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To determine what positions graduates of internal medicine–pediatrics programs currently hold.
A survey of the program directors of residencies in internal medicine–pediatrics.
Program directors of the 85 internal medicine–pediatrics training programs listed in the 1993-1994 Graduate Medical Education Directory.
Main Outcome Measures:
A 1-page survey that described the current positions of trainees graduating between 1987 and 1993.
Seventy-four (87%) of the 85 program directors completed the survey. Of the 708 graduates reported on, 68% were practicing as generalists. The generalists of this cohort (n=480) were primarily in private practice settings (n=390, 81%) and most were practicing internal medicine–pediatrics (n=416,85%). Only 12% of the generalists had chosen to practice either pediatrics or internal medicine. Twenty-one percent of the total graduates had entered subspeciality training.
To our knowledge, the sample of 708 graduates is the largest survey of graduates of internal medicine–pediatrics programs to date and shows that 68% of graduates are practicing in primary care fields. Graduates of internal medicine–pediatrics programs should be considered as an important source of primary care physicians.Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1997;151:576-579
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Penn Cambria's Evan Link went 3-0 Saturday to make the 112-pound finals of the NHSCA Senior National Wrestling Championships at the Virginia Beach Convention Center.
Link defeated California's Ian Nickell, 9-2, in the semifinals to advance to today's 5 p.m. finals against two-time California state champion Nahshon Garrett, who beat Massachusetts' Jonathan Costa, 11-4, in the semis.
Link, the two-time PIAA Class AA runner-up and 2011 Mirror Wrestler of the Year, reached the semifinals with a pin of Washington's Andrew Vulliet in 1:27 and a 5-3 decision over Utah's Gerritt Bradley in the quarterfinals. Friday, he opened with a pin of Maryland's Matt Laux in 5:29.
"He's wrestling great," Penn Cambria coach Todd Niebauer said. "In the quarterfinals, the kid slowed him down, but Evan dominated. In his first match, he was winning 17-4 when he pinned the kid. [Again Vulliet] he was winning 7-1."
Niebauer said he's looking forward to the finals.
"They have two different styles," he said. "I think it's going to be a great match."
Link's teammate, Tom Hanlon, was eliminated in his first consolation bout when he was pinned by New Jersey's Brian Beisel in 3:50.
Tigers finish fourth
The Hollidaysburg and Altoona boys tennis teams took part in the Mountain Lion Invitational on Saturday, where the Golden Tigers finished fourth and the Mountain Lions sixth among the eight-team field.
The event was held at both The Summit Tennis and Athletic Club and the ProCare Health and Fitness Club.
Hollidaysburg picked up its big bonus points at No. 2 doubles when the team of Donnie Vonada and Brian Schultz won the championship with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over a team from Erie Cathedral Prep. No names were reported to the Mirror.
In No. 1 action, Altoona's James Doeing made it to the consolation finals, where he fell to Abington Heights' Josh Palmer, 10-1. Hollidaysburg's Amir Alkhafaji made it to the 5th-6th-place match where he lost, 10-0, to Conestoga Valley's Darren Mast.
In No. 2 play, Hollidaysburg's Steven Dodson made it to the consolation finals where he lost to Abington's Nathan Engh, 10-9. Altoona's Chris Reighard made it to the 5th-6th-place match where he lost to Erie Cathedral Prep's Alex Brzozowski, 10-1.
At No. 3, Hollidaysburg's Vonada won the 5th-6th-place match when he defeated Altoona's Tyler Hollingsworth, 10-5.
In doubles action, at the No. 1 spot, Hollidaysburg's Jared Kimble and John Johnson made it to the consolation finals where they lost 10-1 to a team from Abington Heights. Altoona's Casey Snyder and Matt Eiman made it to the 5th-6th-place match where they lost 10-4 to a team of Manheim Township.
Altoona's doubles team of Joey Settimio and Jake Herbster competed at No. 2, where they made it to the semifinals round before losing, 10-0, to a team from Erie Prep.
Team Scores
1. Mount Lebanon 35; 2. Erie Cathedral Prep 34; 3. Abington Heights 29; 4. Hollidaysburg 25; 5. Manheim Township 20; 6. Atloona 19; 7. Conestoga Valley 14; 8. Indiana 5
No. 1 singles: Chad Walbridge (EP) def Darren Mast (CV) 10-7; Josh Palmer (AH) def Dave Musser (MT) 10-1; AJ Catanzariti (ML) def Amir Alkhafaji (H) 10-0; James Doeing (A) def Nick Palko (I) 10-4
Semifinals:?Walbridge def Palmer 10-5; Catanzariti def Doeing 10-0
Backdraw semifinals:?Mast def Musser 10-7; Alkhafaji def Palko 10-4
7th and 8th place match: Musser def Palko, 10-1
5th and 6th place match: Mast def Alkhafaji, 10-0
3rd and 4th place match: Palmer def Doeing, 10-1
Championship Match: Catanzariti def Walbridge by Default
No. 2 singles:?Joel Lankford (ML) def Alex Brzozowski (EP) 10-7; Steven Dodson (H) def Caleb Harnish (CV) 10-4; Josh Barry (MT) def Chris Reighard (A) 10-0; Nathan Engh (AH) def Alex Pettina (I) 10-2
Semifinals: Lankford def Dodson, 10-2; Barry def Engh, 10-5
Backdraw semifinals: Brzozowski def Harnish, 10-2; Reighard def Pettina, 10-5
7th and 8th place match: Harnish def Pettina, 10-5
5th and 6th place match:?Brzozowski def Reighard, 10-1
3rd and 4th place match: Engh def Dodson, 10-9
Championship Match:?Lankford def Barry, 6-4, 4-6, 10-8
No. 3 singles:?Josh Smith (ML) def Devin Esch (CV) 10-2; Jai Redkar (AH) def Tyler Hollingsworth (A) 10-1; Nicholas Ward (EP) def Donnie Vonada (H) 10-1; Niki Veronis (MT) def Kevin Mullen (I) 10-1
Semifinals: Redkar def Smith, 10-9; Ward def Veronis, 10-2
Backdraw semifinals: Hollingsworth def Esch, 10-7; Vonada def Mullen, 10-5
7th and 8th place match: Esch def Mullen, 10-1
5th and 6th place match: Vonada def Hollingsworth, 10-5
3rd and 4th place match: Smith def Veronis, 10-9
Championship Match: Ward def Redkar
