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'Ghostwriting' is a contentious issue among both medical practitioners and medical writers. Previously, this issue typically only surfaced when either a politician decided to get on a bandwagon or a pharmaceutical company was implicated. In more recent times, lawyers are putting their case forward for policing the issue. In this upheaval, all players are involved, as described in two older articles in the New York Times on the issue of using ghostwriters in the medical literature and one more recently in PLoS Medicine, a medical journal from the Public Library of Science.
The first article described the use of ghostwriters by Wyeth as part of their publication plan regarding Premarin and Prempro, two drugs to treat the symptoms of menopause, known as hormone replacement therapy, or HRT.
The article reveals that ghostwriters 'played a major role in producing' 26 scientific papers (published between 1998 and 2005 in 18 medical journals) backing the use of HRT. The article cites several areas of concern: the lack of disclosure of a ghostwriter, the selection and involvement of the named author, and the continued recommendation for HRT after evidence of significant health risks associated with its use emerged.
According to the article, the ghostwritten papers were typically review articles and did not disclose Wyeth's role in initiating and paying for the work. One example described in the NYT piece included acknowledgements of several medical writers for 'editorial assistance', but neither the use of a medical communications company, nor Wyeth, were mentioned. Also at issue is the selection of the named authorafter a detailed outline for the article had been drafted. A spokesman for Wyeth noted that the articles were peer-reviewed by the journals. Adding to the concern was the stopping of a large federal study in 2002 after an increased risk of invasive breast cancer, heart disease and stroke (and in a later study, dementia) with the use of certain types of HRT was discovered. The article's information is based on court documents from a lawsuit against Wyeth.
More interesting though is the original whistle-blowers (see paragraph six) and the third article we will be discussing.
The second NYT piece is based on a letter written by Senator Charles Grassley – a Republican from Iowa who helps oversee public funding, including for medical research, and has been a vocal opponent of the relationship between the pharmaceutical industry and the medical profession – to the Acting Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) asking about NIH policies on ghostwriting and recipients of NIH grant money. Of particular issue is the participation by faculty members at American medical schools as 'guest authors' on such ghostwritten articles. As the article notes, 'Many of the nation's top doctors depend on federal grants to support their work, and attaching fresh conditions to those grants could be a powerful lever for enforcing new ethical guidelines on the universities.'
The third and more recent piece published in PLoS Medicine has already had some exposure and attention, more so about the retribution of this issue as deterrent. In this article, the authors (one lawyer and two law consultants) argue that self-regulation has not produced results and the government has failed to have any significant impact on ghostwriting, and that the only remaining option is the legal system. The article then proceeds to illustrate the possible legal remedies that can help outlaw a practice that has "long tainted journal content and jeopardised patient safety".
Our former editor, David Woods, PhD, offers a broad perspective on this topic, as a former journal editor himself and from other journal editors and leaders in medical publication.
He discusses an important point – the lack of clarity on what is an author, a ghost author, and a guest author. While we resolve those questions, full disclosure appears to be the best option for all involved: writer, investigator, editor, and reader.
The statistics are staggering. According to one study, the average office worker is interrupted every 11 minutes and takes 25 minutes to return to the original task. Another estimate is that distractions swallow up a whopping 28% of the typical workday.
In the face of a daily onslaught of email, phone calls, instant messages, text messages, beeping pagers, and colleagues poking their head around the door, how can a beleaguered health economist stay productive?
First of all, keep in mind that not all interruptions are bad news. Some bring essential information or provide a brief mental break that lets you return to the problem at hand with a fresh perspective. Others, like a co-worker with a question that urgently needs answering, contribute to the greater productivity of the organisation, even if it throws your own schedule awry.
There's no doubt, though, that many interruptions wreak havoc, derailing your train of thought and distracting you from important tasks. Here's how to sidestep as many as possible and minimise the impact of the ones you can't avoid:
At Rx Communications we have recently been developing proposals for a number of literature review projects – including one where an original review and analysis required updating before publication, and others that were designed to find answers to fairly obscure or unusual questions. We find, at the start of the year, many of our clients looking for vendors for these types of projects, and so we thought it might be useful to share our experiences. Rx has been performing literature searches and reviews since the company began; we are one of the few boutique medical communication agencies to have a dedicated information manager who specialises in this work. With all the literature benchmarking, systematic and comprehensive reviews we have undertaken over the years, we have developed a useful 4-step thought process that helps ensure our clients get the results they want. Here's hoping they get you the results you want too.
Although this seems fairly obvious, it is often the make or break point of success, and we find that clients often haven't thought through what it is they really want. This can make a tremendous difference to the size and complexity of the project: for example – is this research going to inform future drug or device developments or in-licencing opportunities? With a large future investment riding on the results of the search, you would do well to spend a little more on the literature search and analysis to ensure that your future investments will be well spent. Is this search (for example, of study methodologies) going to inform the way future clinical trials will be conducted, or perhaps establish the basis for an HTA submission? In this case inclusion and exclusion criteria need to be very clearly defined so that only the most robust data are collected. Are you looking to publish the results as a foundation or background to your own development research? It must be very clear that data have not been 'cherry picked', and that the search has not been skewed to omit unfavourable results or a competitor's pivotal study.
