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DR. MICHAEL JURENOVICH of Warren, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon, was granted the title of Fellow of two prominent surgical societies. The American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics inducted Jurenovich as a Fellow at the annual meeting in Boston. The title of Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons was also bestowed on him at the annual meeting of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons in Chicago.
Jurenovich has been chief of surgery at St. Joseph Health Center since 2001 and orthopedic residency program director since 2000. Jurenovich resides in Warren with his wife, Elizabeth, and two children.
DR. ANGEL RICCIULLI of Niles was among a select group of doctors of chiropractic invited to participate in the 18th annual Symposium on Natural Fitness held in March in Columbus, held annually in conjunction with Arnold Schwarzenegger Sports Festival. Gov. Schwarzenegger highlighted the 2010 ICA chiropractic conference with his personal appearance before the audience.
TOPSoccer is for kids ages 4 to 19 in wheelchairs, with assistive devices, or who jneed the game slowed down. The planned season for 2010 is 4 to 5:30 p.m. every Sunday from Aug. 1 to Sept. 26 at Cortland Elementary School. Cost is $25 and includes a T-shirt. Sign-ups will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. May 7, and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 8, at Bazetta Township Hall, state Route 5. Call Diane Weiner at 330-638-4124 for information.
Kent State University Trumbull will host its annual CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday in the classroom / administration building. A variety of health information and screening services will be available, and the American Red Cross will be on site accepting blood donations between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. The free event is open to the public. For more information, call 330-847-0571.
HOWLAND FIRE AND EMS TRAINING CENTER, 169 Niles Cortland Road N.E., Warren, will hold a healthcare provider course from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 15, and a Heartsaver First Aid and CPR class from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 22.
The cost for the healthcare provider class is $50 for a new certification and $35 for anyone that is recertifying.
The First Aid and CPR class costs $85. CPR training only is $50 for new certifications and $35 for recertification.
Anyone interested in attending either class contact the Howland Fire Department at 330-856-5022. Deadline for registration is May 7 for the Healthcare Provider class and May 14 for the CPR and First Aid classes.
THE DISTRICT THREE, OHIO NURSES ASSOCIATION will hold its annual "Nurses Make a Difference" banquet and Continuing Eucation Offering on May 7, at the D.D. and Velma Davis Education and Visitor Center, Fellows Riverside Gardens, Mill Creek, 123 McKinley, Youngs-town. Guest speaker will be Mary Jean Schumann, Chief Programs Officer of the American Nurses Association. Her topic will be "Contemporary Issues in Nursing." Registration will begin at 6 p.m., with dinner at 6:30 and the speaker at 7:45 p.m. For more information and costs, call 330-799-4199.
Healthy Treasures' SPRING HEALTH DAY will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in Newton Falls. Free lectures will be held at the Brew Basket Cafe, and food samples, special sales and giveaways will be next door at Healthy Treasures. Speakers include Dr. Ted Suzelis on natural women's hormone health, Jeanne Wilson on thermography for breast and pain issues and Syndie and Blake Suzelis on natural summer safety. To RSVP, please call 330-872-1119 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
DR. WILLIAM H. LIPPY, founder of the Lippy Group for Ear, Nose and Throat in Warren, has just written a letter to the editor in the April Journal of Otology and Neurotology, documenting the improvement for memory loss following stapedectomy surgery for otosclerosis.
The paper titled "The Long Prosthesis Syndrome" focuses on two recent cases that were referred to Lippy following stapedectomy surgery for otosclerosis. Both patients had suffered further hearing losses, severe disequilibrium, lack of concentration and significant memory loss.
Lippy performed revision surgery and replaced the patient's prosthesis with a shorter one. The results were immediate and very dramatic. Before Lippy performed the revision surgery, both patients were unsteady in walking without assistance, could not concentrate and could not even remember simple phone numbers. In both cases the morning after surgery, the patients awakened without disequilibrium, were able to concentrate and had a total return of their memories.
The editor of the medical journal, Otology and Neurotology decided to publish Dr. Lippy's paper as a letter to the editor in the April edition because of the urgency in disseminating the information. It can take sometimes up to 18 months for papers like Lippy's to be published by medical journals.
A complete copy of the article can be found on Lippy's website along with an interview of the patient on whom Lippy operated. Please visit www.TheLongProsthesisSyndrome.com
Lippy is an internationally recognized expert in stapedectomy surgery for treatment of deafness, and is one of only a handful of surgeons in the world who has performed thousands of stapedectomies. www.TheLippyLibrary.com.
PSA MENDED HEARTS, CHAPTER 7, a heart support group for heart survivors and their families will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Azalea Room at St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center. Guest speaker will be Joan Strenio, a clinical nurse specialist in psychiatry. Her topic for the evening will be "Your Achy Breaky Stressed out Heart." For more information, contact Joe Clark at 330-702-8859. A Speakers Bureau is available to local organizations. For available dates contact Lee Meadows at 330-793-2531.
The Niles Wellness Center and the Global Health & Fitness Center are the host locations for a WELLNESS PREVENTION PROGRAM providing free presentations about changing lifestyles. Seating is limited. Programs are held 10:30 a.m. Thursdays and 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the Niles Wellness Center, and 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays and 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Thursdays at the Global Health & Fitness Center. For reservations, call 330-506-3488.
A fitness conditioning program is being offered at the Niles Wellness Center at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays. Call 330-349-9355 for more information.
THE STEPPING OUT MINORITY DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM is a free program that includes line dancing, salsa, aerobics and other activities, as well as diabetes prevention; healthy eating and cooking classes; and regular health screenings for cholesterol, body fat, weight and blood pressure. There are weekly prize drawings for regular participation.
For more information, call the McGuffey Center, 330-744-4377; OCCHA, 330-781-1808; or United Methodist Community Center, 330-743-5149, Ext. 226.
REHAB EXPRESS is an educational program for potential rehab patients and their families on what they should know about going to any skilled nursing center for rehabilitation. It explains how the referral process to a skilled nursing center works, what paperwork is needed, and how Medicare and other insurance can cover the cost of care. Questions to ask when touring are provided and the types of therapies generally available are explained.
Day and evening programs are offered every month at the four Shepherd of the Valley communities. Morning programs start at 10 and are held the first Tuesday of the month at Shepherd of the Valley-Howland (4100 North River Road, Warren) and the third Thursday of the month at Shepherd of the Valley-Boardman (7148 West Blvd., Boardman). Evening programs start at 6 and are held the second Wednesday of the month at Shepherd of the Valley-Niles (1500 McKinley Ave., Niles) and the fourth Monday of the month at Shepherd of the Valley-Poland (301 W. Western Reserve Road, Poland).
For more information or a brochure on the Rehab Express program, contact Lynn Miller at 330-530-4038, Ext. 2057, or via e-mail at email@example.com.
COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT GROUP will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays at First United Methodist Church, 309 N. Park Ave., Warren. This group is for those with or those who know someone with a mental illness. For more information, call the church at 330-392-6276.
AN ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION AQUATIC PROGRAM is being offered from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Q Club pool, 8094 E. Market St., Howland. Cost is $3. The program will be led by an Arthritis Foundation certified instructor.
PANIC RELIEF INC., a nonprofit educational organization, meets at 7 p.m. Wednesdays. For more information, visit panicreliefinc.com or call the office at 732-940-9658.
ST. JOE'S AT THE MALL is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday next to the inside entrance of Sears at Eastwood Mall, Niles. The schedule includes:
THE ALZHEIMER ASSISTANCE AND REFERRAL NETWORK hosts free neighborhood support groups for caregivers to share with and learn from others going through the same experience. Trumbull County Support Group events for April are:
Today, 6 p.m., Girard library, 105 E. Prospect, Girard
Wednesday, 7 p.m., St Paul Church, 2860 E. Market St., Warren
For more information, call 330-788-9755 or 866-822-2102. Alzheimer's Assistance and Referral Network, 4214 Market St., Youngstown, 44512.
NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL'S Center for Orthopedic Excellence has earned the Gold Seal of Approval for health care quality. The Joint Commission awarded Northside the Disease-Specific Care Certification for total joint replacement of both the hip and knee.
As of today, less than 100 hospitals in the nation have total hip and knee certification, and only six hospitals in Ohio, including Northside, which is the first in northeastern Ohio.
To earn this distinction, a disease management program undergoes an extensive on-site evaluation by a team of Joint Commission reviewers every two years.
THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION, Greater East Ohio Area Chapter, is looking for individuals in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease or related dementia disorder and their family members to attend an educational and support program, Families in Transition, beginning in July.
The purpose of the Families in Transition program is to educate persons with memory loss and their families about Alzheimer's disease, help persons with memory loss learn how to live more positively with the disease, and help families learn how to cope with caregiving roles.
All services relating to this program are provided free of charge. A brief interview is needed prior to participation in this program. For more information, please contact the Greater East Ohio Area Alzheimer's Association at 800-272-3900.
St. Elizabeth and St. Joseph Surgical Weight Loss Center is taking a step forward in raising awareness of obesity by presenting the area's first WALK FROM OBESITY on May 15 at Boardman Park.