No. 1 doubles: Kimble/Johnson (H) def Browe/Kerr (I), 10-3; Mewkalo/Hazelett (ML) def Snyder/Eiman (A), 10-1; Smertz/Van Nort (AH) def Wong/Amspacher (CV), 10-2; Nicolia/Prichard (EP) def Moshos/Trach (MT), 10-6
Semifinals:?Mewkalo/Hazelett def Kimble/Johnson, 10-0; Nicolia/Prichard def Smertz/Van Nort, 10-4
Backdraw semifinals: Snyder/Eiman def Browe/Kerr, 10-9; Moshos/Trach def Wong/Amspacher, 10-3
7th and 8th place Match:?Wong/Amspacher def Browe/Kerr, 10-5
5th and 6th place match:?Moshos/Trach def Snyder/Albright, 10-4
3rd and 4th place match: Smertz/Van Nort def Kimble/Johnson, 10-1
Championship Match:?Nicolia/Prenovitz def Mewkalo/Hazelett 7-5, 5-7, 10-5
No. 2 doubles:?Settimio/Herbster (A) def Zechman/Means (CV), 10-8; Dall/Prenovitz (EP) def Lowman/Cope (I), 10-1; Vonada/Schultz (H) def Swisher/Aveline (AH), 10-8; Reese/Fusulan (ML) def Rote/Belser (MT), 10-6
Semifinals:?Dall/Prenovitz def Settimio/Herbster, 10-0; Vonada/Schultz def Reese/Fusulan, 10-7
Backdraw semifinals:?Zechman/Means def Lowman/Cope, 10-4; Swisher/Aveline def Rote/Belser, 10-7
7th and 8th place Match:?Rote/Belser def Lowman/Cope, 10-1
5th and 6th place match:?Swisher/Aveline def Zechman/Means, 10-1
3rd and 4th place match:?Reese/Fusulan def Ahmad/Borst, 10-1
Championship Match:?Schultz/Vonada def Erie Prep, 6-4, 7-5
Altoona takes third
DERRY - Altoona finished third out of 12 teams in the Derry Invitational high school volleyball tournament thanks to a solid effort from Phil Servello.
Servello had 33 assists, 29 digs, 21 kills and 12 service points. In the morning pool, Altoona defeated Penn Hills, 25-17, 25-22 and split with Latrobe, 18-25, 25-22.
In the afternoon pool, Altoona lost to North Allegheny, 21-25, 15-25, split with Penn Trafford, 14-25, 27-25 and lost to Derry, 18-25, 17-25.
In the quarterfinals, Altoona topped Baldwin, 25-17, before losing to Penn Trafford, 14-25.
The junior varsity team finished fifth out of 10 teams.
ALTOONA: Knott 17, McGarvey 16, Gingrich 14, Servello 12. D'Angelo 10, Swartz 8
JV: Altoona def. Penn Hills, 25-23, 25-24; Derry def. Altoona, 18-25, 16-25; Baldwin def. Altoona, 20-25, 23-25; Altoona def. Plum, 25-17, 25-23; Altoona def. Plum, 25-18; Latrobe def. Altoona, 20-25.


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Heineken Cup setback for Ulster with injuries to key pair
Published 08/01/2013 | 15:13
ULSTER centre Luke Marshall and full-back Adam D'Arcy have been sidelined after suffering injuries in the PRO12 win over Scarlets at the weekend.
The injuries mean both will miss Ulster's Heineken Cup tie against Glasgow at Ravenhill on Friday
It is understood that Marshall will have surgery on a fractured finger and be sidelined for up to six weeks.
Meanwhile, D'Arcy fractured his ankle and will see a specialist later in the week to find out the extent of damage done.
In more positive news for last year's beaten finalists, Dan Tuohy has been named in the preliminary Heineken Cup squad for Friday's clash and will be monitored throughout the week after injury.


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Consider this week's cover star Angelina Jolie, a successful actress prior to falling for Brad Pitt, building their family and then tying the knot much later.
And the late, great Joan Rivers's life's work paved the way for female comedians.
This week our staff is reading fiction about other hard-working gals. And these protagonists are all trying to find that elusive work-life balance.
Share your thoughts on their choices – and let us know what you're reading.
Her Pick: When We Fall by Emily Liebert
I'm thoroughly intrigued by Liebert's latest novel When We Fall, which delves into the complexities of female friendships. A young, widowed single mom and working artist, Allison, meets a socialite type, Charlotte, who stays busy planning fundraisers and fretting about her weight, her marriage and more. I can relate to the opposites attract experience of learning about yourself through the eyes of a new friend who sees you very differently from how you see yourself.
Her Pick: The House Girl by Tara Conklin
Honestly, I judged this book by its cover. The green background seemed peaceful and the woman's silhouette, alluring. With the loads of new literature that pours into our office, it's hard not to pick from the pile superficially. But seeing that the Where'd You Go Bernadette author, Maria Semple, endorsed this one, I figured I wouldn't be disappointed. Debut novelist Tara Conklin sets up two seemingly disparate worlds – Josephine is an embattled house slave on a Virginia plantation in the 1850s, while in the present, Carolina is an ambitious young Manhattan lawyer, hoping to make partner before 30. The past and present collide when Carolina takes on a high profile slave reparations case, forcing her to see slavery as much more than just "that bad thing that happened a long time ago." I'm only a third of the way through, but between Josephine's gut-wrenching narrative and Carolina's own mysterious backstory, I'm glad I had an eye for this one. It's weighty and worth it.
Her Pick: The Circle by Dave Eggers
Every Dave Eggers book has the same effect on me: A few chapters in, I'm so engrossed that I start to feel like everything happening to the main character is happening to me. This was especially true (and especially disturbing) with his latest novel, about a young woman, Mae, who gets a job at The Circle, the biggest tech company in the world, modeled not-so-subtly after Google and Facebook. It seems like a dream gig, but the reader quickly realizes there's more to it than free meals and other cool perks. Mae gets wrapped up in The Circle's plan to … well, take over the world sounds dramatic. But let's just say they're looking to do what no other company has done before – and it's a little bit cool, a little bit freaky. Mae has to decide what to do, and Eggers' on-point and funny writing made me feel like I was right there, struggling through every choice.
Check back Thursdays for more round ups of staff picks, and see more book reviews each week in PEOPLE magazine, on newsstands now. Plus, check out past staff picks like tales of young love and loss and more great book finds here.


