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In the evening, especially during Ramadan, we usually sit outside near the entrance to our house. We have two sofas there.
On Tuesday evening, 8 July 2014, I was sitting there as usual with my wife, Rasmiya (62), and my sons and their families: 'Abd al-Hafez (30), his wife, Suha, and their daughter, Nur (5); Mahdi (46) and his children Rakan (2), Kinan (4) and Dina (16); and Ibrahim (22).
We sat and talked. At 11:00 P.M., the power was cut off because the electricity supply runs on rotation. We sat there a while longer and then I got up and called the little ones – Rakan, Nur and Kinan – to come inside with me to get ready for bed. We went in to the house, spread out our mattresses and sat on them for a while. Then Rakan and Nur got up and went to the door leading to the yard. Kinan stayed inside with me.
About three minutes later, I heard a loud explosion. I grabbed Kinan and went out into the street with him. It was full of smoke and dust. I walked on bits of glass. I left Kinan with people in the street and went back into the yard to check on the rest of the family. I found bodies lying on the ground covered in blood, with their clothes torn. Everything was full of shrapnel and blood. Some neighbors came with flashlights. When they lit up the yard, I was shocked – I saw the bodies of my three sons, 'Abd al-Hafez, Mahdi and Ibrahim, my wife, my granddaughter Dina, and my daughter-in-law Suha. The two other little ones, Rakan and Nur, were lightly injured.
I went into shock. The neighbors held me because I couldn't stand. I felt like I was going to faint from the horror of it. The missile fell on my family with no warning. I assume they wanted to hit 'Abd al-Hafez, but what did the rest of the family do wrong? Why did they kill an entire family?
Testimony taken by B'Tselem field researcher Muhammad Sabah on 9 July 2014 at the family's home
Mourners at the Hamad family home. Photo: Muhammad Sabah, B'Tselem, 9 July 2014
The scene of the incident. Photo: Muhammad Sabah, B'Tselem, 9 July 2014


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While you are in Eden, go hiking and camping in the Wasatch Range National Forest, ski the mountains, or explore the large arts community. To be in the center of all the action, head to Powder Ridge Road, the main street in Eden. The town of Eden is small enough that you can access almost everything by foot, so be sure to take some time to wander the streets and discover all of Eden's hidden gems.
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Yahan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli 16th September 2011 Written Episode
Once again I have workers in my house and this time dad\'s not home, so its just me & I have to keep an eye on them. So kind of multitasking here. Please be patient with me.
Part 1:
Lata is starting to feel very uncomfortable at the jewelery shop. Vimal is still in his car waiting silently.
Back at the SB CP is getting very worried. Pratibha asks what happened sister? You seem very worried. CP says Lata hasn\'t returned yet. Its been too late now and I\'m getting worried. Pratibha says please don\'t worry. Our child is very smart and understanding. The pandit ji says there is one more ritual left to do outside of the house. Pratibha asks Shelly if all the preparations are done. Shelly says yes everything has been done. I\'ve told Vimal to bring "rabdi" but he\'s not answering his call. I\'ve been trying for so long now. Pratibha says he\'ll come. Get the snacks ready. Shelly says yes I will. Pratibha tells CP to come have snacks and not to worry about Lata and that Lata would be there soon. Shelly tells the servants to hurry up. Shelly calls Vimal. Vimal finally picks up and says yes Shelly? Shelly says Vimal? You\'re not picking up your phone. Where are you? Vimal says I\'m busy with work. Shelly says the whole ceremony is about to end. When will you come? Vimal says Veer and Karan are there nah. I\'m tied up with work. Shelly says okay okay. But you were supposed to bring the "rabdi". Everyone has started eating snacks here. Vimal says I had told them to deliver it on time. I\'ll call them and tell them. Shelly says ok but when are you coming home? Vimal says I can\'t talk. I\'m buy. He hangs up. Shelly says arey. There\'s a function in this house after so many days and I don\'t know where he has disappeared.