The Walk from Obesity was established to raise awareness of the obesity epidemic and to support initiatives focusing on prevention, education, research, treatment and advocacy. In cities all across America, those affected by obesity will join forces and walk to raise money for research, education, prevention and treatment of the life-threatening disease of obesity.
The cost to participate in the walk and show your support for all those affected by obesity is $25. Registration is free for children 12 and younger. To register for the 2010 Walk from Obesity, please visit HMpartners.org and click on the Walk from Obesity link.
Funds raised through this event will support the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Foundation and the Obesity Action Coalition in their efforts to increase research funding for obesity, improve awareness of the negative stigma associated with obesity and provide educational resources for all those affected by this disease.
THE YOUNGSTOWN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER has teamed up with Akron Children's Hospital and Kohl's Community Youth Fitness for another session of an exciting new program for kids, to help fight obesity. The Future Fitness Club is a community based weight management program for children and teens ages 8-13. The eight week fitness and nutrition program is designed to encourage safe weight loss.
The kids will learn healthy eating habits while participating in games and other activities.
Some of the fitness activities include obstacle courses, relay races, circuit and interval training, swimming, jump rope and much more. The new session gets underway May 3 and runs for eight weeks at the J. Classes are held Monday, Wednesday and Friday in the gymnasium of the J.
The first session of the program was a huge success and we are excited to offer this program to the kids of the valley once again.
For More Information Contact: Jennifer McNeil, 330-746-3251 ext. 187; email@example.com
ST. ELIZABETH BOARDMAN HEALTH CENTER has been named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals
by Thomson Reuters, a leading provider of information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of health care.
The award recognizes hospitals that have achieved excellence in clinical outcomes, patient safety, patient
satisfaction, financial performance, and operational efficiency. This is the first time SEBHC has been recognized with this honor.
SEBHC opened Aug. 1, 2007, the third acute care facility in the Humility of Mary Health Partners system, joining St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown, and St. Joseph Health Center in Warren.
More information on this study and other 100 Top Hospitals research is available at www.100tophospitals.com.
THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY Friends Offering Compassionate Understanding Support (FOCUS) breast cancer support group will have their next meeting at 7 p.m. this Wednesday, beginning at 7 at the Society's Northeast Ohio Region Office, 525 North Broad St., Canfield.
As part of the agenda, Brenda Rider and the Children's R.O.C.c.K. Choir will sing and perform.
All breast cancer survivors are welcome to attend. FOCUS meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month, except in November. There are no meetings in June, August or December. FOCUS is a free support group that gives breast cancer survivors a chance to meet other survivors and talk about their disease. Newly diagnosed survivors are encouraged to attend the meetings.
For more information about this free support group or other programs, call the American Cancer Society toll free at 1-800-227-2345.
THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FERTILITY CENTER AT YOUNGSTOWN has relocated the Canfield office less than one-quarter mile away from its current location, to offer more space for its patients.
Having a full time Cleveland Clinic practice in Canfield offers a convenient location close to home for patients in Mahoning, Trumbull, and Columbiana counties as well as for patients living in western Pennsylvania.
The Youngstown office is open six days per week, and is equipped with state-of-the-art technology, offering a full-range of diagnostic and treatment services. The new office is located at 3660 Stutz Drive, Suite 202 in Canfield. The office can be reached at 330-702-1950.
THE PATIENT NAVIGATOR is an American Cancer Society staff person who not only provides the necessary compassion, but helps answer those uneasy questions and concerns. Patients and caregivers after their diagnosis are bombarded with a list of concerns and questions. Some may be answered easily, while others may need more attention and time.
Patient Navigators are people helping people. They are located throughout cancer centers, hospitals and medical centers in Ohio. Their primary role is to provide outreach to those in need.
Saundra Hall of Lisbon is the local Patient Navigator who provides assistance to patients and caregivers in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana Counties. Hall, who was recently promoted to Senior Patient Navigator in Ohio for the Society, provides that caring hand that is essential to patients.
Each cancer patient has a different list of questions and needs. However, Hall who talks and meets with over 60 new cancer patients and families each month, works one on one to give them what they want.
Patients may be uncertain how to navigate through their individual healthcare plan; if one is available. Patient Navigators have a grasp on how the healthcare system operates and are able to provide patients direction, where otherwise they would be lost.
Throughout Ohio, the Society has 16 Patient Navigators who provide the same superior service to all cancer patients and caregivers in all 88 counties. Since every community is unique, each navigator is trained and well-aware of the services that are in place in their area so they are better able to provide as much help as possible to each patient.
Regardless of where a person lives, patient navigators across Ohio do their best to provide the most up-to-date information and resources.
To contact Ms. Hall or another Patient Navigator, call the Society toll free at 1-800-227-2345.
May is national SKIN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. The American Cancer Society encourages people to be 'sun safe' when they are outside during the upcoming spring and summer months.
As part of the month's activities, a free skin cancer screening will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on May 11, at Trumbull Memorial Hospital's Ireland Cancer Center, 1353 East Market St., across from Trumbull Memorial Hospital in Warren.
Doctors Robert Brodell, Stephen Helms, Indira Krishnarao, Arvind Padubidri and Peter Sarkos will provide the exams.
Cancer of the skin is the most common of all cancers. It accounts for about half of all cancers.
Slip! Slop! Slap! and Wrap is a catch phrase that the Society uses to remind people how to protect themselves from ultraviolet (UV) radiation. People should slip on a shirt, slop on sunscreen, slap on a hat and wrap on sunglasses to protect the eyes and sensitive skin around the eyes from UV light.
A maximum of 200 appointments for the screening will be scheduled on a first-come, first serve basis. Individuals must call to schedule an appointment. No walk-ins are permitted. Reservations may be made by calling the Humility of Mary Healthline at 330-480-3151 or toll free at 1-877-700-4647.
For more information about how to be sun-safe, call the American Cancer Society toll free at 1-800-227-2345 or visit www.cancer.org.


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Washington Insight
Government Affairs Committee selects public policy advocacy priorities
Andrea J. Fisher
Manager of Government Relations
APWA Washington, DC Office
During the 2000 APWA Congress recently held in Louisville, Kentucky, the Government Affairs Committee (GAC) adopted public policy advocacy priorities for the 2000-2001 year. These legislative and regulatory priorities were approved by the Board of Directors and will serve as APWA's primary advocacy objectives for the next year. Serving as the umbrella to the specific policy priorities are three core principles guiding APWA legislative involvement. They are:
The following are the issues identified by the GAC and approved by the Board:
Full Funding for Transportation Programs
Objective: Increase federal investment in transportation infrastructure and programs; protect the integrity of transportation trust funds and the framework of TEA-21.
TEA-21 Implementation
Objective: Support the full and timely implementation of TEA-21.
Clean Water Funding
Objective: Increase the federal investment in clean water infrastructure.
Stormwater Regulatory Issues
Objectives: Support solutions that protect water quality and, at the same time, preserve local authority and promote efficient and cost effective delivery of public works services. Oppose unfunded mandates.
Federal Emergency Relief Funding
Objective: Achieve increased funding for local agencies, more rapid disbursement of funding and quicker response in pre- and post-disaster events.
Air Quality Standards
Objective: Support solutions that protect air quality and promote the efficient and cost-effective delivery of public works services.
Local Control of Public Rights-of-Way
Objective: Oppose preemption of local control over public rights-of-way.
TEA-21 Reauthorization
The Government Affairs Committee proposed to the Board of Directors, and it was adopted, the creation of a TEA-21 Reauthorization Task Force. The task force will be appointed by the APWA President and will recommend official APWA policy positions relating to the next reauthorization of the federal surface transportation act. It was recommended by the GAC that the membership of the task force reflect the perspectives of APWA's membership.
Water Infrastructure Network (WIN)
APWA is an active member and supporter of the Water Infrastructure Network, a broad-based coalition of organizations representing elected officials, wastewater and drinking water administrators, construction and engineering professionals, the environmental community and others. WIN is working to raise awareness of water infrastructure funding needs, to educate public officials, to further a dialogue on investment options and to determine the necessary legislative solutions needed to close the funding gap. In April, WIN released a needs study entitled Clean and Safe Water for the 21st Century, which documented water and wastewater infrastructure-funding shortfall of $23 billion annually. Legislation addressing drinking water and wastewater issues is expected in the next Congress.
To respond to the water and wastewater infrastructure-funding shortfall and to assure APWA's continued involvement in the WIN, the Board of Directors adopted a resolution stating:
The above-mentioned objectives will guide APWA through another year of the Strategic Plan implementation. Great progress is being made towards the strengthening of APWA's advocacy efforts to influence and reach out to policy-makers.
If you have any questions regarding APWA's legislative/regulatory priorities or advocacy plan, please feel free to contact any member of the Government Relations staff located in the Washington office at (202) 408-9541, or by e-mail: Jim Fahey, Government Relations Director, at firstname.lastname@example.com; Andrea Fisher, Government Relations Manager, at firstname.lastname@example.com; or Heather McTavish, Government Relations Coordinator, at email@example.com.