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Superstorm news in brief
FEMA to use manufactured housing in Sandy zones
WASHINGTON -- The federal government is moving manufactured housing into areas in New York and New Jersey that were hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Thursday.
FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate said the disaster relief agency has several hundred mobile homes in its inventory of emergency supplies and has started moving some of them to the disaster zone. He said it is unclear yet if FEMA will need to order more of the temporary homes.
Officials still don't know "what total demand would be," Fugate told reporters.
Forty prefabricated homes were en route from a staging area in Maryland to a staging area in New Jersey, FEMA officials said. State officials in New Jersey and New York will decide where the houses will be placed, federal officials said.
NYC, Long Island go to even-odd gas sale plan
NEW YORK -- Fuel shortages and distribution delays that led to gasoline hoarding have prompted New York City and Long Island to put into place an even-odd gas rationing plan to begin today at 6 a.m. in New York City and at 5 a.m. on Long Island.
The temporary plan means that gasoline will be available to drivers with license plate numbers ending in an odd number or a letter on odd-number dates beginning today. Saturday will begin availability for drivers with plate numbers ending in an even number or zero.
"This is designed to let everybody have a fair chance, so the lines aren't too oppressive," said New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
-- from wire reports


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Wine Description
Then I noticed strawberry jam, slight oak notes and a hint of soap. On the palate the wine was medium bodied with sour cherry, raspberry. I still got lavender and slight oaky smoke. The wine was a tad too astringent for my taste, but it had a nice level of tannins with a short finish. The acidity made the wine seem a bit off balance.
Winemaker's Notes
The wine has intense, fragrant and elegant aromas of blackberries and raspberries, with violet and Florentine iris notes. On the palate, the taste is dry, full, harmonious and slightly tannic, with an elegant aftertaste of toasted almond and fruits of the forest.
Nice chianti at Dominick's in Oxnard. Smooth.
Good tasting wine with an excellent price
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Everybody, gather round. We're gonna be doing things a little differently on the force now. I hired a PR consultant, Saul Lemkin, and he has some pretty good ideas for this precinct on how to improve our image. He has done extensive work in his field and was one of the key players in the success of Fisher Price and Teddy Bearskins.
To start, we are no longer going to refer to subpoenas as subpoenas, but rather as Subby the SubTerranean earth worm. Saul feels that people would be more receptive to being served if it weren't in the form of legal documents, but rather of an anthropomorphized invertebrate wearing this little hat and carrying this cane. All of the fine print can be found written along his old, worm man ridges.
Next, we are doing an overhaul on handcuffs. They will be replaced with a pair of pink fluffy "Hand Huggers," named Harry and Harriet. Saul thinks that people might less irritable if they perceive handcuffs not so much as punishment, but as a way to bring their hands together as friends. The Hand Huggers will be just as functional as any other pair of handcuffs, but they will just be more comfortable, adorable, and passion-fruit scented.
Also, all of our tasers are going to be replaced with Buzzy, the neuromuscular incapacitating bee. For all intents and purposes, it works just like a taser, but we added a nice pair of bumblebee wings and a sound effect button. When you are using a taser, it will play the "Buzz, Buzz, You Buzzy Bumblebee Song" as it sends a 50,000-volt shock through the perp and brings his convulsing body to justice.
We are going to be changing our uniforms as well. The people of this town tend to find us intimidating and unapproachable, so we are now all required to wear these suits. The fluffy bunny tails on the back will be tailored to size and proportional to the officer's height and weight. The floppy ears on the hat, however, will not be modified so as to produce a funny image on our smaller officers for whom the ears will look comically and adorably oversized. Speaking of which, we will no longer be referred to as officers, but rather "Happy Make Bad Guy Go Bye Bye Men". We are working on an abbreviation as we speak so as to cut down on the time when calling for back up to help make a bad guy go bye bye.
I think that I have about covered all of the new changes to the force. Anything I didn't mention can be found in the pink, pop up, boardbook pamphlets. The pages are thicker so that they are easier to flip and the pop up images are simultaneously interactive, fun and informative. Everyone please come up and collect your new uniforms, hats and board books. Also, feel free to take some of the apple juice and animal crackers that Saul has so thoughtfully provided.


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The Peugeot 508 that I've been drivingthis week wouldn't stoop to anything thus vulgar, its number A6PEU being small more as compared to a genteel hint at itsparentage. With the complete, the 508, and the individual who'll bepurchasing it, won't have much forbearance for self-love plates.They're also processed. And that isn't a word you frequent hear inthe similar sentence like Peugeot solid, durable, workaday,economical, conservative, yes. But refined, no. Till yet that isperfectly what the 508 is. It's a posh Peugeot. It's suit and proper.
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Nov. 15, 2006 | More bleak news emanated from the pharmaceutical sector last month, as big and small pharmas, including AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, and Aspreva, reported failures of once-promising drug candidates in late-stage clinical trials. As more and more drug candidates wind their way through the tortuous approval process, only to stumble at the last hurdle, the moral is clear: the industry hast to find more systematic, intelligent, expeditious methods to identify new drugs (and targets) or repurposing existing molecules.
Thus the latest resource from the Broad Institute is particularly timely. The use of high-throughput gene expression methods as a disease diagnostic and cellular readout is well known. But what the Broad's Todd Golub, Justin Lamb and their colleagues have done is create a new database that allows gene expression profiles of cells treated with various drugs to be queries with gene signatures representing different disease states or other compounds. Computational comparison offers a seductive new approach to identify new drugs for disease, as well as re-purposing existing drugs.
Dubbed by some commentators the "Google of drug discovery," the Connectivity Map (C-Map) was outlined in a recent paper in Science*, and a pair of accompanying publications in Cancer Cell. In the same spirit as the human genome project, the C-Map database can be mined freely by researchers over the Internet (www.broad.mit.edu/cmap). As Golub told NPR's Science Friday, one of the hopes of the C-Map is it "will allow scientists to discover new, previously unrecognized functions for old drugs that we know are very safe."
Freedom of ExpressionFor the proof-of-concept study in Science, Lamb and colleagues spent about a year gathering expression data on 164 drugs (or "perturbagens") on a few cell lines, chiefly a well-characterized breast cancer cell line called MCF7. The drug-induced gene expression signatures were captured typically six hours after treatment, using Affymetrix GeneChip microarrays. For each tested drug, therefore, the C-Map contains a rank-ordered list of expression changes for some 22,000 genes.