Lata asks the person to please check if the bangle is ready. The bangle is finally given to Lata. Lata says thank you.
Everyone is eating at the SB. Shelly is attending to the guests making sure they are okay. Shelly says Priyanka come and help me please. Priyanka says Shelly bhabhi. The thing is I\'m having a bit of a stomach ache. Priynaka is taking food on her plate and Shelly stares at her. Shelly says Priyanka…She takes the plate from her and says you have a stomach ate and you\'re going to eat samosas? What are you doing? Go rest…I\'ll send medicine. Priyanka leaves. Mami comes up and says may I eat? My stomach is fine. Shelly says please eat and hands the plate to Mami. Mami starts filling her plate with food.
Jaggu says to himself I should thank Raj. He dials Raj\'s phone number. Raj\'s cell rings. Raj picks up. Jaggu says Raj beta. How are you? Raj says I\'m fine uncle ji. How are you? Jaggu says I\'m fine. Just came home. Raj asks why Jaggu called. Jaggu says I called to thank you. Whatever you have ddone for us I won\'t ever be able to forget that. Thank you very much. You didn\'t even tell me and went to Mumbai? Raj says Mumabi? I\'m in Ujjain uncle. Jaggu says in Ujjain? Pratibha walks in and says arey…you keep talking on the phone even after the doctor said not to. Give me the phone. Jaggu hands teh phone to Pratibha. Pratibha says hello Raj. I\'ll have him call you back in a bit. I\'ll have him have breakfast first. Raj tries to say something, but Pratibha hangs up. Pratibha gives Jaggu some juice. Jaggu says Pratibha Raj is here in Ujjain and you had told me something else. Pratibha says his business is like that. Sometimes in Mumbai, sometimes in Ujjain. He must have come back. You eat your breakfast. Then you have to have medicine too. Jaggu nods.
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The ladies are talking about girls and dowry and other things along the lines. Shelly says what are you talking about? We\'re educated people. Such a cheap thought. I don\'t think in today\'s generation there is any difference between a boy and a girl. I don\'t know about others, but in our SB neither is there a difference between daughters and daughter in laws and neither between sons and daughters. The lady says forgive us Shelly bhabhi but if that\'s the case then where is Kanika? She hasn\'t been seen in this entire function. Priyanka says you have spoken my mind. The whole function I was thinking about where Kanika is and how nice it would be if she were here. CP says Priyanka nobody told her not to come. She had some modeling work and that\'s why she left. Mami says I say that the daughter in laws are at fault for this. Kanika is the only daughter of the SB. You could have adjusted the timings for the function so that she could attend. You\'ve been calling Gudiya Gudiya for so long now. So what if you had to call her that a few days more. Please don\'t feel bad didi, but this time your Abha has made a mistake. Pratibha says Abha has not made any mistake. No body in this family or this house has made a mistake. I had already spoken to Kanika and only after her approval did we keep the function at this time. Shelly and Abha have handled this house so well. Without these two not a day would pass at the SB. And as far as Abha is concered she is the bond of this family. Pri says mummy ji please. Let along differences amongst daughters and daughter in laws, here there is a differentiation between the 3 daughter in laws. You just said that Abha and Shelly have handled this house so well. I admit that I\'m new and don\'t know how to do the household chores properly, but that doesn\'t mean that you forget to give me the position of the daughter in law of this house. Pratibha says I didn\'t mean that beta. You three mean so much to me just like my own daughter Kanika. Pri says please mummy ji. Sometimes I feel like Veer is not your real son. That\'s why he is treated like an adopted…Karan says bhabhi…What are you talking about? By talking like that you\'ll put bad thoughts into Veer\'s mind. In this house Veer is the oldest. He is our older brother. He is the oldest son of this house and he knows that in this house there has been no partiality. The sons of this house know this. If the others understand then that will be good. Abha says maa we\'ve called all of didi\'s friends but no one knows about her whereabouts. CP says hey bhagwan. Where could she have gone? I\'m very scared Abha. God please keep her safe. A lady says arey behan ji (CP) we heard that your daughter won a lottery. Mami says yes you\'ve heard right. Now our Lata has started working with all her heart. She works day and night. Sometimes she doesn\'t get home till 2 am. A lady says 2 am? I would never let my daughter work that late. Its not good family values. Mami says look sister…you\'re thoughts are correct. but now girls leave their house and work has become common. Now you tell me what will poor Lata do? First she\'s divorced…No support, no child. So to keep herself occupied she would have to go out. If she goes out then even she\'ll feel better. Right sister? CP says bhabhi…don\'t start all of this again. Abha says mami ji. If you give good values to your children then the family has no need to worry. And our parents have given us good values. Mami says I\'m not raising a finger that didi and Thakur saab have given you guys. Seriously. I\'m just worried abotu Lata. She must have gotten tied up in some work. She should have at least called and told you. If she keeps doing this then who will marry her? CP says bhabhi…Karan says mami if you talk like this then the rest of the family members will get even more worried. You know about papa\'s health and all. So please whatever you have to say say it quietly and with calmness. Abha, let\'s go. You and I will go to didi\'s office.