Recruitment for the TEA-21 Reauthorization Task Force is underway
During the 2000 APWA Congress, the Board of Directors approved the creation of a TEA-21 Reauthorization Task Force. The task force will be responsible for recommending official APWA policy positions relating to the next reauthorization of the federal surface transportation act.
If you are interested, please submit your letter of interest to Andrea Fisher in the Washington, DC office briefly stating your qualifications and background. Please limit your submission to one page. You may fax your letter to Andrea's attention at (202) 408-9542 or via e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.
The task force is expected to begin in the winter of 2001. Availability to travel to occasional task force meetings is required. If you should have any questions, please feel free to contact Andrea Fisher at (202) 408-9541.

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My Journey, Illustrated
A spoiler-free trip through thatgamecompany's latest masterpiece.
By Nickolai Adkins Mar 20, 2012 12:24PM PSTTags: PS3 Journey (PS3)
Illustrated as vaguely as possible to prevent the experience to be spoiled for any who haven't yet entered Journey's awe-inspiring sepulchre.
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...Posted: Mar 19, 2012 12:00AM PST by Apollo_Helios
You need to stop making me want to play this so bad. God it looks like so much fun!
great!Posted: Mar 19, 2012 12:00AM PST by Sneenlantern
hey man this is great you are a really good artist and know how to frame pictures. I've been considering playing this again but I don't think I'm ready yet. I feel like I want to blog some more about it though, but at the same time, people like you have already blogged so well about it.
JourneyPosted: Mar 19, 2012 12:00AM PST by dragon1989
How long is this game.
lOVE UR DRAWINGS ...... JOURNEY IN BLACK AND WHITE
Excellent drawingsPosted: Mar 20, 2012 12:00AM PST by thetruth101
I played quite a bit of Journey over the weekend and love it tremendously now for being a game all its own in such a claustrophic market of 'similar' games. That Game Company just keeps getting better and better with each and every game they make. I hope Sony adopts them as a first party studio for at least 2-3 more games across the Vita and PS3.
My favorite drawing is the last one by the way. I don't think anyone can appreciate that unless they play and beat the game. Very creative sir.
Well exclusive third party is fine tooPosted: Mar 20, 2012 12:00AM PST by GunnyMcSword
TGC are indie darlings with creativity coming outta the wazoo in a format that is perfect for them. (small downloadable games with plenty of impact)
Give them a big budget and staff to match and corporate overwatchers and the magic might not be there for a full game experience.
Though we'll have to see if they ever do decide to go full on big budget games.
White Robe?Posted: Mar 21, 2012 12:00AM PST by xDeathDealer83x
I have this game and its amazing, but how do you get the white robe? I came across to other travelers with white robes but I havent figured it out yet
Grab all collectiblesPosted: Mar 21, 2012 12:00AM PST by avluis
Without spoiling much for you, grab them collectibles as you play the game, and follow those white travelers, they may show you where they are if you ping once or twice, maybe three.
Don't forget, there are two collectables and a mural in the world level. The murals are part of the collection, but I don't believe they are rquired for the while robes. I like the long scarf you get just by getting the while robes.
JourneyPosted: Mar 23, 2012 12:00AM PST by rmsk8r05
It will be interesting to see how this game will play, I hear good things about it but I hear the last part is difficult without a friend.
a Journey through hardship...together.Posted: Apr 23, 2012 12:00AM PST by kiiroinesss
having now played through Journey twice...
without spoiling too much, i'd say that when played alone, the "last part" isn't difficult in the classic sense of difficult games with skilled-based challenge nor memorization (i.e. Contra or MegaMan), nor mind-bending puzzles; rather, the path through the end is a rather lonely one (dare i say in a spiritual sense?) when travelled alone...
i found having a companion through the end rather heart-warming~ >[:)
Journey indeedPosted: Apr 19, 2012 12:00AM PST by chrono_fragger
Am I the only one who would start belting the opening lines of "Don't Stop Believing," every time a companion would pop up out of nowhere? Then after a while when they'd inevitably disappear I'd start in on "Faithfully," and try not to cry.


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POLAND - Sometimes you need to get close to a legend to acquire some understanding of what made the man so great at his chosen sport.
When golf icon Jack Nicklaus entered a room at The Lake Club on Wednesday prior to a press conference promoting the United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley's "An Evening with Jack Nicklaus and Annika Sorenstam," the first tendency was to stare. After all, at the opposite end of the same room stood a famous picture of Nicklaus lifting a putter into the air with his left hand after sinking a putt on his way to winning the 1986 Masters. Now here was the same man - almost three decades older - walking among a handful of people as if he was one of them.
Arnold Palmer, Nicklaus' long-time rival and one of the people who made the PGA must-see television, has always been beloved because he related to the common guy. Nicklaus trailed Palmer in popularity, mainly because he was viewed as more distant and not as charismatic.
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Jack Nicklaus, right, and Annika Sorenstam field questions from the media at The Lake Club on Wednesday afternoon.
Tribune Chronicle / R. Michael Semple
Lake Club owner Ed Muransky, right, points out a few features of the golf course to golf legend Jack Nicklaus on Wednesday.
The Nicklaus who sat in front of reporters along with Sorenstam seemed anything but a country-club type. He was at ease in answering questions, often going into discussions of several minutes on topics like why changes to the golf ball have had more impact on the game than any of the other technological changes.
Now you could see why Nicklaus was such a calm, cool assassin in almost every tournament in which he competed. It's why he's the career leader in major PGA titles (18), a number that's slowly creeping out of the reach for the injury-plagued Tiger Woods, who has 14.
Nicklaus commanded the room in a way that he did tournaments from Augusta, Ga., to the links courses of Great Britain. He was never more prepared than when asked a question about Woods, a topic he can't escape.
"You have a young man who is probably as talented as anyone that has ever played the game," Nicklaus said. "He's had my record on his closet door since he was a little kid, and I still believe that he will probably break that.
"Then again, there are so many things that happen in everybody's life. He right now is being robbed of some of his prime years because of his health. Is his health going to allow him to do that? I don't know. I was very fortunate. I played a long time and really had no injuries that were significant."
Besides health, another reason why Woods may never break Nicklaus' record is because of the depth of talent on the PGA Tour. The game has spread globally in ways that Nicklaus and Palmer never could have imagined in the 1960s, making a tournament win a more demanding challenge than it was decades ago.
"There are so many guys that are so talented," Nicklaus said. "An average year for me would be to win five, six or seven tournaments. Johnny Miller won eight or nine one year. There's such a large talent pool today that the opportunity to win is so seldom if you're not an exceptional player like Tiger."
Nicklaus then looked at Sorenstam, who was seated to his right, and asked her how many LPGA wins she would achieve on a normal year. She matter-of-factly said, "11 one year and then 13."
Nicklaus looked shocked for a second and then said, "Wow."
Sorenstam finished her career with 73 LPGA wins, one more than Nicklaus' 72 PGA titles. Sorenstam won 10 major championships.
Sorenstam dominated at a time when the LPGA Tour was expanding on a global basis. She retired in 2008 at the age of 38 to start a family, cutting short a career that might have included more titles.
"We have depth today," said Sorenstam of the current state of the LPGA. "When Se-Ri Pak came on the tour in 1999, she was the first South Korean lady golfer to come out. Winning the LPGA Championship and U.S. Open the same year started a peak of what we're seeing now. It is a global game, and I think it's going to continue being that."
Nicklaus and Sorenstam have seen many equipment changes since early in their careers. Nicklaus said without hesitation that the biggest change to golf has been to the ball, which he said has made about 17,000 tournament-caliber courses obsolete because of added distance.
"The USGA let it get out of hand," Nicklaus said. "They thought the rules would be OK when they went from a wound ball to a composite golf ball.
"Do I like it? Probably not, but I'm an old fogey. You look at Augusta a couple of weeks ago. Bubba Watson hits the ball over the trees at 13. Fifty years ago I couldn't hit the ball over the trees at 13, and they weren't that big."
When Nicklaus speaks, people listen.


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Bus service to Isle of Palms and Sullivan's Island and Bus Route 401 serving a large part of Mount Pleasant on both sides of Johnnie Dodds Boulevard will end Sunday, CARTA said Thursday.
The changes are happening because of a lack of riders. CARTA may start the beach service again closer to summer.


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Catalyst of Sorrows: Lost Era 2360 (Star Trek: Lost Era)by Margaret Wander Bonanno
THE YEAR IS 2360 She was trained to be a killing machine. Abandoned as a child, without home or family, past or future, Zetha survived only by her own cunning in the back alleys of Romulus before being taken by the Tal Shiar and remade into one of its deadliest weapons. But Zetha is about to undertake a mission unlike any in her experience. The mysterious return of a virulent scourge thought to be long extinct threatens devastation on a scale almost too horrific to contemplate. Zetha's only hope of stopping it is across the Neutral Zone -- among the enemies of Romulus. Now Admiral Uhura, centenarian chief of Starfleet Intelligence, must decide what to do with the knowledge Zetha has risked her life to bring to her. In order to stop the spread of the disease that is already ravaging the Romulan Empire, Uhura must assign a hand-picked team of Starfleet officers to covertly trace the contagion to its source -- and do whatever is necessary to contain it. But the world awaiting Lieutenant Benjamin Sisko, Lieutenant Tuvok, Dr. Selar, and Zetha herself is a hot zone of secrets, deceptions, and subtle machinations revealing an imminent holocaust beyond anything the away team expected, or what they could hope to combat.