On the other hand, you don't want to end up analysing every single citation that may be identified in a comprehensive search, if all you want to know is the most common study approach taken to determine the parameter you are interested in. Part of deciding what the question is, is the issue of budget – do you need to know absolutely everything about your chosen question, or is a general indication sufficient?


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Alex Salmond has sparked a fresh row over defence in an independent Scotland by claiming that a missile testing range in the Outer Hebrides is more important to the security of Nato than the Trident nuclear weapons system.
The first minister said during a trip to Lewis that the Hebrides Range was of greater value than the submarines on the Clyde which he wants to expel from Scotland. The statement prompted accusations that his policy was based on what voters wanted to hear rather than strategic sense.
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Two players who have gone in opposite directions the past month came through with big games for the Curve on Wednesday, and if the club is going to sustain any offensive success, both of them will have to produce consistently.
Mel Rojas Jr. had two hits and two runs, while Adalberto Santos had two hits and two RBIs to lead Altoona past Reading, 7-3, before 4,285 fans at Peoples Natural Gas Field. The Curve technically have won four in a row, since Tuesday's loss in the completion of a suspended game from May 23 actually doesn't count against the streak.
Andrew Lambo delivered in the clutch again for Altoona - he's become the most reliable run producer in the Eastern League with a circuit-best 14 homers and 44 RBIs - but Lambo, who went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs, didn't have to do it all himself.
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Andrew Lambo scores behind Reading catcher Sebastian Valle in the third inning.
The Curve scored five runs in the third inning and received key contributions throughout the order all night.
"It takes a lot of pressure off Lambo because he doesn't have to feel like he is the only guy who's producing in the lineup," Curve manager Carlos Garcia said of the solid team offensive performance.
Garcia has to love seeing production from Rojas and Santos, in particular, considering how important those two are to the team's overall success.
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Covering the bases
LEADING OFF: RHP Gerrit Cole went seven scoreless innings in Triple-A Indianapolis' 1-0 win over Durham on Tuesday. Cole (5-3) gave up three hits and struck out three.
SAFE AT FIRST: Despite Pirates LHP Wandy Rodriquez getting injured in his start on Wednesday, Cole likely can't be called up until the Super 2 arbitration deadline passes in a few weeks. Cole has given up just five hits and no runs in 14 innings over his previous two starts.
STEALING SECOND: LF Andrew Lambo continued his on-base streak with a double and single on Wednesday. The streak is now at 27 games, and he has reached base in 54 of 57 games he has played in.
ROUNDING THIRD: RHP Stolmy Pimentel's first start in June was a lot better than his starts in May. Pimentel allowed two earned runs in six innings on six hits, bringing his ERA down to 3.84. His ERA in May was 7.15, compared to 0.30 in April.
HEADING HOME: The Curve will wear special uniforms and change their name to the Coasters tonight. The name Coasters was one of the finalists for the franchise's nicknames in 1999. The jerseys will then be auctioned off after the game.
- Darian Somers
Santos can flat out hit, which he proved last season when he batted .340 for the Curve and early this year when he was at .345 on May 9. But Santos had been mired in a month-long slump that saw his average drop 114 points all the way down to .231 entering Wednesday.
The Curve cannot win consistently with Santos hitting in the .230s.
"I've been putting in a lot of work with our hitting coach [Ryan Long], just trying to get back to where I was and where I've been, and it's starting to feel good and keeping my approach," Santos said.
Hard work is one thing, but Santos also has gone back to one fundamental aspect of the game.
"I'm just staying focused, playing the game, having fun and getting away from all of the mechanical stuff and just really getting back to playing ball how I can," he said.
Santos missed the final two weeks of April with a hip injury, and when he returned, Garcia said the hitter tried to do too much to help out the struggling offense.
"I think he probably put too much pressure on himself trying to pick up where he left off, and things didn't click right away for him," Garcia said.
A sign things could be changing for Santos came Wednesday as the right-handed hitter collected both hits to the opposite field.
"When you start hitting the ball the other way, that allows me to think now he's confident, now he knows to let the ball travel," Garcia said. "If you can hit the other way the way he did tonight, that's it."
While Santos has slumped since early May, Rojas has been a big force in the lineup. He was hitting .212 on May 7, but now he's up to .263 after his two-hit effort Wednesday.
It took Rojas some time to get acclimated at the Double-A level, but now that he has, he's become a much bigger threat at the plate.
"We've just got to help each other, get each other's back," Rojas said. "If someone doesn't do the job, the next guy does whatever he can to either bring the runner in, get on base, make the pitcher pitch."