Against this database, users can try to match a "query signature" — a list of genes that are reproducibly up- or down-regulated under various conditions, for example treatment by a particular drug, or tissue affected in a certain disease. (The strength of the match is calculated using a pattern-matching approach based on the Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistic.)
Although early days, Lamb, Golub, and colleagues offer several intriguing examples of the C-Map in action. In most instances, the query signature was taken from publications by other groups, demonstrating the potential breadth of applications and community involvement. For example, the C-Map:
• Identified two putative HDAC inhibitors based on connections to known inhibitors, vorinostat and trichostatin A.
• Noted a high correlation between a gene signature of diet-induced obesity and the effect of PPAR_ agonists.
• Revealed a highly negative connection between a 25-gene signature of affected Alzheimer's disease brain and DAPH, which is under active investigation as a potential AD therapeutic.
Two further applications of the C-Map are covered in detail in a pair of papers in Cancer Cell by Golub's group. In one paper, the authors were able to uncover a mechanism of action for gedunin, a plant extract identified in a screen of androgen receptor inhibitors but about which little else was known. Gedunin turns out to interfere with an important cellular quality control mechanism mediated by a heat shock protein.
And in a second paper, a study led by Guo Wei et al. showed that the Wyeth immunosuppressant drug sirolimus (also known as rapamycin), which is most commonly used to prevent patients reject organ transplants, is a promising candidate for overcoming drug resistance in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The sirolimus signature closely matched one associated with dexamethasone sensitivity. "The result from the Connectivity Map immediately suggests that sirolimus should be tested in a clinical trial of ALL patients with dexamethasons resistance," the authors write.
Golub says an immediate goal is to develop gene signatures for all of the estimated 1,400 drugs approved by the FDA, a task that will likely take a year or two. In the meantime, the C-Map offers a wealth of connections into genes, drugs and diseases, validating known links and revealing new leads and mechanisms. It will surely boost efforts into identifying new therapeutics for disease as well as new uses for existing drugs.
* Lamb, J. et al. Science 313, 1929-1935 (2006); Hieronymus, H. et al. Cancer Cell 10, 321-330 (2006); Wei, G. et al. Cancer Cell 10, 331-342 (2006).
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August 5, 2012 - Mitch Rupert
By MITCH RUPERT
A deep breath filled every inch of Nic Hanson's 6-foot, 7-inch frame as he stood in front of his locker Saturday night.
"I needed that more than anything," the Williamsport right-handed pitcher said.
Hanson was part of stellar pitching effort for the Crosscutters in a 15-inning loss to Connecticut on Saturday night, and of the five pitchers who threw for the Cutters, none of them needed the positive results more than Hanson. The 16th-round draft pick of the Phillies this year threw a pair of scoreless inning for the Crosscutters on Saturday. It was his first scoreless outing for the Cutters since June 27.
So when Hanson said he needed a positive performance like he had, he wasn't joking.
"It really helps when you've had some tough outings and then you go out and feel good," Hanson said. "It helps with your confidence and confidence has a lot to do with your pitching."
Hanson allowed just one baserunner in his two innings as he bridged the gap between starter Jon Musser and closer Geoff Broussard. That one baserunner was a one-out walk to nine-hole hitter Charlie Neil that ended up being nothing. Hanson threw 24 pitches, with 24 going for strikes. He also struck out a pair of batters.
It was his first scoreless outing since throwing three shutout innings at Mahoning Valley in the first two weeks of the season. Since then he's been fluctuated between being a starter and a reliever. And since that last scoreless outing, his ERA ballooned from 2.86 to as high as 8.70.
"Especially in that type of game it was nice," Hanson said. "It was a close game and I really felt good."
Hanson's effort, along with strong performances from Steven Inch and Andre Kinder out of the bullpen, and Musser as the starter, have been a part of the Cutters' recent rejuvenation in the pitching staff.
Inch threw 3 2/3 innings of scoreless relief on Saturday, retiring nine of the 11 batters he faced. He struck out three and got six ground-ball outs with a nasty sinker.
It's a small sample size of just four games, but the Williamsport team ERA is down nearly a full run in the month of August from where it was in July. But it's a trend that has extended to the past three weeks.
"We've been up and down, but the last three weeks it's been confidence and we're just staying loose," Hanson said. "We're not too tight and we're having a good time playing the game and having fun. I think it's helping a lot."
After a solid 13-game June where the team ERA was under 4, things changed drastically in July where the Cutters had a 5.16 ERA. Collectively, the staff was also walking 3.9 batters per nine innings.
The ERA in our games in August is down to 4.19 and the staff has walked just 2.5 batters per nine innings. "We had a lot to do with a lot of the losses (in July) and it was tough to take," Hanson said. "Now we're pitching well and we've been having a good time and it's showing."
STRONG SHOWING: Andy Tracy was OK with Jon Musser giving up a pair of solo home runs.
Let that sink in for a moment.
On the surface it doesn't seem to make sense. But consider where Musser has come from this year. He's gotten himself in trouble by issuing walks to opposing hitters. This is the same pitcher that walked 17 batters in his first five appearances of the season.
So in the midst of a solid five-inning outing against Connecticut on Saturday when Musser walked just one batter, giving up a pair of solo home runs wasn't so bad.
"It's a positive that he gave up homers," Tracy said. "They weren't walks. I think we can all deal with those solo home runs as opposed to walk, walk, bomb."
Musser has shown better control over his last five outings. He's walked just four in that span and had four games where he didn't walk a single batter.
THE STREAK IS OVER: Yan Carlos Olmo drew his first walk of the season on Saturday night after 143 plate appearances without a walk. Olmo had the most plate appearances in professional baseball without drawing a walk prior to Saturday.
The right-fielder walked on a 3-2 pitch in the seventh inning and nearly took another one in the 10th inning. In the 10th he swung at a 3-1 pitch at his eyes before lining a 3-2 pitch to center field for a single.
Cutters infielder Tyler Greene walked twice on Saturday. They were just the sixth and seventh walks of his season and the first time this season he's walked twice in a game.
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When Camtasia Studio introduced ExpressShow in Camtasia Studio 5, the ability to create a single file video with a built-in player helped our customers create compelling screencasts in a simple to use package. Things have changed since ExpressShow was first introduced in 2007, especially the way we create, host, and consume video on the Internet.