Dwellers in the Crucibleby Margaret Wander Bonanno
DWELLERS IN THE CRUCIBLE Warrantors of Peace: the Federation's daring experiment to prevent war among its members. each Warrantor, man or woman is hostage for the government of his native world -- and is instantly killed if that world breaks the peace. Now Romulans have kidnapped six Warrantors, to foment political chaos -- and then civil war -- within the Federation. Captain Kirk must send Sulu to infiltrate Romulan territory, find the hostages, and bring them back alive -- before the Federation self-destructs!
Probe (Star Trek)by Margaret Wander Bonanno
Ten years have passed since Captain Kirk and the Enterprise crew brought back hump-backed whales from the twentieth century to communicate with the mysterious Probe which threatened Earth. The Probe is returning to Earth and has plotted its course, and the Enterprise must continue to delve into the mystery of its language, and its cosmic purpose to save Earth once again.
Star Trek: Mere Anarchyby Margaret Wander Bonanno Christopher L. Bennett
Mestiko: a world on the brink of interstellar travel -- and one that is closely and discreetly monitored by the Federation. But when a rogue pulsar sweeps through the star system, threatening to destroy all life on their planet, Starfleet must mount a desperate effort to protect the planet from annihilation. Under the command of James T. Kirk, the Starship Enterprise is able to mitigate some of the damage -- but the world's surface is still devastated with appalling loss of life. Over the next three decades, the Enterprise and its crew revisit Mestiko -- whether to keep them from falling prey to the machinations of the Klingon Empire or to deliver a new method of replenishing the planet's ozone -- through trials and tribulations, hardship and strife, love and death. Originally published as six eBooks, Mere Anarchy is the saga of one crew's career-long relationship to one world, and the ties that bound them inextricably together.
Star Trek: Mere Anarchy: Its Hour Come Roundby Margaret Wander Bonanno
MERE ANARCHY A new six-part epic covering thirty years of Star Trek history, concluding with an adventure that takes place after The Undiscovered Country and Generations! Book 6 : ITS HOUR COME ROUND Captain James T. Kirk is dead, lost during the launch of the U.S.S. Enterprise-B. His former shipmates are not the only ones who mourn his passing: Raya el-Mora and the people of Mestiko are stunned to learn that the man who has played such a pivotal role in their lives over the past three decades is now gone. But Kirk's passing comes as Mestiko is on the threshold of a new era, as they have come from near-destruction to comtemplating membership in the Federation. The surviving crew of the Starship Enterprise gather together as this strife-born world world one last time as its future hangs in the balance....
Star Trek: The Original Series: Burning Dreamsby Margaret Wander Bonanno
Before James T. Kirk, another captain stood on the bridge of the U.S.S. EnterpriseTM, spearheading its mission of exploration into the uncharted reaches of the galaxy. He was a man driven to perfection, a brooding soul whose haunted eyes reflected the burden of the impossible standards he set for himself, and for whom his longtime science officer, Spock, one day would risk everything. Yet, little is truly known about the enigmatic Christopher Pike, the events that defined him...or the secrets that consumed him. From the embers of his early childhood among Earth's blossoming interstellar colonies, to the terrifying conflagration that led him back to the world of his birth; from the mentor who would ignite young Chris's desire to return to the stars, to the career he blazed in Starfleet that would end in supreme sacrifice -- the path of Pike's astonishing life leads through fire again and again. But even amid the ashes of Talos IV, the forbidden world on which he would live out the remainder of his days, the dreams smoldering still within his aging, radiation-ravaged breast fan the flames of Pike's spirit to accomplish one final task....
Star Trek: The Original Series: Unspoken Truthby Margaret Wander Bonanno
A social experiment was conceived. Its goal was to breed the best, the brightest, the most malleable and most loyal soldiers to ever serve. To this end, the Romulan Empire used its own children, blinded by the belief that anything that would bring glory to the praetor was justified. And when the winds of politics changed, these children were abandoned, left to die on a world so horrifying that it was dubbed--by those who dared to cling to life--Hellguard. One wild child, Saavik, was rescued by Spock. He took the half-Vulcan, half-Romulan child home to his parents, knowing that if anyone could reach and rescue Saavik, it was them. Now a Starfleet officer, Saavik has striven to honor her mentor and her Vulcan heritage. But recent events have shaken her. Left behind on Vulcan while the rest of the Enterprise crew goes to face court-martial for stealing and destroying their ship, the young science officer is adrift when two men from her past confront her. Tolek, another Hellguard survivor, tells Saavik that the survivors are being killed one-by-one and only they can discover who and why. The other, a Romulan who claims to be her father, swears it is the Vulcans who are eliminating the Hellguard survivors because they are an embarrassment to all of Vulcan, but that she has the power to stop it, by bringing down the Vulcan ambassador, Sarek. Not knowing where to turn, not knowing whom to trust, Saavik must find her own answers, and discover who she truly is.
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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Two years ago, my friend sent me your article on nosebleeds because she knows how bad mine are. My nose bleeds heavily, always on the right side. I can't sleep on my right side. I can't sneeze. I can't even bend over. If I hold my nose, the blood goes down my throat. Please help. I have high blood pressure. - M.M.
ANSWER: Not much has changed in two years. If your nose bleeds with such frequency, you must make an appointment with an ear, nose and throat doctor. The fact that it always bleeds on the right side is another matter that needs explanation. The doctor can examine your nose to see if there are any growths that are responsible. He or she will check your blood to look for any clotting problems you might have. High blood pressure usually doesn't cause a nosebleed. It does, however, promote brisk bleeding.
When your nose starts to drip blood, sit in a chair and lean slightly forward to keep blood from trickling down your throat. Press both nostrils firmly between your thumb and index finger for at least 10 minutes. That ought to stop the bleeding. If it doesn't, press the nostrils for an additional 15 minutes.
A dry nasal lining often bleeds without much provocation. Check your home's humidity. It should be between 40 percent and 60 percent. If it isn't, get a humidifier. Coat your lower inner nostril at its bottom with a light film of petroleum jelly. (Readers, this is safe. A light coat isn't going to enter the lungs.) When you sneeze, do so through your mouth. Don't bend over at the waist to pick up an object. Retrieve it by bending at the knees. Don't blow your nose forcefully, ever.
Are you taking medicines that thin the blood, like aspirin, Coumadin or one of the newer ones? If you are, tell this to the doctor who prescribed these medicines. A dose adjustment might stop your bleeding.
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am writing on behalf of my son, who is in his mid-30s. He cannot wear sunscreen. He has tried every one on the market. Two days after wearing it, he develops severe pain. He has tried washing it right off after being outdoors, but that doesn't help. His doctor said that sunscreen blocks his pores and what he feels is nerve pain. He enjoys outdoor activities. Do you have a solution to his problem? - H.H.
ANSWER: Your son can have sun protection without sunscreens. Protective clothing can keep ultraviolet light off his skin. A hat with a wide brim, wide enough to cast a shadow over his face, is where he needs to start. Lightweight, long-sleeve shirts and full-length pants block sunlight. Your son probably has access to a computer. If he does a search for sun-protective clothing, he will find many places offering clothes that are effective barriers to sunlight. One is Coolibar, at www.sunaware.org. I imagine such clothing is also found at sporting-goods stores. I haven't checked that out, however.
Has he tried sunblock rather than sunscreen? They contain zinc oxide or titanium dioxide, ingredients that don't usually irritate the skin. Lifeguards are big users of these products. I don't know about the pore-blocking theory of sunscreens. It sounds more like they are irritants to your son's skin or are allergens.
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I need your help. I have a problem.
I am getting married. My husband-to-be has been married and has had sex, but I never have. My vagina is small. How can I enlarge it? - L.C.
ANSWER: Make an appointment with a family doctor or a gynecologist. He or she can determine if you truly have a problem. The vagina is easily stretched. If need be, the doctor can dilate the vagina with special devices made for that purpose. Or the doctor might tell you that everything is fine just as it is.
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am distraught. My best friend's son has come out to his family as gay. I was as close to the boy as his parents are. What causes this? - V.T.
ANSWER: No one has the definitive answer to the causes of sexual orientation. It's not a matter of the individual making a choice. It's something that a person is born with.
Don't be distraught. This young man is the same person you have known for so long and have felt so close to.
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I came down with a case of shingles. They're quite painful. Would it help if I got the shingles vaccine now? Would it speed the healing and take away some of the pain? - J.K.
ANSWER: The vaccine won't get rid of your current outbreak. It's for prevention, not treatment.
However, once you're over your bout, you can get the vaccine. Shingles recurs more frequently than was once believed. The vaccine is designed to bolster your immune system to keep the shingles virus under house arrest. The exact amount of time to wait for the vaccine after a shingles outbreak isn't known with certainty.