Curve starter Stolmy Pimentel (3-3) snapped a personal three-game losing streak and won for the first time since April 29. He went six innings, allowing three runs - two earned - on six hits with seven strikeouts and one walk.
Reading starter Seth Rosin (3-4) gave up five runs in 2 2/3 innings for the loss.
SUBHD: Game recap
Key player: 1B/LF Andrew Lambo went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs.
Key play: The Curve scored five runs in the third inning to overcome a 2-0 deficit.
Key stat: RHP Stolmy Pimentel won for the first time since April 29.
How they scored
Top 2nd: Mendonca singled, scored on Hewitt single (0-1).
Top 3rd: Duran reached on an error by Lambo, scored on Mendonca bases-loaded walk (0-2).
Bottom 3rd: Ngoepe walked, scored on Cunningham bases-loaded walk (1-2); Vasquez singled, Rojas Jr. walked, both scored on Lambo single (3-2); Cunningham walked, stole home (4-2); Lambo singled, scored on Santos single (5-2).
Bottom 5th: Lambo doubled, scored on Paulino double (6-2).
Top 6th: Valle homered (6-3).
Bottom 6th: Rojas singled, scored on Santos double (7-3).


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In the response to Leonard Pitts assumptions that abortion doctors, homosexuals and Muslims get treated with the same brutality as this child is absurd.
She is standing up to be educated. It's comparing apples and oranges. I consider myself a Christian and am very proud to be. Killing an unborn child is the same in my eyes as what the attackers did to this child.
Instances of violence against these doctors (and I don't think they deserve this title) are rarely killed for the vile acts they perform which much different than standing up to be educated.
Homosexuals have been killed, but how many of those have been faith based killings? Those who have committed these crimes have been put to death themselves for this heinous crime, if the state allows. I don't recall seeing Muslims gunned down in this country for their faith, even though those that attacked our country.
You, Mr. Pitts try very hard to villify this country with every opportunity, but this comparison is outrageous.
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[update 3/22/10: The Excel spreadsheet referenced in this post is now available for download: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9764798]
Hey everyone, Jeremy Dallman here with a new way to sort and view the SDL practices and implementation guidance. In April 2010, we worked closely with the Archer Corporation (since acquired by EMC) to integrate the Microsoft SDL into the RSA Archer eGRC Platform as an Authoritative Source. This integration allows any company using the RSA Archer eGRC Platform to download the Microsoft SDL Authoritative Source and manage their SDL efforts in parallel with any compliance activities they are already managing using the RSA Archer eGRC.
When we worked with Archer to integrate the SDL into their framework, the SDL practices had to be broken into a new taxonomy that would fit into their task-oriented model. In keeping with the Simplified Implementation of the SDL, the goal was to do more than just list "what security activities you should be doing" – we wanted actionable implementation guidance. To accomplish this, we assigned a numeric designation to each SDL Phase and Practice then filled in the supporting guidance for each activity in the Implementation Details section. These Implementation Details were copied directly from the Simplified SDL paper to retain the platform-independent nature of the SDL. In the practices where platform-specific guidance is widely used, we chose to appended that information as Additional Notes.
We have found that this task-oriented structure, built in a simple Excel spreadsheet, has become useful in some of our new documentation. We thought it might also be useful to share that simple Excel spreadsheet to simplify importing and adopting the 16 security practices of the SDL in your organization.
[The Microsoft Simplified SDL Practices spreadsheet is attached at the bottom of this blog post]
I would encourage you to use this spreadsheet alongside the Simplified SDL paper to find what best fits your organization or work-flow management process. If your task management system allows you to import from Excel, it might be as easy as importing the spreadsheet and assigning tasks.
However you choose to use this new way to parse the SDL Practices, I hope it will help you better understand the SDL for what it is – a set of 16 security practices with clear implementation guidance that can be spread across your software development lifecycle to improve the security of your applications.
If you have questions about the Simplified SDL or this simple spreadsheet view into the Simplfied SDL Practices, please don't hesitate to shoot them our way either in the comments section or on the SDL Forums on MSDN.


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The Denver Broncos defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 35-28 in Arrowhead.
With the victory, the Broncos moved to 10-2 on the season. More importantly, the Broncos hold the definitive tiebreaker over the Chiefs and continue to control their own destiny as far as clinching the AFC's top seed for the playoffs.
The Broncos got off to a rocky start in this game, as the Chiefs raced out to a 21-7 lead over Denver after two Peyton Manning turnovers, and a Knile Davis 108-yard kickoff return gave the Chiefs the decided advantage with 10 minutes, 56 seconds remaining in the second quarter.
After entering halftime down 21-14 in favor of the Chiefs, the Broncos outscored their opposition 21-7 in the second half to pull away with a 35-28 victory.
Eric Decker had four touchdown receptions in the game, while Peyton threw five touchdowns to boost his season total to 41.
