the risky expanding ways of rivals and concentrated on the market they knew best.
CaixaBank said it had to resort to asset sales to eke out a profit of €230 million last year, down 78% from the previous year.
Banco Popular, with no such levers to pull, posted a record net loss of €2.46 billion last year, due to its heavy exposure to Spain's property collapse.
With Banco Popular's shares among the worst performers on Spain's stock market over the last few years, few analysts now say that it did the right thing by not taking on more debt and expanding away from Spain.


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Mmm, bacon
The only thing better than bacon for breakfast is bacon for two days straight. So imagine the porky possibilities at San Jose's Bacon Festival of America, set for July 4 and 5 at Plaza de Cesar Chavez. The bash includes bacon food booths, a bacon bank and bacon souvenirs. Also, bacon. Plus food trucks, live entertainment and a Michael Jackson dance party -- and fireworks on the Fourth.
The patriotic element makes perfect sense. Surely, Thomas Jefferson was referring to bacon when he put that part in the Declaration of Independence about "the pursuit of happiness." Find details -- and tickets, at $10 to $12 -- at www.sjbacon.com.
We're classic s'mores peeps ourselves, but if your tastes veer in a more Peeps-ish direction, a certain candy company has an idea for your Fourth of July celebration. Yes, Peeps S'mores, made with their new vanilla creme-flavored, vaguely eagle-shaped confections. We're slightly unnerved by the idea of barbecuing our national bird, even in marshmallow form -- oh, wait, maybe they're chicks. It's hard to tell.
Éclair, I declare
Cupcake domination may never falter, but we thoroughly enjoy the efforts to compete in this game of pastry thrones, whether it's macarons (swoon) or the new full-scale cakes from Kara's Cupcakes (the tropical cake with passion fruit curd and coconut icing is worth a double swoon). Now comes news that celebrity pastry chef and "Top Chef: Just Desserts" judge Johnny Iuzzini has teamed up with Le Méridien Hotels on a "global éclair program."
The hotels will be serving classic coffee, chocolate and vanilla éclairs, plus a series of seasonal, locally inspired riffs unveiled via Iuzzini's "Éclair Diaries." He's already announced a maple-bacon éclair for Dallas, a dulce de leche éclair in Panama and a savory éclair with goat cheese, cranberry and pumpernickel crumbs in Munich. San Francisco gets the Iuzzini treatment next month. He will be zipping around the city by motorcycle on July 10 and unveiling the new flavor on the 29th.
A sourdough éclair with Dungeness crab? Or perhaps something Tcho-chocolatey and Blue Bottle-coffee-y?
-- J. Burrell, Staff


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Saturday, January 5, 2013
PEMBROKE, N.C. -- Augusta State endured its worst shooting effort of the season Saturday and fell 47-40 at UNC Pembroke in Peach Belt Conference action at English E. Jones Center.
With the loss, the Lady Jaguars dropped to 8-2 overall and to 2-2 in the PBC. The victory was the first in PBC play for UNCP (1-3), which improved to 7-6 overall.
The Lady Jags played without Jemimah Ashy, the team's leading scorer at 13.8 ppg., who was sidelined with a left knee injury.
Taylor Ayers had a team-high 11 points and was the only Lady Jags to reach double figures. Tanchelle Hollingsworth had nine points and two steals, while Becky Newhouse led the squad with nine rebounds and three assists.
Jazmine Kemp paced Pembroke with 13 points and Amelia Partin managed 10. Kierra Haney grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds and Kemp added eight boards.
ASU shot just 21.2 percent in the opening half, including just 2-of-16 from 3-point range. The Lady Jags led 9-6 at the first media timeout but connected on only four field goals over the final 14:57 of the half. ASU made two of its first five 3-point attempts but misfired on the last 14 shots from long range.