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First off, after work I went for walk that ended up being an interval run. Go me. Totally didn't feel like going, talked myself into a walk, and ended up running intervals between telephone poles, which I totally recommend. Why? Because it gets your heart rate up, and because anyone can do it. And I mean anyone. You don't have to run for more than 30 seconds at a time, less if you are a faster runner than I, but I was going for stamina today, so it was key not to burn myself out too soon, by exerting, well you know, TOO much effort. Ick.
It's a win/win situation for those of us who loathe running. It all started for me as I walked down May street, which always just seems so endless to me, and I got bored. And so I ran down the length of May, and reverted to intervals for the rest of the time...which was probably about 2.5 km total....cut short due to clients deciding to pick that exact time to start calling me. Still, I burned 310 cals, which would have been far less had I walked the 35 mins with a heart rate of 112. 160 is the cardio zone, yo!
I got home, attended to some business, and then got down to the business of making dinner. My favorite time of day! This is when I turned on something on Netflix that doesn't require me to pay too much attention (Stephen Fry In America, in case you wondered), and I get to cookin! I love having a meal on the go when James comes home - the house smelling great, him appreciative of a meal on a table after a stressful day at the office. This is why I love the flexibility of my work - I can work full time and still have the time to do the things I love for my little family.
On the roster today? A quinoa salad recipe I had seen circulating on Facebook for a few days, and pork tenderloin with plums. BANG. I'm going to share these with you, saving you the effort of searching, but I will not take credit. Because I can't. The Internet gets all the credit. But these two recipes are keepers, and they were EASY! My favorite.
Crunch Cashew Thai Quinoa Salad from The Ambitious Kitchen.
¾ cup uncooked quinoa
1-2 cups shredded red cabbage, depending on how much crunch you like
1 red bell pepper, diced
½ red onion, diced
1 cup shredded carrots
½ cup chopped cilantro
¼ cup diced green onions
½ cup cashew halves or peanuts (honey-roasted is good)
Optional: 1 cup edamame or chickpeas
Fresh lime, for a bit of tang
For the dressing:
¼ cup all natural peanut butter
2 teaspoons freshly grated ginger
3 tablespoon soy sauce, gluten-free if desired
1 tablespoon honey (use agave if vegan)
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon olive oil
Water to thin, if necessary
To cook quinoa: Rinse with cold water in mesh strainer. In a saucepan, bring 1 ½ cups of water to a boil. Add in quinoa and bring mixture to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to low and let simmer for 15 minutes or until quinoa has absorbed all of the water. Remove from heat and fluff quinoa with fork; place in large bowl and set aside to cool for about 10 minutes. You should have a little over 2 cups of quinoa.
To make dressing: Add peanut butter and honey or agave to a medium microwave safe bowl; heat in microwave for 20 seconds. Add in ginger, soy sauce, vinegar, and both sesame and olive oil and stir until mixture is smooth and creamy. If you want a thinner dressing, simply stir in a teaspoon or two of water or olive oil.
Add as much or as little dressing as you'd like to the quinoa. I always start out with a little bit of dressing and usually add more to suit my taste preferences. Alternatively you can save the dressing for later and add when you are ready to eat; however the flavors of the dressing usually soak into the salad so I love adding it to the quinoa first.
Next fold in red pepper, onion, cabbage, carrots, and cilantro into the quinoa. Garnish with cashews and green onions. Serve chilled or at room temperature with lime wedges if desired.
Heather's Notes: I used white wine vinegar instead of red because I mistakenly thought I was out, and I didn't use the olive oil because I felt like it had enough oil what with the sesame oil and the peanut butter. I used a wee bit of water to thin out and the dressing was FABULOUS. I also forgot to buy cilantro and red pepper, so I added shredded carrots, chopped apple, and spinach instead. James, who normally hates quinoa, is ALL OVER THIS. Therefore, it is wife made, husband approved. And you know what I just found out? Quinoa is NOT a grain, it's a seed. So this is allowed on my grain free spree!
|Even your HUSBAND will like this.
Pork & Plums - from Martha Stewart
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Heather's Notes: I did exactly as followed and this was CRAZY good. I even found my red wine vinegar (which was staring me in the face), and I ADORE that there is only one step. Step 2 is EAT. This literally could not have been easier.
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is another disease with a poor prognosis—only 30% of patients survive five years. "This disease can be so bad that treatment guidelines recommend clinical trials as the first option for nearly all patients with AML over the age of 60," reported Katherine L.B. Borden, Ph.D., professor, department of pathology and cell biology, University of Montreal, and an investigator at the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer.
Dr. Borden and her team focus on understanding and treating the molecular basis of cancer, in particular AML. Their work has led to the development of a therapy based upon the inhibitory factor and a potent oncogene called eukaryotic translation initiation factor or eIF4E, also called 4E for short.
"Our goal is to understand the nuts and bolts of how 4E works. Its traditional role is to initiate translation by binding the 5´ m7G cap found on mRNAs. However, elevated levels of 4E are associated with increased mRNA export. Elevated 4E levels lead to oncogenic transformation in cell culture, tumorigenesis in mouse models, and a poor prognosis in AML and other cancers."
To study 4E, Dr. Borden isolates leukemia cells from the blood of patients. "Our studies found that 4E also governs cell-cycle progression and cellular proliferation by orchestrating the expression of several key genes at the post-transcriptional level. We found that a commonly used drug called ribavirin impedes 4E's ability to make cells cancerous without significantly affecting normal cells. We are targeting this in the clinic. We found that ribavirin was a natural mimic of 4E's ligand and shuts down its transforming and apoptosis rescue functions. We had found this in patient specimens previously (for those with highly elevated 4E levels) and have concluded a Phase II trial with ribavirin."
"We had previously seen that ribavirin inhibits growth in cell culture of patient specimens. The Phase II trials determined that ribavirin inhibits 4E function in vivo and that also correlates with response. There are still some challenges, however. Patients can develop resistance. So we are looking now at more targeted therapy such as combining ribavirin with chemotherapy. We'll also perform high-throughput screening to find other chemicals that could have synergy with ribavirin."
Metastasis of cancer cells is the final step in solid-tumor progression, and the most common cause of death in cancer patients. One culprit implicated in an aggressive form of breast cancer is special AT-rich sequence binding protein 1, or SATB1.
"SATB1 is a nuclear protein that normally plays a critical role in regulating gene expression during thymocyte differentiation and activation of T cells," said Terumi Kohwi-Shigematsu, Ph.D., scientist in the life sciences division of the DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. "However, in breast cancer cells, once SATB1 becomes expressed, it reprograms expression of a multitude of genes to promote tumor growth and metastasis."
Dr. Kohwi-Shigematsu said that SATB1's role in breast cancer represents a new paradigm. "We believe this is a new model of gene regulation leading to tumor progression. A key question we are investigating is how SATB1 alters expression of so many genes. In our studies, the expression of more than 1,000 genes is altered by SATB1 expression in breast cancer cells. SATB1 in the nucleus has a unique architectural distribution, onto which its target genes are anchored and assembled with chromatin-modifying enzymes and transcription factors, thus providing a regulatory network.
"Therefore, such a regulatory network must play a critical role in regulating the epigenetic status of chromatin and gene expression. Similar to the case found in activated T cells, it is also likely that in breast cancers, SATB1-targeted genes collect into intra- or even interchromosomal loci to form chromatin loops so that they can be coregulated. What we are seeing is an emerging link between chromatin remodeling enzymes, epigenetics, and cancer."
Understanding the mechanisms used by SATB1 could provide a new diagnostic and prognostic marker as well as a therapeutic target for breast cancer. "Most companies are interested in targeting proteins on the cell surface. In the future, however, an effective strategy might be developed to target proteins in the nucleus such as SATB1. By discovering which signaling pathways are important for SATB1 activation we may be able to target them for therapeutics as well," Dr. Kohwi-Shigematsu concluded.
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World Renowned Composer Libby Larsen
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BOCA RATON, FL (November 15, 2007) – Libby Larsen, one of the world's most prolific and most performed living composers, will deliver a lecture on Friday, November 30 at noon in the Arts and Letters Building, room 219, on FAU's Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road. The lecture, entitled "Music in the 21st Century: A Composer's Perspective," is free and open to the public. There also will be a concert of Larsen's works performed by FAU faculty and commentary by Larsen on Wednesday, November 28 at 8 p.m. in the University Theatre on FAU's Boca Raton campus. The concert is free with a suggested donation of $10 to support programs in the department of music.
Larsen has written over 200 works that range from intimate vocal art song pieces to massive orchestral scores. Her work has been described as modern music that is approachable for a broad audience. The Wall Street Journal wrote that Larsen "has come up with a way to make contemporary opera both musically current and accessible to the average audience."
In 1994, Larsen won a Grammy for producing the CD "The Art of Arlene Augér," which features Larsen's "Sonnets from the Portuguese," inspired by Elizabeth Barrett Browning's famous poem of the same name. She also wrote the music and libretto for the opera "Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus," which was selected as one of the eight best classical musical events of 1990 by USA Today.