The Adobe Flash format known as SWF isn't actually designed for videos at all. Rather, it's a versatile way to create graphics that include animations or interactivity. Camtasia Studio leverages that file format to create a video player with the video baked in. With the rise of video hosting sites like YouTube and video file formats like MP4 with H.264 encoding the problems that a SWF packaged video solved became less relevant and the downsides of using the lossless compression of SWF have started to outweigh the benefits.
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Heien vs. North Carolina
This morning, the Supreme Court released an opinion (pdf) in Heien vs. North Carolina, finding that because the Fourth Amendment requires government officials to act reasonably, not perfectly, and gives those officials "fair leeway for enforcing the law," an officer in North Carolina did not act unconstitutionally when they stopped and searched a car driving with a broken brake light, even though North Carolina law requires only one vehicle brake light to be working. [more inside]
Dollree Mapp, 1923-2014: "The Rosa Parks of the Fourth Amendment"
In 1961, one dogged black woman took a stand against illegal police tactics. Today the fine folks at The Marshall Project profile one very important American you probably know almost nothing about. [more inside]
"Respectfully officer, I don't have to answer that."
Infographic for the next time a cop pulls you over. (via Infographic Pics)
The FBI, the NSA and your phone records in 2013.
Glenn Greenwald has produced a secret court order requiring Verizon to hand over to the NSA "telephony metadata" of all local and international calls either originating or terminating in the United States on an "ongoing, daily basis," and further barring Verizon from disclosing to the public the fulfillment of this request or the existence of the court order itself. The ACLU refers to the practice as "beyond Orwellian." Direct link to the court order available here. [more inside]
DHS Checkpoint Refusals
Here's a Youtube video of people refusing to submit to questioning and searches by the Department of Homeland Security and California's produce checkpoints. [more inside]
Kentucky v. King revisited
Remember Kentucky v. King from last year? The mis-reported conclusion was that police could enter a home without a warrant to prevent destruction of evidence based on hearing movement after knocking. A week ago the supreme court of Kentucky published (pdf) its revisiting of the case given instructions from the US supreme court, and found in favor of King (via): [more inside]
Supreme Court Gives Officers Unlimited Strip Search Power
In admitting that they have no expertise in running a corrections system, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that officers have unfettered authority to conduct full strip searches of any arrested individual, even for the most minor of offenses and in situations where officers lack any suspicion of contraband. The ruling comes days after the NY Times ran an analysis suggesting that the current supreme court is the most conservative court in modern history.
United States v. Jones
In a unanimous decision [PDF], the Supreme Court has ruled on United States v. Jones and found that placement of a GPS tracker on a car by police is a violation of the fourth amendment—but is the ruling as clear-cut as it seems? [more inside]
1st Circuit Upholds Right to Record Police in Public
The U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals has held that recording police officers performing their duties in public is a "clearly established first amendment right". [more inside]
KENTUCKY v. KING
How "secure" do our homes remain if police, armed with no warrant, can pound on doors at will and, on hearing sounds indicative of things moving, forcibly enter and search for evidence of unlawful activity?Supreme Court OKs More Warrantless Searches [more inside]
Supreme Court: Suppressing fruit since 1920
Fruit of the poisonous tree is a legal term used to describe illegally gained evidence. The logic of the terminology is that if the source of the evidence is tainted, then anything gained from it is as well.
For the uninitiated, such terms used as described make for odd introductions to supreme court arguments (PDF warning) [more inside]
For the uninitiated, such terms used as described make for odd introductions to supreme court arguments (PDF warning) [more inside]
Beginning of the end of the Stored Communications Act?
A shady "male enhancement" peddler is the unlikely subject of a landmark case holding that e-mails are not subject to warrantless searches. [more inside]
A person...loses a reasonable expectation of privacy in emails...after the email is sent to and received by a third party.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit rules that once emails have been received by a third party, no Fourth Amendment protection applies to any copies. In Rehburg v. Paulik, among other claims, Charles Rehburg alleged a violation of his constitutional rights by the improper subpoena of his emails from his ISP. Last week, the Eleventh Circuit ruled against him: [more inside]
Niagara County Judge: tasing a suspect into compliance with DNA test = okay
A new twist in the controversy over the (ab)use of tasers. A judge in Niagara County, NY has decided that tasing a suspect who refused to submit to DNA testing was a reasonable use of force. Ryan Smith, accused of robbery and kidnapping, already submitted one sample, which was contaminated when the government sent it to the wrong laboratory, and refused to give one a second time. The police asked a prosecutor what to do. His response: they could use force to get the sample, but as little as possible. So they tased Smith, who then submitted to the buccal swab. [more inside]
Curfew is declared in a 10 block area of a small Arkansas town
Curfew is declared in a 10 block area of a small Arkansas town. [more inside]
"The phrase 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help' will become even more terrifying."
On December 18, 2004, Ascension Alverez-Tejeda and his girlfriend were stopped at a traffic light near La Pine Oregon, and when the light turned green, the car in front of them stalled. Alverez-Tejeda stopped in time but a pickup truck behind him rear-ended him. When he got out to look at his bumper, the police showed up and arrested the truck driver for drinking and driving. The cops then convinced Alverez-Tejeda and his girlfriend to go to a nearby parking lot, ordered them out of their car and into in the back of the cop car for 'processing.' While they were in the cruiser, a person jumped in their car and took off. The cops ordered the pair out and set off in full pursuit up the road.
But it was all a set up worthy of David Mamet. DEA agents were tracking a drug gang and. . .decided to stage something, perhaps even a carjacking, in order to seize the drugs without tipping off the conspirators. They never consulted a judge, but every person in the story, other than Alverez-Tejeda and his girlfriend, was a cop of some sort.
But it was all a set up worthy of David Mamet. DEA agents were tracking a drug gang and. . .decided to stage something, perhaps even a carjacking, in order to seize the drugs without tipping off the conspirators. They never consulted a judge, but every person in the story, other than Alverez-Tejeda and his girlfriend, was a cop of some sort.
Can you hear me now?
Feel secure in your papers and effects?
Someone might be reading your mail.
Self-examination from the Fourth Estate — "Yep, still there."
"And yet the people who invented this country saw an aggressive, independent press as a protective measure against the abuse of power in a democracy, and an essential ingredient for self-government." Bill Keller, executive editor of the New York Times, publicly responds to criticisms on the publication of information about clandestine surveillance of private bank records of Americans, offering a rare glimpse into the Fourth Estate's complicated negotiations with the government over issues of public interest.