What are eight takeaways from Sunday's victory?


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I would like to thank Audrey Love, the security guard at the Makawao Public Library, for her constant vigilance and dedication to safety.
After observing many near accidents at the crosswalk in front of the library on Makawao Avenue, she placed a call to Executive Assistant Mike Molina of the Mayor's Office seeking assistance. Within one week, crosswalk safety signs were installed, giving warning to drivers to watch for pedestrians.
Mahalo, Audrey Love! In addition, mahalo Mike Molina, Mayor Alan Arakawa and the county workers for your care and timely action.
Robin Foundher
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I want to thank each and every person who attended, as well as businesses and individuals that donated to, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund event on April 25. The evening was a huge success. Throughout this project, I am continually amazed at the generosity of the Maui community and our Maui County veterans. Thank you all for helping me reach my goal to honor our Maui County fallen heroes from the Vietnam War. Never forget their sacrifice.
Janna Hoehn
Lead Hawaii Volunteer
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
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We wish to express our gratitude to all who were able to join and support Hospice Maui for our Memorial Day celebration and remembrance. Your presence, assistance and food shared are just a few ways you helped to make this a heartfelt and meaningful event.
As our guests arrived they were treated to the peaceful and heavenly sounds of Bobbie Joe Curley and her harp. A very special "mahalo" to our volunteers Sherri Reeve, Paul Wickman, Laura Valenzuela, Erol Ackdoe and Anne Rowehl for their readings, and for the many hands who helped set up and clean up. Mahalo to Julia Schonberg, Grace Woods, Irene Ryding, Donna Rolens, Janet Bugarin, Mary Saunders and many more who assisted in mailing, folding programs and making phone calls to invite families. Your open hearts and willing hands make you all valuable members of our team.
Under partly cloudy skies that kept the temperatures pleasant, we enjoyed beautiful local-style music by Tim Shiroma and his wife, Barbara. Uncle Leslie Kuloloio never fails to give us chicken skin with his contributions of talk story, musical selections and prayers of gratitude. We are grateful to Kahu Kealahou C. Alika for his continued support for the last 25 plus years in hosting Hospice Maui with our service on the grounds of Keawala'i Congregational Church. Mahalo to the Rev. Sol Kalu and the Rev. Austin B. Murray for their participation. We appreciate Kahului Florist for the beautiful centerpiece as well as Maui Wedding Cakes, which graciously donated their white doves for release at the end of our service, an ancient symbol of love, devotion and spirit.
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There is growing talk of a proposal to trade five terrorists held captive at the Guantanamo Bay prison for the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the only American soldier held by the Taliban.
Bergdahl's father revealed the secret talks this week after becoming frustrated by delays.
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta responded to the reports at a joint news conference with U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman General Martin Dempsey.
"On the issue related to Guantanamo transfers, my position hasn't changed," Panetta said. "I would only take those steps in accordance with the law, and the requirements of the law and at this stage, frankly, there are no decisions that have been made with regards to that."
The proposed prisoner transfers would be the first of its kind between America and the Taliban.
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Java Tips
) am creating this page to share a few
& non-Java tips & tricks, techniques and findings I figured along the way. Let me know if you find this page useful.
The information presented below may contain errors or inaccuracies and is ever growing. I have based them on my experimentations and website documentations. I tried to be accurate, but to err is human... Use it at solely your own risk.
Unit Testing
for spanned rows or columns the cell data is repeated.
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ttpServletRequest are not implemented. So try not to implement methods which take request as parameter as it will be hard to unit test them.
Exporting emails in bulk from Outlook Express can be done by selecting all of them (click on one and type Ctrl-A) and dragging them to a windows folder in explorer. They are saved individually as eml files which have a very standard format.
External Process on Windows
To start a separate process on Win NT/2000/XP use "cmd /c start ..." and not just "start"
For commands like dir, cd, copy etc. which are provided by dos, use "cmd /c dir" etc.
Beaming data(contacts/memos/appointments) from desktop app to palm pilot(IR enabled) using infrared.
Palm incorporates an IRDA device and contains IRDA protocol stack for communication. It also has IRObex (a high level protocol, details later) implemented on top of IRDA. For details on IRObex, go to www.countersys.com (Counter Point) or its parent company www.extendedsystems.com (Extended Systems).
You might have noticed that you can beam appointments, memo, contacts from one palm to another. These is done using IRObex.
I evaluated a some devices before choosing Jet Eye PC from Extended Systems. Why?
It comes with Quick Beam suite (details later)
It comes with IRDA stack and IRObex (some competitors rely on the native OS to provide the IRDA support, Windows 98 and Windows 2k does so but not Windows NT. I don't think, however, any of these OS's provide IRObex support
which you need).
It was better priced at around $89 when I bought.
Here is the fun part -
So now you have IRDA stack and IRObex. How do you use it? I found no sample code anywhere and I searched a lot. (Let me know if you have better success)
Note: You can implement IRDA stack but that is a costly effort.