Larsen is the first woman to serve as a resident composer with a major orchestra. She has held residencies with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Charlotte Symphony and the Colorado Symphony. Larsen is currently working on a book, tentatively titled "The Concert Hall That Fell Asleep and Woke Up as Car Radio."
"Libby Larsen is considered by many to be the most influential composer of the present day," said Heather Coltman, chair of FAU's department of music. "We are very fortunate to have her here. She has a fresh outlook on sound and the impact of new music, and also on ways that performers connect to audiences."
Larsen holds the Dorothy F. Schmidt Eminent Scholar Chair for 2007/2008. The chair, endowed by philanthropist Dorothy F. Schmidt, is devoted to bringing outstanding figures in the performing and visual arts to FAU and has been held by such luminaries as dancer Edward Villella, art critics Roberta Smith and Gerry Saltz, Shakespearean actors Estelle Kohler and Bill Homewood, and environmental sculptor and architect Michael Singer.
Larsen's compositions, to be performed at the November 28 concert, include one of her early works "Piano Suite," which consists of the four standard dance movements that comprise a baroque instrumental suite; "Songs from Letters," which is an art song based on letters written between 1880 and 1902 from Calamity Jane, the sharp-shooting, hard-drinking Western legend, to her daughter Janey; and the fast-paced and jazzy "Four on the Floor," which was inspired by boogie-woogie and is a celebration of American musicians.
The concert will be performed by Heather Coltman, pianist and chair of FAU's department of music; duo pianists Ed Turgeon and Ann Louise-Turgeon; Sandra McClain, soprano; Paul Green, clarinet; Tony Lavender, percussion; Saul Bitran, violin; Cornelia Brubeck, cello; and Ben Joella, double bass.
The lecture and concert are being sponsored by the Dorothy F. Schmidt Eminent Scholars Chair and organized by the department of music in the School of the Arts in FAU's Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters. Larsen will return to the FAU campus in the Spring for an additional cycle of concerts and lectures. For further information on the lecture or concert and other public events with Libby Larsen, call 561-297-3820 or visit www.fau.edu/music.


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This decade might be known for the rise of the celebrity chef. Thanks to blogs and the endless churn of culinary shows from Top Chef to No Reservations.
But when it comes to gear, cuisine maestros still don the obligatory white or black apron. And, of course, there's Mario Batali and his crocs.
Ellen Bennett is the garde manger for the cold booth —oysters, fish, etc. — at Providence in Los Angeles, whose chef Michael Cimarusti is a frequent Top Chef judge. She's also the founder of Hedley & Bennett, a line of chef aprons made from Japanese selvage denim in Downtown Los Angeles, named for her grandfather Hedley Bennett.
Bennett dived into making chef aprons when her boss Josef Centeno from Baco Mercat and Lazy Ox was ordering 40. She convinced Centeno to allow her to make them and "hit the street running" to fulfill the order. And because the aprons were tested in a restaurant kitchen, Bennett was able to refine them as a work-in-progress by fiddling with strap width and hardware.
Bennett, a 25-year-old who apprenticed mainly through culinary internships in Italy, Greece and Mexico, wasn't keen on the standard kitchen wear. "We were given aprons that cut into your neck and into your side and the polyester fabric is hot and uncomfortable," she says. Bennett used her misgivings with a typical chef apron as a basis for everything she didn't want in Hedley & Bennett. She took the basic shape and made it longer or wider, added pockets and reversible fabrics that are durable and washable.
For a company less than a year old, Hedley & Bennett's aprons have been embraced by all the blue-chip chefs, a testimony to the limited offerings that were available beforehand. Michael Cimarusti is partial to the Kumamoto ($98), because it's reversible thus he can flip in case one side gets stained. Thomas ($78) is based on a traditional bragard for Thomas Keller, who wears Hedley & Bennett. Other Hedley & Bennett wearers are Josiah Citrin, Ludovic Lefebvre, Hedy Goldsmith, Nancy Silverton, Raphael Lunetta and Alton Brown.
Although Hadley & Bennett is a full-time job, with 10 employees, including sewers and cutters, Bennett is not ready to abandon the kitchen just yet, hence the part-time gig at Providence. "That's where it started," she says. For spring, Hedley & Bennett is introducing a colorful linen collection. And next up, look for are reversible skull caps, children's aprons and bags for chef knives and tools.
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Ann Arbor, MI (April 11, 2013) – The 2012 London Olympic Games were widely recognized as the "Year of the Woman," because with the exception of two nations, for the first time in the history of the Games every nation that sent a delegation included at least one female. However, today the Sport, Health and Activity Research and Policy (SHARP) Center for Women and Girls, a Women's Sports Foundation (WSF) and University of Michigan collaboration, released the results of "Women in the Olympic and Paralympic Games: An Analysis of Participation and Leadership Opportunities," a study that provides new insights into the generally poor representation of women in leadership roles and sports participation in the international and U.S. Olympic and Paralympic organizations. The groundbreaking report also assesses the extent that the International Olympic Committee (IOC), International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and United States Olympic Committee (USOC) are fulfilling their stated missions with respect to gender equality. "The Women's Sports Foundation began this research series to follow women in the Olympic and Paralympic movement and, because the first three reports showed that progress toward gender equity has been limited, the SHARP Center saw a critical need to carry this work forward," expressed Kathy Babiak, SHARP co-director and associate professor of sport management at the University of Michigan's School of Kinesiology. "In fact, the current findings inform us that there is much more work to be done." Despite noteworthy attempts to support the inclusion of greater numbers of women on the international sporting scene, the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) rhetoric of gender equality has gained only minimal responses from the National Olympic Committees (NOCs), the International Federations (IFs) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC)—most of which still struggle to meet the IOC's request in 2000 that women hold at least 20 percent of leadership positions. The IOC has itself, for the first time, met its stated goal of 20 percent female representation among its membership with 21 percent of the current members (22 of 106) being female. This increase from 2008—when membership was 15 percent female (16 of 107)—is notable yet fails to reflect true parity. While the United States exceeds many countries with 37 percent female representation on the USOC Board of Directors, eight of the 29 established U.S. National Governing Bodies (NGBs) are below the 20 percent threshold ranging from zero to 18 percent female representation—Judo, Cycling, Triathlon, Table Tennis, Canoe/Kayak, Wrestling, Taekwondo and Soccer—and of 58 executive leadership roles in the U.S. NGBs, only six positions are held by women (10 percent), down from eight positions (14 percent) in 2008. "The SHARP Center findings demonstrate both the successes and shortfalls of the IOC's gender equity thresholds," shared Women's Sports Foundation CEO, Kathryn Olson. "We are far from the 50/50 split in balanced leadership which embodies the inclusive spirit of the Olympic and Paralympic movement. There are abundant returns that come to women who serve in a leadership capacity in sport and they are an integral part of the team, actively advocating for women as athletes." "Women in the Olympic and Paralympic Games" also uncovers startling gender inequalities in athletic participation by men and women. Although competing in the same number of Olympic sports as their male counterparts, women competed in 131 events (43.4 percent, up from 42 percent in 2008), while men competed in 163 events (54 percent, down slightly from 54.6 percent in 2008). Additionally, there were eight mixed events (accounting for three percent), putting women in a total of 139 events (46 percent) and men in 171 events (56 percent) of the 302 events offered at the 2012 Games. Paralympic women had the opportunity to compete in 236 (47 percent) of 503 events; there were 200 (40 percent) women's events, 267 (53 percent) men's events and 36 (7 percent) mixed events. Female Paralympians compete in 47 percent of events, but continue to account for less than 40 percent of the total athletes. Key findings from "Women in the Olympic and Paralympic Games: An Analysis of Participation and Leadership Opportunities" include:
Based on the relevant findings, the Women's Sports Foundation, a leading organization in girls' and women's sports, developed specific, evidence-based policy recommendations intended to provide governing bodies, athletes, and policymakers with new and accurate information with an eye toward making the Olympic and Paralympic movement equitable for all. "The Women's Sports Foundation has worked closely with the USOC to establish its recent athlete safety guidelines governing harassment, child abuse and various forms of misconduct and we look forward to assisting the USOC, IOC and IPC leadership to implement changes within their respective organizations that are beneficial to gender equity in the Olympic arena," said Nancy Hogshead-Makar, four-time Olympic swimmer and senior director of advocacy for the Women's Sports Foundation. "Our latest SHARP Center research report brings the current gender inequities to the forefront and arms athletes and leadership with the information they need to take an active role in advocating for opportunity." In an effort to continue the momentum spurred by the recent Olympic and Paralympic accomplishments, the Foundation recommends the collective international and national Olympic and Paralympic governing bodies take the following major actions:
Increase the 20 percent and 30 percent gender equity goals for women in leadership roles.
Set 50 percent equity goals for participation by the 2016 Games.