UNCP led by as much as 11 in the second half despite shooting just 22.2 percent from the field. ASU made one final charge, putting together a 9-0 run over a span of 5:29 that Ayers capped with a jumper at the 5:00 mark. Her basket cut the Lady Jags' deficit to 36-35, but ASU managed only two field goals the rest of the way as UNCP closed the game on a 11-5 spurt.
ASU shot a season-low 22.6 percent overall and hit only 4-of-29 attempts from 3-point range (13.8 percent). The Lady Jags set a new season low with only eight turnovers.
The Lady Jags are back in action next weekend when they welcome Armstrong Atlantic State to Christenberry Fieldhouse on Saturday, Jan. 12 at 1:30 p.m.
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Vitamin D May Ease Painful Periods
Feb. 28, 2012 -- A single large dose of vitamin D may help women with painful periods feel more comfortable and skip painkillers, Italian researchers report.
Antonino Lasco, MD, of the University of Messina, and his team compared the use of the vitamin D dose with placebo pills. They studied 40 women, ages 18 to 40. All had painful menstrual periods, known as dysmenorrhea. It affects nearly half of women who menstruate.
Besides pain, there can be nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and sleep problems.
"We observed a significant reduction of pain in the vitamin D group compared with the placebo group over the two-month duration of our study," writes Lasco. The study is published in the Archives of InternalMedicine.
The dose used was very high: 300,000 international units (IU). A dose of 4,000 IU a day is termed the ''upper tolerable'' by the U.S. Institute of Medicine. That would be about 240,000 IU over two months.
Women shouldn't try this approach on their own, warns Tarek Bardawil, MD, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He reviewed the findings for WebMD. "The number of patients studied is very few," he says. "The dose is very high. Before we jump to conclusions, we need further studies."
Amazing Vitamin D, Nutrition's Newest Star
Vitamin D for Painful Periods: Study Details
Excess production of hormone-like substances called prostaglandins can trigger painful periods. Vitamin D is known to reduce their production.
Lasco's team randomly assigned the 40 women to get either vitamin D or placebo pills. The women took them five days before the expected start of their cycle.
For two months, the women tracked their menstrual pain. They told whether they took any off-the-shelf painkillers, like nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
Those on vitamin D not only reported less pain, none said they took any NSAID painkillers during the two months.
Forty percent of the women on placebo said they took an NSAID painkiller at least once.
The NSAID painkillers are typically prescribed for painful periods. However, long-term use can carry risks such as gastrointestinal problems.
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Today's entries:
|Make my day links more prominent (web)
|Add quickstart link : E-Mail from Jason Lewis (web)
|Make my font smaller (web)
|Rename my blog to "planned procrastination" (web)
|Write my self-introduction (foss.politics)
|Fix planner-id update task when ID is in note : E-Mail from Michael Heinrich (2005.04.01 planner bug)
|Enroll in course : E-Mail from Mathias Klang
2. Went to bars
<gasp> End of the world, that.
Ended up going with my sister, my godfather and his nephew. We went to the Absolut party in Rockwell, where I ran into an old friend from the Calf Upstairs. Then we went to Cafe Havana, and I seriously, seriously missed dancing.
Interesting. It's not as alien as it used to be.
No, I didn't drink anything.
ネコはへいの割れ目を通り抜けた。 The cat went through a gap in the fence.
3. Fantastic explanation of cost of software
From We Pledge Allegiance to the Penguin:
"Every license for Office plus Windows in Brazil - a country in which 22 million people are starving - means we have to export 60 sacks of soybeans," says Marcelo D'Elia Branco, coordinator of the country's Free Software Project and liaison between the open source community and the national government, now headed by president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. "For the right to use one copy of Office plus Windows for one year or a year and a half, until the next upgrade, we have to till the earth, plant, harvest, and export to the international markets that much soy. When I explain this to farmers, they go nuts."
Now _that's_ a fantastic way to make the cost of software really visible to people. Translate it into tangible stuff!
その猫は私のそばで寝るのが好きだ。 The cat likes to sleep beside me.
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