Note 2: Getting samples and source code costs 1000$ as I was informed.
I mean at the least you have to know which dll's to use and what methods are available... right?
I mentioned Quick Beam comes with Jet Eye PC (It can be bought separately). This allows you to exchange files between two Quick Beam enabled PC using infrared.
Anyway, I found something interesting and undocumented. QuickBeam
exchanges data using IRObex. What it means is it speaks the same language as palm.
Here are the key benefits:
The following data can be exchanged with palm using Quick Beam:
Memo - beam .txt files and it will be saved as memo
Contacts - beam .vcf (vCard) files
Calendar - beam .vcs (vCalendar) files
The file formats are defined in separate rfc's Open the file in Quick Beam and Send it. The exchange is bi-directional.
Most PIM's like Outlook can save data in this format. Outlook however does some non-standard things (what's new?).
Another critical undocumented feature(even the Customer Service said it cannot be done) is that quick beam has a command line interface. Just pass it the file name.
So now from my application I can format the data in any of these formats, save it as a file and excecute the program with the file name. Not the neatest solution but it sure beats developing an IRDA stack and IRObex or shelling out 1000$ for getting access to the source code.
Note 3: Palm in this context refers to all IRDA enabled palms (III, V and VII, I believe. I have tested with Palm V only).
Any feedback is appreciated.
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Gary Woodland and Ryan Moore finished the CIMB Classic tied at the top of the leaderboard at -14 under par in a seriously rain affected tournament in Kuala Lumpur.
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Both players came up a floodlight 18th fairway, very surreal, probably never happened before on the PGA Tour. Street lamps on a golf course, being used to try and complete the round. Neither of them could break the deadlock, and they were not about to go back and come down that floodlight fairway again, so its over till tomorrow.
Gary thought he had made the last putt, which would have given him the title;
"I thought I made it when I looked up and it just broke too much at the end there, but it was a tough day and obviously to come down to the last putt, obviously I'd like to have made it. Obviously we're both playing really well, we're going to come out and you're going to try to have to make birdies because Ryan is going to do that and I'm going to try to do the same. Changing a flight is not the end of the world to come back and have a playoff tomorrow."
Ryan pushed his last tee shot into the semi rough, he could only get it back out onto the fairway, leaving a long approach. He managed to rescue a par five, and force the play-off;
" I was scrambling there on the last hole just to somehow make a par and kind of see what happens at that point, and fortunately, I still get another shot at it"
Sharing third place at -13 under par were Chris Stroud and Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Kiradech admitted he let the nerves get to him;
"The front nine, I played good golf, just concentrate on the greens, didn't look for the results, just tried to play my best golf. When the back nine came, I have the chance to win. Every time I look at a scoreboard, they put a lot of pressure on me."
Phil Mickelson, the world number three had another disappointing round, +2 over par 74, to finish tied 29th, but reported his swing is getting better;
"Today despite the score was the best I hit it and the best the swing felt so I actually feel like I have some direction heading into next week's HSBC Champions in Shanghai."


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I learned this year that:
I should continue to ask questions and to explore the limits of my knowledge. It is because I was asking questions and because I wanted to learn more on food that I decided to go Primal, which led to not only a greater insight in the things I ate, but also in the way I live.
I also learned that you can gain respect from people, and also inspire people, by a way of life and that you CAN make a change to yourself and your environment, no matter how crazy people think you are or how set they are in their beliefs of Conventional Wisdom. (And also that this website and the comments on it have helped me persist in the Primal lifestyle and have giving me inspiration. Be it for recipes, lifestyle tips, personal stories or other experiences)
There are a lot more things that I can write down, but the most important thing is that I genuinely feel more happy and more alive than any other time in my life. For this I am truly thankful.
Thank you all for helping me have a great year! Now I'm off to celebrate!


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Eufaula Powwow
Eufaula, OK 74432
Phone: 918-584-9507 918-617-7985
Native Americans in the Lake Eufaula community come together for the Eufaula Powwow each year during Labor Day weekend. This social American Indian gathering includes singing and traditional dancing, dancing competitions, arts & crafts, delicious food from vendors, tournaments, souvenir t-shirts and programs. There are also opportunities for swimming and camping at Lake Eufaula assuring there is something for the entire family. This event is free and open to the public.
General Information: Free admission
Group Amenities: Bus/Motorcoach Parking
Highway Corridors (within 5 mi.): US-69
Eufaula is 15 miles south of I-40 on US Hwy 69. Event is 1/2 mile to Main Street and 8 blocks east from City Hall on Broadway Street.
Primary Contacts:
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Juice Beauty is Awarded the PETA Courage in Commerce Award!