Detailed results of "Women in the Olympic and Paralympic Games: An Analysis of Participation and Leadership Opportunities" and to access the complete policy recommendations here. To access all four reports in the series, please visit www.WomensSportsFoundation.org. # # # About the Sport, Health and Activity Research and Policy Center for Women and Girls (SHARP) SHARP, the Sport, Health and Activity Research and Policy Center for Women and Girls, was established in 2010 as a new partnership between the Women's Sports Foundation and University of Michigan's School of Kinesiology and Institute for Research on Women & Gender. SHARP's mission is to lead research that enhances the scope, experience, and sustainability of participation in sport, play, and movement for women and girls. Leveraging the research leadership of the University of Michigan with the policy and programming expertise of the Women's Sports Foundation, findings from SHARP research will better inform public engagement, advocacy, and implementation to enable more women and girls to be active, healthy, and successful. Media Contacts: Kasie Carr Women's Sports Foundation 202.965.7809 firstname.lastname@example.com Jared Wadley University of Michigan 734.936.7819 email@example.com
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CORTLAND, N.Y. -- Rex Ryan called it days ago.
The Jets head coach said earlier this week that when a fight broke out, offensive lineman Rob Turner would be involved.
He was right.
On the fifth day of practice, Rob Turner and linebacker Jamaal Westerman seeded the first fight of camp. Their teammates promptly piled on the skirmish after Mark Brunell's incomplete pass to tight end Matt Mulligan.
How did it happen? We'll leave that to Turner.
"I picked a guy off on the pass protection and put him on his back," Turner explained. "He grabbed a hold of my face mask and had my head cranked, so I told him to let go, and he wouldn't let go. He was just holding on, so I started dropping some fists in his kidneys, that's all."
Turner promised there would be one or two more.
Other notes from this morning's practice:
The offense's play of the day was a 50-yard TD from Mark Sanchez to Brad Smith, on a go route up the right sideline. Sanchez was unofficially 5-for-11 in 11-on-11 drills this morning, with one interception on a tipped pass snatched by LB Calvin Pace.
Sanchez was more proud about something else: His slide. On a scramble up the middle, he executed a perfect slide and stood up and bowed. His take: "Nice. Smooth. Took all offseason."
Sanchez and Kellen Clemens also each tried his hand -- er, foot -- at punting. Sanchez's went about 20 yards.
DE Jason Taylor deflected a Sanchez pass, one play after covering an incompletion to RB LaDainian Tomlinson. He was also active later in practice, jokingly wrestling with Sanchez after the Turner-Westerman skirmish broke out. He didn't deny hamming it up for the "Hard Knocks" cameras.
"Of course -- they all did," Taylor said. "Why do you think me and Mark did?"
K Nick Folk had his best day of camp, going 6-for-6 with a long of 50 yards. More on him later.
TE Jeff Cumberland sat out the last two series with a head injury. LB Brashton Satele (ankle) and G Marlon Davis (knee) did not practice. WR David Clowney was excused for personal reasons and is expected back for meetings tonight.
WR Laveranues Coles hobbled off the field with an apparent injury but returned a few plays later.
|Day 5 of training camp: Jets have first fight
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This course is a continuation of "Endodontic Treatment of Traumatic Injuries Part One." It covers teeth that have been displaced laterally, intruded, extruded, and/or completely avulsed.
Dr. Antrim has a national reputation as an educator, clinician and lecturer in endodontics and is Board Certified by the American Board of Endodontics. He is an original native of Colorado, born and raised in Denver. He presently calls San Diego his home. After a three-year stint in the U. S. Marine Corps, he earned a BA degree at the University of Colorado in 1961. After teaching school in Denver for a short time, he entered dental school at the University of Nebraska in l963, was elected to Omicron Kappa Upsilon Honorary Dental Society and graduated in 1967. After a short period in private practice, he entered the U. S. Navy and spent a 24-year career as a Navy dentist. Since retiring from the Navy in 1992, he enjoys a part-time practice in endodontics in San Diego.
The career in the Navy gave him the opportunity to use his training as an educator. After completion of endodontic training and receiving a master's degree at Loma Linda University in 1975, he had the opportunity to teach general dentists during their fellowship training in the specialty. In addition, he spent four years training graduate students in endodontics at the Navy's Graduate Dental School and four years as Director of the school. During his tenure at the dental school, he earned masters degrees in Higher Education and in Health Services Administration from George Washington University. He was also elected into the International College of Dentists.
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Andy McSmith's No Such Thing as Society: A History of Britain in the 1980s will probably become one of the definitive books on the 1980's. It's written in a concise style, is incisive yet generous to the subjects and conjures a vivid picture of the mood of the nation at the time.
I tweeted a previously unknown fact from the book that Ted Heath and Margaret Thatcher did not talk for 22 years. Simply not true, said Iain Dale in a Twitter reply.
Andy McSmith was generous to email to say that the source of his quote was none other than the great Ted Heath himself. Andy was a guest at his house in Salisbury on the eve of his appearance on stage with Margaret Thatcher in 1998, and when asked, he said that he had last spoken to her in 1976.
So, we heard it from the old boy himself. But was he being puckish with the recollection of the facts to his house guests? Iain thinks he might have been. "They definitely talked in May 1979 and also when he attended the tory conf in either 1980 or 81. They also spoke at a downing street dinner for all living PMs held in the mid 1990s."
Yet are Iain's good manners playing tricks with his memory? They may be.
Andy's response to Iain:
"You overestimate the warmth of the Heath-Thatcher relationship. They did not speak in May 1979. She refused to have him share any platform during the election. On the Saturday after polling, she sent him a written note by bike messenger to tell him that she was appointing Carrington Foreign Secretary, so no government job for him. She wrote to him again ten days later offering him the job of Ambassador to the US, which he refused, also in writing. No spoken words were exchanged, even by telephone.
"Heath did not go the party conference in 1979 or, as far I can ascertain in 1980, but he did turn up in 1981 to attack Thatcher, and was heckled. He joked about it, saying: "Don't applaud, it may irritate your neighbour." She said something vaguely nice about him from the platform, but I can't find any evidence that they spoke."
He adds "I don't think you can assume that just because they were at the same dinner table some time in the 1990s, that Heath acknowledged her presence. You don't mention that she turned up at the dinner in 1990 to celebrate his first 40 years in the Commons, but it would be assuming too much about Heath's graciousness to assume that he spoke to her."
And further adds "Also, I think the dinner to which you refer is the one held at Spencer House (not Downing Street) in July 1992 to mark the 40th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne, at which all living PM and ex-PMs except Alec Douglas Home were present. The Palace took the precaution of seating Heath and Mrs T well away from one another. She was next to the Duke of Edinburgh, he was next to Princess Diana. I find no evidence that they spoke."
Iain is certain that he saw them talk at the event and that it was actually broadcast on TV. "I absolutely know they spoke at the Downing Street event because I saw it on TV with my own eyes." says Iain. He's going to ask Mrs Thatcher's people if they can get to the bottom of the matter.
I suspect this will come down to what constitutes "talking". Small talk on the way into a reception can hardly be described as conversation. It's perfectly possible for Heath to have asked Mrs T. about the weather whilst never talking to her about the folly of the 1981 Budget.
Can you help me establish the facts though? Do you know of a time whether Mrs Thatcher and Ted Heath had a conversation between 1976 and 1998?


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CAT keeps My Three Angels timeless
Christmas Eve is celebrated at a sweltering 105 F in Central Alberta Theatre's engaging presentation of My Three Angels.
And that's the first clue this isn't your typical Christmas story.
Not only do the holidays arrive during a tropical heat wave in this play set in French Guiana, but relatives turn out to be grasping villains while three Devil's Island criminals are revealed as noble idealists.
Nothing unfolds as expected in the witty comedy by Samuel and Bella Spewack — including the script itself.
One might think that a 60-year-old Broadway hit that was turned into the 1955 Humphrey Bogart movie We're No Angels wouldn't be terribly relevant in these cynical times.
It's a pleasant discovery that My Three Angels — which is running at the Memorial Centre — is not only timeless and engrossing, but uses subversive, dark humour to spread some good old-fashioned Christmas cheer.
How 2012 of a three-act play from 1953 that's actually set in 1910!
The action begins with colonial shop manager Felix Ducotel confessing his woes to his anxious wife, Emilie (Nicole Orr). Unbeknownst to the couple, they are overheard by a trio of convicts who are fixing a hole in their roof on a work-release program.
It turns out that Felix (empathetically played by Ron Vocke) is a terrible businessman. He won't ask poor customers to settle their bills and doesn't have a handle on merchandise that's disappearing from the shop.
At this worst possible moment, the shop's owner, Felix's uncle Henri Trochard, has decided to visit from France to check up on business. And a stressed Felix fears it's only a matter of time before Henri (Jeff Challoner) fires him and he, Emilie and their daughter, Marie Louise, are thrown into the street.
Meanwhile, Marie Louise (portrayed as an innocent by Tori Darr) is distraught to discover that her beloved, Paul, (Quentin Coish) has become engaged to a rich girl. She's about to throw herself into the river, but the convicts save her life.
To show her appreciation, Emilie invites the three jailbirds to stay for Christmas Eve dinner, and the prisoners find themselves playing good elves to the family over the holidays.
As might be expected, the philosophical convicts, Joseph, Jules and Alfred (respectively Martin Kvapil, Michael Sutherland and Konstantin Vorosmarty) play by looser rules than most. But audience members will find themselves rooting for the bad guys all the same.