McLaughlin v. Commonwealth
Cop stops car and sees a gun and home-burned CDs in the car. The CDs made him suspicious so he searched the car for more pirated CDs. Was this a proper search? (pdf version).
We don't need no stinkin' warrants!
The Supreme Court ruled a week ago that police may enter a private home without a warrant to break up a fight. Does this have any bearing on the War On Terror? Some people think so.
...but who watches the watchers
The Eternal Value of Privacy excellent article by Bruce Schneier.
Orwell was an optimist
Wired article about the hardware/technology the NSA is allegedly using at AT&T's San Franscisco switching office to eavesdrop on our internet communications. The Electronic Freedom Foundation is suing AT&T over it. The administration doesn't want that to happen. Previous MeFi|Related ACLU case
Please don't let the cops in the house while I'm at the store.
Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court held in a 5-3 decision (.pdf) that police may not search a home if any inhabitant of the home is present and objects to the search, even if another inhabitant consents. The Court drew what it acknowledged is a "fine line" – if a co-inhabitant is at the door and objects, the police can't enter; but if the co-inhabitant is somewhere else – even in a nearby police car – and has no opportunity to object, then police don't need his or her consent. Chief Justice Roberts issued his first written dissent, blasting the majority's "random" and "arbitrary" rule and suggesting that the ability of police to respond to domestic violence threats could be compromised. The zingers in the footnotes may reveal "strains behind the surface placidity and collegiality of the young Roberts court."
Black-Bag Jobs
"Don't worry Mr. President, we have Kansas surrounded." Warrantless searches: they're not just for wiretaps anymore. U.S. News and World Report probes the Bush administration's covert drive to conduct physical searches of American homes without court approval.
Censuring Domestic Surveillance
"Resolved that the United States Senate does hereby censure George W. Bush, president of the United States, and does condemn his unlawful authorization of wiretaps of Americans." Invoking "high crimes and misdemeanors," Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold introduces a motion to censure [PDF link] President Bush for his controversial, legally dubious NSA wiretapping program. Feingold declares: "The President must be held accountable for authorizing a program that clearly violates the law." Republican leader Frist retorts: "It's a crazy political move" that sends a "terrible" signal to Iran. Democratic bloggers say: Call your senator. [More legal fallout from the NSA program recently discussed here.]
Tell 'em Uncle Alberto Says It's Cool
'The committee is, to put it bluntly, basically under the control of the White House," said Jay Rockefeller, vice-president of the Senate Intelligence Committee, after the committee quashed a broad inquiry into the legality of the NSA spying on Americans -- despite an increasing number of legal scholars coming forward and declaring that the program is "blatantly illegal," in the words of Yale Law School dean Harold Koh. Meanwhile, the GOP proposes giving spying on Americans the "force of law" while subjecting it to "rigorous oversight."
subway searches in NYC
The NYPD is searching passengers' bags, supposedly at random and with no racial profiling involved. Setting aside the very real question of how this makes us safer, is this legal? [more inside]
Random ID checks are next
Unreasonable Search and Seizure? Boston's MBTA to begin randomly searching passenger bags and packages next month on subway and commuter trains. Last month they started playing frequent Big Brother-type announcements as part of their See Something? Say Something(pdf) - Transit Watch program. I'm either reminded of "Loose Lips, Sink Ships" or Starship Troopers' "Do you want to know more?".
The ACLU wants to protect your privacy
The ACLU wants to protect your privacy from government electronic surveillance programs like Echelon and Carnivore. Their full page ad in today's NYT claims 4th amendment rights are being violated by the US government, which is overstepping their bounds, and nearly free of up-to-date laws. Is it to late or can anything be done to protect civilian electronic communication?
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Erie Times-News On Campus college notebook, Sept. 29
Penn State wrestling coach and four-time undefeated NCAA champion Cael Sanderson will make an appearance at the annual Edinboro coaches clinic in early November.
The clinic is scheduled for Nov. 1-2 at the Mike S. Zafirovski Sports and Recreation Center and will be hosted by Edinboro coach Tim Flynn, athletic director Bruce Baumgartner, a four-time Olympic medalist, and Fighting Scots assistant Cliff Moore.
Sanders has led the Penn State wrestling team to three consecutive NCAA team championships. He finished his college career with a 159-0 record and won the gold medal at the 2004 Olympics.
For registration information, contact Moore at (814) 732-1855.
- Cathedral Prep graduate Andy Lubahn has led Wake Forest to a 5-2 start this season.
The 6-foot 1-inch senior forward had a team-high 10 points (three goals, four assists) in those seven games. Meanwhile, two of his three goals were game-winners.
No. 9 Wake Forest beat No. 17-ranked Virginia Commonwealth 2-1 Tuesday. The Demon Deacons trailed 1-0 in the first half when Lubahn's pass set up the tying goal.
On Sept. 21, Lubahn faced former Prep teammate John Cordier in Wake Forest's 2-0 victory at Pitt. Lubahn scored the second goal of that game when he beat Pitt's goalkeeper to a ball in the box and shot it into the right corner of the net. A large number of Lubahn's family and friends attended the game.
Wake Forest was scheduled to host No. 1-ranked North Carolina on Saturday night, but the result was not available before press time.
- Villa Maria graduate Terry Carson has transferred from Gannon to Limestone College in Gaffney, S.C., for his redshirt senior year.
Carson, a first baseman/outfielder, hit .264 with seven RBIs as a junior, with his highlight a walkoff RBI double in a Golden Knights' win over Alderson-Broaddus.
Carson, who did not play this past season with Gannon, is eligible to compete in the upcoming season for Division II Limestone.
Carson said he often thinks of his Villa baseball coach, Joe Lunger, who died in 2010.
"Coach Lunger is still the first person I think about when I step on any diamond no matter where it is," Carson said.
- Gannon redshirt-senior guard/forward Robert Wilson will not return for the 2013-14 basketball season after getting accepted to a police academy in North Carolina, where classes begin in February.
The 6-foot 4-inch Wilson, who transferred to Gannon from Urbana in 2011 but had to sit out the 2011-12 season, was to receive his bachelor's degree in December and play as a grad student, but he elected not to use his fifth year of eligibility in favor of pursuing a career in law enforcement.
He ranked second on the team with an average of 12.0 points per game and 6.3 rebounds per game in 2012-13.