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Hey guys, I'm new to the site and have recently gotten back into boxing on my own at home after about a year off. My initial training was in kickboxing, but I had to quit due to other circumstances. I'm using the grappling gloves (which are called bag gloves) for my boxing, although I do have boxing gloves. I like the feel of the bag gloves better, but, yes, my fingers in between are being eaten raw. I don't mind it, but I also don't like wrapping my hands just to work the heavy bag at home. Should I just bite the bullet and wrap? I feel it hinders my punching. Or should I just keep working the bag slowly every other day? Thanks.
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I say bite the bullet and wrap. Especially if it hinders your punching. Remember how you train is how you will fight.
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I recommend wrapping your hands, it will save time in the long run, if you pick up an injury.
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wrap your hands and use gloves, your be less likely to sustain an injury, just like c0pe said
(whats with the new people recently?)
where do youy come from? - just wondering.
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when I first started boxing i wraped my hands and wore boxing gloves and my knocles would get scraped up. it happens because your hands are just getting use to the training again.
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When I was 14 and started training, I knew nothing about boxing. I couldn't find a gym around my area, and none were listed. I bought a small everlast bag and would punch it without gloves. My hands were pretty messed up at first, but then they scabbed over and over again. I am 24 now, I started at a gym when I was 19. And I use ringside 18oz bag gloves now. I have a pair of 20's but I like the 18's better. Before fights I like to put on the 12oz amateur fight gloves and train with those. I hate before a fight when you put the fight gloves on and you feel awkward in them, so I like to train in them before the fight. No nuckles problems whatsoever, make sure you wrap your hands right so the wrap doesn't rub you knuckles raw.
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don't jerk off too much either, that can scrape off a lot of skin
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An Altoona woman tried to seduce a state trooper when he arrived at a city residence to question her about a reported drunken driving incident, police allege.
Monica M. Barnhart, 40, of 415 Old Mill Run Road allegedly stood in the doorway of a Hudson Avenue home wearing nothing but a green top and her underwear while holding two yellow roses that she told the state trooper were for him as part of her "cop fantasy," court records show.
It was 1:45 p.m. on March 20 when Trooper Thomas Laskey arrived at 1224 Hudson Ave. after another motorist called in a suspected drunken driver headed southbound on Interstate 99 in Logan Township. The car, a red Chevrolet Monte Carlo, was swerving across both lanes with its speed ranging from 40 to 90 mph, police said.
The driver followed the Monte Carlo as it exited 17th Street until it was parked on the 1200 block of Hudson Avenue, police said. The driver watched as a woman with dark hair, wearing a green top and jeans, got out of the car and entered a house across the street, police said.
Laskey wrote in Barnhart's arrest papers that he saw she wasn't wearing any pants as he approached the door and she denied she had been driving the car. When Barnhart tried to give him the roses, Laskey told her he didn't want any flowers, records indicate.
Laskey also noted Barnhart reeked of alcohol and said she didn't live at the residence. The officer briefly suspected Barnhart might have broken into the home until he learned Barnhart knew the homeowner.
Barnhart was ultimately taken into custody after Laskey had her retrieve her jeans, and she was taken to Altoona Regional for a blood test.
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Eric Cox, President, is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Texas Christian University, where he also directs the Model United Nations program. He received his Ph.D. and M.A. at the University of Virginia, and his B.A. at Austin College where he participated in Model United Nations as a student. He teaches Introduction to International Politics, Game Theory in International Relations, United Nations Institutions and Processes, and International Organizations Research. His first book, Why Enduring Rivalries Do---or Don't---End, examines the factors that lead rival states to the negotiating table through a comparison of rivalry relationships in the Middle East and Latin America. His current research focuses on the United Nations Human Rights Council.
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MUN program at Victor Valley College in Victorville, California in 2001 and has previously taught the coursework for
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speaker at various venues in the Southern California region. Also, he is regularly interviewed by the media on issues
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world. Dr. Grisham has published two textbooks on the developing world, The Developing World: Yesterday, Today and
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from the University of Alberta in 1990. A faculty member with MacEwan University since 1991, he
has served on the University's board of governors. He is also a graduate of the Academy for
Leadership Training and Development (Chair Academy, 2001) and Academy for Advanced
Leadership (Chair Academy, 2010).
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promoter of lifelong learning. In the same year he was recognized at the University with a distinguished instructor
award. In 2005, Chaldeans received the MacEwan Medallion, the highest recognition awarded to a MacEwan University
employee. In the following year, he was conferred one of the Alberta Centennial Medals in the category of education in
recognition of his outstanding service to the people and province of Alberta.
In 2007, Chaldeans received the Award of Distinction for Internationalizing Teaching and Learning Practice from the
Department of Advanced Education and Technology to recognize his efforts in assisting Albertans to acquire the
international and intercultural knowledge, especially for his work in promoting UN simulation through the MacEwan
University Model UN. He has served on the board of the United Nations Association in Canada (Edmonton branch) in
different capacities for over twenty years. Chaldeans is a keen observer of politics at all levels, and is periodically called
upon by the provincial and national media to offer reflections on political developments.