This well-paced production, evenly directed by Heather Shatford, actually leaves audiences with a lot to cheer about, including a smart, humourous script, a great bamboo-trimmed tropical set by Stuart Reid, and terrific performances from the cast of 10 community actors.
Vocke, Kvapil and Sutherland, in particular, have a naturalistic style of conversing around a supper table that completely hooks you and draws you in.
Can prisoners with life sentences still find hope? Is there justice? Is virtue its own reward, or does the end justify the means?
These and other questions are posed and discussed in the play. I encourage you to see it and come up with your own answers.
Despite some darkish plot turns, you just might leave humming Christmas carols.
The comedy runs to Dec. 7.


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What: Shares of Universal Display (NASDAQ: OLED ) dropped by more than 10% during intraday trading Thursday after noted short-seller Manuel Asensio took to Seeking Alpha to voice negative concerns about the organic LED specialist regarding a recent filing at the European Patent Office.
So what: Specifically, Asensio claimed the filing "shows that the most important claims of Universal Display Corporations 'key PHOLED technology patents' should be entirely revoked," something he goes on to say "could happen quickly and with finality" following an EPO Board of Appeal hearing in November.
To be sure, a development of this magnitude could be devastating for Universal Display's ability to collect licensing payments from key customers including Samsung Display.
Now what: I won't argue that investors should tread carefully with companies like UDC, which rely on heavily on intellectual property to sustain their business, but it's worth noting that Seeking Alpha's disclosure policy shows Asensio currently holds a short position in Universal Display. What's more, this certainly isn't the first time Asensio has placed Universal Display in his sights.
For example, way back in November, 2011, a group co-founded by Asensio made similar claims regarding the viability of Universal Display's patents, saying at the time that the European Patent Office had effectively "invalidated and revoked the majority of UDC's PHOLED patent claims."
Mere days later, in the company's quarterly earnings call, Universal Display management contested those claims, saying the EPO had actually maintained their fundamental patents in question, and that they were "extremely pleased" with the result.
This time around, while UDC management hasn't responded just yet, Oppenheimer analyst Andrew Uekwitz already chimed in to defend them, saying Asensio's latest article "contains nothing new or valuable" that wasn't already disclosed in its most recent quarterly report, and recommending investors buy shares on today's weakness.
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NEW YORK – Move over, "Dancing With the Stars" – there are some new high-flying heroes in town.
On Tuesday, ABC entertainment chief Paul Lee announced a fall prime-time schedule that would see the much anticipated Joss Whedon series "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." take the Tuesday 8 p.m. slot previously given to "DWTS, with the long-running twinkle-toed series condensing its competition and results programs to a two-hour episode on Monday nights.
In a conference call with reporters, Lee explained the "DWTS" decision as motivated by a desire to create an "occasion" on the one hand and a belief in the new Marvel series on the other.
It tested well in all four quadrants, young, old, men and women, Lee said of "Agents." "Of course it's Joss Whedon; he knows how to create not just great television but great relationships," adding that, despite the superhero aspects, "we think it's a four-quadrant show" that's going to bring a wider audience to ABC, Lee said.
In a schedule he said was characterized by both "stability" and "ambition," Lee laid out a Tuesday prime-time lineup that would see a block of four new shows. Following the hourlong "S.H.I.E.L.D" will be retro '80s comedy "The Goldbergs" from actor-filmmaker Adam Goldberg, the Malin Akerman-toplined "Trophy Wife" about, well just that, and the DreamWorks Television lottery drama "Lucky 7."
Of the last one, Lee said it was "a show about the 99 percent. It's aspirational but we've gone out of our way to make it feel authentic."
Today, the network hopes to boost the Rebel Wilson ladies-on-the-town series "Super Fun Night" by handing it the coveted slot behind "Modern Family," with the James Caan intergenerational family comedy "Back in the Game" occupying the hammock slot between "The Middle" and "Modern Family."
The network will also give pride of place to its "Once Upon a Time" spinoff "Once Upon a Time in Wonderland" with an 8 p.m. Thursday slot; it will be the only change in prime-time that day, as long-running "Grey's Anatomy" and newer hit "Scandal" follow. Also staying put is "Nashville" in the 10 p.m. slot; in its first year, the Connie Britton country music series attracted critical plaudits but drew mixed ratings numbers.
Among the shows that ABC is to air with no definite premiere date are new comedy "Mixology," about a group of New York singles, Kyle Killen's psychological-themed "Mind Games" starring Steve Zahn, and returning precocious-teen comedy "Suburgatory" starring Jane Levy.
Lee also described a seasonal structure in which limited-run series would be sandwiched between two batches of 12 episodes in fall and spring.
The logic, he said, was to avoid the patchwork of repeats and originals that confuse viewers. Among the limited-run shows the network will air is nonscripted series "The Quest," a kind of globetrotting reality show that takes place in a "Lord of the Rings" environment.
ABC is coming off a solid year of returning hits in several genres with "Once Upon a Time," "Modern Family," "The Middle" and "Scandal." But it has also seen its share of disappointments, with freshman series "Last Resort" and "666 Park Avenue" canceled after low numbers. Overall, "DWTS" viewership remains solid, though the show tends to skew older. It will continue to be followed by "Castle" at 10 p.m. on Monday nights.
Polarizing alien comedy "The Neighbors" stays on the ABC schedule but moves to Friday night, where it will play at 8:30 behind returning family comedy "Last Man Standing." Lee described "Neighbors" as "gloriously inventive."


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For kids who struggle in the traditional public school environment, Hunterdon Learning Center can be a life saver.
Graduates recently gathered at a multi-class reunion at the school in Lebanon Township's countryside. For many alumni it was like returning home to family.
Hunterdon Learning Center is a nonprofit day school for adolescents with special needs. Students come from a wide ranging area and varied backgrounds. For example, Brian Lucarelli grew up in Edison; Joy Dempsey grew up in Randolph. Both had a difficult home life that translated into trouble at school. Lucarelli got kicked out of several schools. Dempsey chose not to go to school most of the time. Both eventually ended up at Hunterdon Learning Center and both credit the school with putting them on the path to successful lives.
Lucarelli graduated in 1996. After attending several different schools he found HLC "like no other place that I've been." The fewer than a dozen and a half students in his graduating class was a far cry from the hundreds of students that graduated from Edison's public high schools in any given year.
That intimate environment kept his mind on school and not on what was going on at home and deterred him from trouble. He said it was the same for many of his classmates. "Who knows where we would have ended up?" he said. "I was destined for destruction."
Dempsey, who was diagnosed with post traumatic stress syndrome, missed 160 days of school before transferring to the learning center. "It was a welcoming environment," she said, "It held my interest and the staff was very endearing. They made students want to be there and want to excel."
While students like her would have been lost in the crowd at a large high school such as the one in Randolph, at HLC, "If someone was having a bad day, everybody knew it. It was a tight-knit community."
Dempsey went on to a four-year college and while her life may not be considered exciting, "it's the normal life I aspired to have as a teenager," she said. "They allowed me to create my own destiny with what was given to me." After a stint as a stay-at-home mom, Dempsey recently returned to the workforce.
Alumni have mixed emotions about the school moving to a new location in Annandale. For Lucarelli it won't be the same. The HLC he knows and loves is on Hoffman's Crossing Road.
Dempsey too will always have a fondness for the school on the hill, but thinks the new building will offer wonderful new opportunities for the students.
Founded in 1975, the center is for adolescents with a history of emotional and behavioral difficulties severe enough to have disrupted their social and academic development. It provides integrated educational, counseling and social learning experiences for its students. Teachers, administrators and counselors work as a team to shape behavior, reinforce the development of personal accountability and raise students' confidence in their ability to succeed.
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Terry Francona answered some questions from fans today on NESN.com and addressed the issue of Jacon Varitek catching Tim Wakefield next season.
I don't think that probably makes a whole lot of sense. We have always used the other catcher to catch Wake, and Victor [Martinez] did a very good job with him. We will probably use more of a conventional rotation with our catchers in 2010. And when Victor is not catching, we'll try to strike a balance with keeping his bat in the lineup and getting him his rest.
Sounds like Tek is not going to get a whole lot of time behind the dish next season.


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CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Bail has been set at $240,000 for a New Jersey man who allegedly stole a police cruiser after a traffic stop and then led authorities on a high-speed chase.
David Rosa, 25, of Perth Amboy faces numerous charges in connection with Wednesday's incident in Clinton Township, including eluding and auto theft.
Authorities say Rosa was stopped for speeding on Interstate 78 and was arrested after allegedly giving police a fake name.
But while handcuffed, he somehow drove off in the cruiser at speeds in excess of 100 mph in rush-hour traffic. The chase eventually ended when Rosa crashed on a median and a pursuing officer fired a shot that disabled the vehicle.
Rosa said little during his arraignment Friday, and it wasn't known today if he had retained a lawyer.
Previous coverage:
• Police fire on fugitive who eludes traffic stop, steals police car, starting 20-mile chase on I-78, I-287