Coach John Reilly's Knights were 22-7 in 2012-13, and lost six seniors, including starters Darrell Blanton, their leading scorer and rebounder, guard Oscar Macias, and center Tanner Furno, a four-year regular.
- Baldwin Wallace sophomore goalkeeper Emily Tallmadge, an all-region first-team selection with Fairview in 2011, has helped the Yellow Jackets get off to a 7-1 start through Friday.
She has started seven games this season, compiling a 6-1 record, with a 1.22 goals-against average and one shutout. As a freshman in 2012-13, she played in 18 games and posted 8 shutouts.
Tallmadge was also a member of Baldwin Wallace's inaugural women's lacrosse team in 2012-13.


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How does Sean Hannity feel about the federal government collecting information on millions of Americans? Well, that depends. According to clips compiled by Media Matters, the Fox News host's position regarding government surveillance is evidently based entirely on who happens to be occupying the Oval Office at the time.
For example, Hannity called the recent revelation about the extent of National Security Agency surveillance programs under Democratic President Barack Obama a "very clear violation of the Fourth Amendment." But when President George W. Bush was in power, the conservative commentator seemed to have no problem with the NSA gathering data on Americans. In fact, he was a staunch defender of the practice during the Dubya years.
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1. Baseball has a long, historic relationship with July 4. Major and minor league parks across America concluded the national birthday with fireworks. College football used to own New Year's Day but the leakage of the major bowl games beyond Jan. 1, which first happened with the Miami-Penn State showdown in the Fiesta Bowl 25 seasons ago, has muddied the relationship between the holiday and the sport. It's an obvious case where the pursuit of money didn't come without a price.
2. So, it's looking like Oregon coach Chip Kelly paid $25,000 for a bogus recruiting service as a way to get closer to running backs LaMichael James and Lache Seastrunk. Kelly will say that's not the case, and there may be enough gray area in the NCAA manual that Kelly can explain that he got taken and that will suffice. But that leaves Kelly and Oregon in the position of looking either slick or naive. Neither is flattering.
3. The more I hear about the progress of LSU senior quarterback Jordan Jefferson during the spring under the tutelage of new offensive coordinator Steve Kragthorpe, the more it looks as if the former Tulsa head coach is in a no-lose situation. If Jefferson falters, he will finish his college career looking like a bust. If Jefferson improves, Kragthorpe will look like a kingmaker.


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He was 83.
After graduating from Kalamazoo Public Schools, Brown served in the U.S. Army from 1946 through 1949 as a photographer at the Japanese War Crime Trials in Tokyo. After his honorable discharge from the Army, he returned to Kalamazoo and began a career with Upjohn which lasted for 40 years until his retirement in 1989.
While working at Upjohn, he met and married Mary Ann (Vargo) Brown. They had five children and would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary July 26.
For more than 30 years, he served as a volunteer police officer with the Portage Police Department Reserve Unit.
Brown enjoyed attending his children's and grandchildren's events and the outdoors, visiting northern Michigan, hunting, fishing and traveling back roads throughout the state.
Surviving Earl are his wife, Mary Ann; sons, Jay (Gay Lou) Brown of Vicksburg, Patrick (Nancy) Brown of Marcellus, Paul Brown of Schoolcraft, and daughter Madalyn (Al) Colvin of Portage. Earl is also survived by grandchildren Ryan (Lisa), Randy, Hunter, Maxine, Alexis, Rachel and Jacob Brown, Beth Colvin; great-granddaughters, Ava and Macey Brown; daughter-in-law, Kathy Descheneau; brother, Eric Brown; and many niecesand nephews.
Burial will be at Fort Custer National Cemetery with military honors on Thursday, July 19, at 1 p.m. Arrangements are being handled by Avink Funeral Home Cremation Society, Schoolcraft.
Read Earl Brown's full obituary.
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Read today's obituaries from the Kalamazoo Gazette:
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- Bosch, Jack
- Brown, Earl
- Burgess, Carolyn
- Clarke, Michael
- Cole, Rodney
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- Johnson, Matthew
- Lumbard, Lucine
- Madison, James
- Mann, Frank
- Martin, Lolamay
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- Morris, Neal
- Murphy, John
- Palumbo, Beverly
- Rutlidge, Barbara
- Schnooberger, Jon
- Swadling, Corey and Jaco Rachel
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APPARENTLY, Bill Conlin remembers Jim Bunning giving him a blow-off answer when he pitched for the Phillies.
But Bunning has moved on. He's one of the very few senators in either party who is fiscally reprehensible.
Instead of sending all that TARP money to the banks, Bunning would give it to all those people Conlin listed.
Conlin has also moved on.
He has an active interest in weather conditions.
I'm guessing his field of interest is hot air masses. That's a field of expertise that he's honed on the sports pages for the last 50 years.


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LansingNext was a weekly talk show podcast I recorded with my co-host, Kat Cooper (but I started the show with Julielyn Gibbons). We chatted about what was going on around town and brought in local guests.
Some of our guests included Chad Jordan of Cravings Popcorn, Justin "Bugsy" Sailor, Steve Jencks of Lost Highway's B-Movie Reviews, fantasy author Jim C. Hines and Carla McWherter of Lansing Give Camp.
We focused on positive stories about Lansing (and Michigan) and stayed away from politics.
LansingNext came to an end in October 2010. The podcast ran for eight months.
Kat and I started the Ginger and the Geek podcast in December 2010. It is similar to LansingNext, but has more of a comedy focus. We even act out comedy skits from time to time.
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Hellooo Athens! This is the first of many blog posts I will be writing, and I have thought long and hard about the general theme I will write about. I tend to enjoy reading blogs that stick to one main topic, so I am going to try to do that as well. The last thing I would want is to confuse all of my loyal readers! (That was a joke, but I'm really not that funny so I'll try to avoid attempts at humor).
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* EDITOR'S NOTE - Edwin Tanji died Sept 12 after a losing a battle with cancer. He wrote several columns in his final weeks. His last column will run on Sept. 28.
There are zombies in real life, something both alive and dead at once. They're called cancer cells - living cells with no purpose other than to displace healthy cells in a body, eventually to kill the body.