Pamela Chasek, Secretary, is the co-founder and Executive Editor of the Earth Negotiations Bulletin and Professor of Government at Manhattan College in New York. Pam has published articles on developing country capacity building for environmental negotiations, scientific uncertainty in negotiations, professional cultures in negotiations, desertification and the UNCCD, and various environmental treaties and negotiating processes. Her most recent books are: The Roads from Rio: Lessons Learned from Twenty Years of Multilateral Environmental Negotiation (Routledge, 2012) and Global Environmental Politics, 7th edition (Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 2016). She was a Fulbright Senior Scholar in Wellington, New Zealand in 2007 and the results of her research have been published by the East-West Center: "Confronting Environmental Treaty Implementation Challenges in the Pacific Islands."
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California. She also serves the community as a volunteer tutor for the nonprofit organization 826LA.
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From 1990 through 1996, Raymond began serving as the Executive Director to the NCCA, Inc. and
oversaw both the New York and the Southern Model United Nation Conferences. Today, Raymond
practices tax law in New York City, speaks on state and local topics across the country and serves on the
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Portland Public Schools has 10 campuses that rank in the top 10 percent of Oregon schools and three in the bottom 5 percent, according to data released Thursday by the Oregon Department of Education.
The state grades schools on a five-level rating system, placing a large emphasis on graduation rates in high schools, and growth for individual students in state tests for reading and math.
The state also places more weight on progress among historically underserved groups, such as special education students and certain ethnic minority groups.
Schools rated Level 1 are in the bottom 5 percent of Oregon schools, while Level 5 schools represent the top 10 percent.
Out of the 84 schools in Portland Public rated by the Oregon Department of Education, 12 saw their ratings drop while 16 others rose by at least one level.
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Alliance High School, an alternative school; Rosa Parks Elementary and Woodlawn School all ended up in the lowest level.
Rosa Parks and Woodlawn are also designated as "Priority" schools by the state education department, which marks them as two of the lowest performing schools in the state. That rating system, which replaces the system mandated by the federal No Child Left Behind law, also emphasizes year-to-year growth for students in reading and math tests.
Both schools saw some sizable improvements from last year to this year. But because the new rating system uses multiple years of data to paint a fuller picture of progress or regression, they were still dinged for lack of improvement.
At North Portland's Woodlawn, Principal Robin Morrison said developing a plan with specific strategies to improve student learning and test scores – which is mandated for "Priority" schools by the state -- has helped create a sense of urgency for the building. Morrison, who took over the school in 2010, said all teachers were involved in creating the plan, which she says emphasizes creating a common understanding of the curriculum taught to each student.
"We were really working as a united front," she said, "and so I think that has not only turned around the energy in the school, but you can also see people working even better together as a team."
Woodlawn's priority status came with some extra resources: the district gave the school additional educational assistants. This year, school administrators are making sure those educational assistants follow students from historically underserved groups, such as special education and English Language Learner students.
Morrison said the school is also looking more at data and starting a technique used in many other schools, "professional learning communities." By giving teachers allotted blocks of time to collaborate with colleagues, they have more time to discuss strategies that are and are not working.
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Ten Portland schools achieved the highest-tier Level 5 , reserved for the top 10 percent of schools in the state. Of those 10, three were charter schools that operate independently of Portland Public.
Self-Enhancement Inc., Academy, a North Portland charter school that is also named as a "Model" school by the Oregon Department of Education, managed a Level 5 designation even though it was ranked in Level 3 for its overall scores. About 86 percent of the charter's student body is classified as lower-income, and it scored at Level 5 on performance growth.
Andre Goodlow, who took over as principal in 2011, said the 130-student school implemented several big changes to obtain those improvements.
"We blew up the system," he said.
Because many students live an hour-long bus ride from campus, administrators pushed back the start of the school day. They also moved to a block schedule, which allows students more instructional time in core classes, such as reading and math.
Goodlow said teachers also are using data more effectively and using individual planning sessions for each student. The school's culture has also changed, with teachers reaching out to parents about policy changes.
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The state this year also tried to show the public how schools fared in comparison to others with similar demographics, in an effort to avoid punishing campuses with higher populations of students that have traditionally struggled with academic achievement.
A school such as Lincoln High in downtown Portland, for example, achieved a Level 4 rating but still ranks as performing below average compared to similar schools. Lincoln High is compared to schools like Lake Oswego and Sherwood High, both of which have fewer low-income students and less diversity than most Oregon schools.
The school achieved the top tier in graduation rates for both the entire senior class and those in subgroups. But Lincoln achieved a Level 3 in academic growth and a Level 2 in growth for historically underserved subgroups.
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Bucs Teammates, Coaches Making a Case for Lavonte David
Tampa Bay Buccaneers?weakside Lavonte David may be an unknown to fans around the league -- he's currently in sixth place among fan votes, which count for one-third in determining who goes to the Pro Bowl -- but that hasn't stopped his teammates or coaches?from campaigning?for the second-year pro to earn a trip to Hawaii.