That has been my experience for the past two years. The problem is the year when a cancer formed in my throat that I ignored, an odd little lump in my neck that was a symptom. If I had taken care of it then, instead of waiting until the little lump turned into a mass that could not be ignored, possibly those zombies would not have multiplied to infest other body parts to displace healthy living cells with tumors - living-dead tissue taking nutrition from healthy living cells and growing more rapidly.
Multiple treatments with chemical cocktails, surgery and gamma rays have been unable to kill them all. Another lesson learned, too late. Cancer cells mutate constantly and can develop resistance until there is no effective treatment protocol for the mutants.
There is no one to fault in this losing scenario other than myself. But it is a reminder of what is necessary in health care. Patients are responsible for their health, not the doctors who can only treat when they are asked to do so.
It is also a reminder of the difference between health care and health insurance. I have health insurance. I didn't use it as it should have been. The result is that I have cost my health insurance company hundreds of thousands of dollars for my care, adding to the burden on all plan members who are healthy and are not adding to the cost of their health care.
What President Obama advocates for the nation in the Affordable Care Act is access to health insurance, which in turn provides access to health care by covering costs of seeing the doctor. Elements in the law are designed to encourage people to utilize plans for regular medical checkups, which could help avoid the massive costs of a catastrophic illness.
As with any insurance, health insurance might be characterized as gambling. As an insurance buyer, I'm betting that I will need health care, sometimes for catastrophic events - a serious accident or a serious illness. The insurance company bets that I won't, setting the odds based on actuarial analysis. With health insurance, there is an anomaly in the bet. The insurers pay for ongoing checkups to avoid that catastrophic payoff. Most health insurance plans will do that. It remains up to the gambler to take advantage of the anomaly.
For the United States as a whole, there is another issue: the millions who need access to health care. As a country of caring people, we are not yet willing to prevent access to health care, even for those fellow citizens who have not prepared for it. When they fall ill or are injured in an accident, we do not allow them to lie bleeding on the street just because they can't afford the health care they need.
It's called the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act. Hospitals and emergency rooms cannot turn away patients for the inability to pay. When the uninsured are treated, hospitals and doctors providing the care can attempt to seek payments. But they cannot refuse treatment, even if the bill isn't covered.
It's a given that the bill for someone who falls ill of a preventable disease will be larger just because that patient - like the cancer patient who neglects to seek early care - will wait until the illness is catastrophic. They add to the high cost of medical care.
Those who remain healthy subsidize that cost because medical service providers make up for those uncovered patients with higher fees to those who can pay, or governments use tax dollars as subsidies to the health care provider incurring losses.
Based on the campaigns being run today, health insurance and care will be debated again in 2013 over how much the government should be doing. No one can legislate that individuals take full responsibility for themselves.
* Edwin Tanji was a former city editor of The Maui News. "Haku Mo'olelo," "writing stories," is about stories that are being written or have been written.


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Now my story begins in Nineteen-dickety-two. We had to say "dickety" because the Kaiser had stolen the wold "twenty". I chased that rascal to get it back, but gave up after dickety-six miles.
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Along with the picturesque beacons, preserving the heroic and heartbreaking stories of the keepers is the aim of individual lighthouses around the country and of the National Lighthouse Museum.
"We have to remember the keepers who tended the lights that safely guided ships to their docks," said Captain Joseph Ahlstrom, a SUNY Maritime professor and first vice president of the NLM board.
Although it is easy to romanticize, the life was solitary and physically challenging, especially since the main transportation was to row ashore, which would have to be done daily for the children's education of married keepers. And it was often dangerous. Stories abound of heroic rescues of people tossed into the sea.
Ida Lewis who was Newport Harbor's Lime Rock Lighthouse keeper for 39 years in the late 19th century and Katherine Walker who tended Robbins Reef Light in New York Harbor (maintained by the Noble Maritime Collection) were two women renowned for their rowing skills which they used to transport their families and to rescue capsized sailors and passengers.
Alhstrom also mentioned Frank Schubert, the last lighthouse keeper who lived with his family at Coney Island Light. He saved many lives and was honored by President George H. Bush.UPCOMING EVENTS
The stories of lighthouse keepers will be part of two upcoming NLM events.
A boat tour of 14 lighthouses in New York and New Jersey waters on Sunday, June 15, includes both intriguing and inspirational tales of keepers. The outing could make a unique Father's Day gift. (See info box for details.)
The weekend of the museum's ceremonial opening, August 8 to 10, which is International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend, will include a symposium on lighthouse keepers past and present from all around the country.
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With few working lighthouses, how do ships find their way today? Ahlstrom provided an overview of the many ways ships are guided to the dock and how they keep track of each other on the waters.
Light keepers today, he explained, are known as the Aids to Navigation Team (ANTS), a part of the Coast Guard that maintains hundreds of navigational aids such as buoys and light towers and keeps captains informed of changes.
Ships themselves have GPS and an electronic chart display that makes it seem like anyone could navigate their way to Amsterdam.
In a longstanding tradition to navigate New York Harbor, a Sandy Hook pilot, familiar with all the traffic and channels of the harbor, boards the ship at Ambrose Light and guides it to the dock.
Ships all have a unique identification number with which a crew identify ships near them. At the U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center in Fort Wadsworth, the Vessel Tracking Services uses those numbers to monitor traffic in the harbor. Ships must provide 96-hour notice of their arrival in the U.S. from foreign ports.
It is not all dots and beeps on a screen though. Alstrom talked about the importance of bridges and other landmarks, familiar in each harbor.
"I always love seeing the Verrazano Bridge, the boardwalk at South Beach and the lighthouses that remain," Ahlstrom said of his voyages homebound.


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Tavira to celebrate Algarve cuisine
Holidaymakers may be tempted to fit a visit to Tavira into their Algarve tours this year when the city hosts a festival celebrating regional cuisine.
Set to take place between March 21st and April 10th, the Festival de Gastronomia Serrana will focus on food that is produced in the uplands of the Algarve's mountain regions.
Lovers of good food will be able to visit participating restaurants to tuck into excellent meals while also enjoying some of the Algarve's most beautiful countryside.
Establishments taking part in the festival include Cantinho da Serra in Bemparece, O Constantino in Montes e Legares, A Mesa do Cume in Alcaria do Cume and Monte Velho in Umbria.
An added incentive for visitors will be the opportunity to enter a prize draw offering a free weekend in a local hotel.
People on Algarve tours can try all sorts of foods during their holiday, including the hot and spicy chicken that the region is famous for and the fresh fish that is caught every day in coastal towns and villages.
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