David's registered 117 combined tackles,?82 solo tackles, six sacks and five interceptions this season -- staggering numbers that put him among the NFL's linebackers.
?I think he is playing as well as any linebacker in the league, I really do. He does everything: tackle, [defend the] pass, blitz. There?s nothing that guy can?t do," said head coach Greg Schiano.? "Show me somebody more productive all around. The guy does it all. To me he?s my Defensive Player of the Year. I don?t even know if I get a vote, I don?t think I do ? I?ll stump for him a little here.?
Last week against the Bills, David recorded a sack and two interceptions. It was his third-straight game with a pick.?Teammate Gerald McCoy, who?draws a fair share of?attention from opposing teams,?admitted he had no idea where David was coming from.
"The first...he got, I was in the clamp with two people. So I'm like, 'Agh, dang it. Two people again.' I looked up again and I was like, 'Where is this guy coming from?!' I didn't even know it was him that had it," said defensive tackle Gerald McCoy.
"The second one, he shows up with another one. I'm like, 'This guy....you know, he's fun to watch. I love watching him," McCoy?added,?admitting that sometimes he wishes he could just sit back and watch David play.
Since the NFL began tracking sacks in 1982, David is one of only four players to record six?sacks and five interceptions?in a season. The others? Safety Dave Duerson in 1986,?safety Rodney Harrison in 2000 and cornerback?Shawn Springs in 2004. David is the first linebacker to reach that milestone.
Fans?around the league haven't seemed to notice much, partly because of the Bucs' 4-9 record and also the lack of national exposure.?If?he does go to Hawaii, it will be because those around the league who are watching tape and game-planning against the Buccaneers see how difficult he is to stop.
?He can run so well. He?s not the biggest guy in the world, but he?s big enough but he can run like a safety," said Schiano. "Then he plays relentlessly, he plays with tremendous effort, and he just goes to the football relentlessly. When you do that ? people call it luck, [but] I don?t think it?s luck; you make your own luck by playing hard.?
In David's case, it took a lot of extra work. While he's enjoyed some early success?in the NFL, he had some hurdles to overcome in college, including playing at the JUCO level.
"It would mean a lot," David said of a Pro Bowl nod.? "I came a long way going through junior college, playing at Nebraska, being doubted [because] I'm not too big to play this position, but it would mean a lot. ?It's like a dream come true. My dream was to play in this league and now I created that dream myself, to be the best player at my position, and going to the Pro Bowl shows."


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Tigers set Opening Day lineup
With Brandon Inge placed on the 15-day DL, Jim Leyland confirmed what he had suggested on Monday: The lineup he used Monday against the Jays is the lineup he'll use on Opening Day Thursday against Red Sox starter Jon Lester.
That includes switch-hitter Ramon Santiago at second base.
Here's the lineup from Monday again:
- Austin Jackson, CF
- Brennan Boesch, RF
- Miguel Cabrera, 3B
- Prince Fielder, 1B
- Delmon Young, LF
- Ryan Raburn, DH
- Jhonny Peralta, SS
- Alex Avila, C
- Ramon Santiago, 2B
P: Justin Verlander
As for the lineup after that, Leyland said this morning that Andy Dirks will be the DH on Saturday against the right-handed starter. Raburn could still be in the lineup; Leyland indicated Raburn will play second base on many days against right-handed starters.
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Raburn will start most days against RHP and Inge will start most days against LHP. Great, so our best 2B man doesn't what, again?
Santiago at least will be at the Majors. Worth will have his road blocked for one more year
In 1984, Detroit won with a committee , only the current 1B coach was above average in defense.But it was a less critical position.
Having 3 or 4 different 2b players could mean problems.
Santiago could , or not, play 2b on sleep but coordination with the SS is something that must be worked during ST. And was not done.
Most games were played by Inge who wont be there
It won be easy for Peralta if he will work with a committee
and now this samuels kid is being drilled out there. So glad ST is over!
Pretty terrible outing by Scnerzer!
He struggled against the Jays. East teams will make look bad anyone.The Jays offense gives them a chance for the Wild Card.
Below is up for Marte
The Tigs will have plenty offense, but will be weak defensively, which will surely hurt them against NL teams and in post season play.
One more day and the fun begins. Can't wait to see who is hitting hot out of the gate and looking forward to Jackson's amazing catches. Hoping what we see from Miggy & Prince would make most baseball fans say "Big Papi & Manny who?"
the main thing i'm going to remember from this spring training is that the Tigers dodged a potentially career changing problem with Cabrera's injury. everything else from Inge to the 5th starter to the last reserve outfielder on the bench pales in comparison. the regular season will sort out all those controversies.
This team looks solid but is not the lack of speed troubling?


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