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Karan says to the security guard we want to meet Ms. Lata Uday Pratap please. The guard says sir the office is closed now. No one is here now. Karan asks what time did it close? The guard says at 6:00 sir. Karan sks and what time did she leave? The guard says she left at 3. Karan says 3:00? Its been 3 hours Abha. Did she tell you anything about where she was going or anything? Abha says Karan maa was saying that she had sent Lata didi to get a bangle. Karan asks what jeweler is it? Abha says maa only goes to one place to get jewelery. Let\'s go there. Karan says okay and they head in that direction. Abha asks how will we find her? Karan says dont\' worry. We\'ll ask around. We\'re bound to find something out. Abha says okay and Karan and Abha start asking people about Lata. Abha calls her mom and says not to worry and that they are trying to find Lata didi. Abha says maa please don\'t cry. We\'ll bring her home. The \'gundo\' who Abha had talked to earlier approaches but Abha doesn\'t notice yet. Abha says to Karan I told maa but how will we find her? Where? Karan says we can\'t lose hope like this. We will find her. Trust me. Come on. The gundo is about to take some \'sopaari\' when Abha and Karan approach hima nd Abha says do you know…she then notices the bandanna looking thing on his hand. She notices who he is and says you? Abha says Karan he was the man who misbehaved with me. They guy runs off. I saw Lata\'s didi\'s towel on his hand. He must know about Lata didi. They start chasing after him. Karan finally gets his hands on the guy. Abha says you know where Lata didi is. Tell us. They guy says I don\'t know anything. Abha says you\'re lying. Where did you get this towel? The guy says madam I got this towel on the streets. Abha says don\'t lie. It has an L written on it and its Lata didi\'s. I know it. The guy says my name is Lucky so it has an L written on it. Karan says what\'s your name? Karan gets his name and address. Abha asks why he ran away? The guy says he was scared seeing Karan with Abha and that\'s why he ran away. They get the towel from the guy and Karan pushes the guy to his bike and the guy leaves. Shelly calls Karan and asks if they found anything about Lata. Karan says no not yet. Shelly says look Karan. Auntie\'s health is deteriorating. As soon as you find something out call home. Karan says ok I\'m bringing Abha home. Abha asks what did she say? Karan says maa ji is very worried. You go home. I will go with Prakash bhaiya and see.
Prakash and Karan venture out in the night to search for Lata.
Everyone at the SB are worried. Abha says maa didi will come. Don\'t worry. Mami says arey How can she not be worried? A divorced girl who is alone is out. And its so late at night. Abha says but mami ji it isn\'t necessary that it is something to be worried about. Mami says yeah its also possible that she is (can\'t determine the english translation of what she said). Or went somewhere with her boss to see a film. CP says be quiet bhabhi. My daughter isn\'t that careless who would keep the family members worried and go out and roam around like that. CP says then where has she gone didi?
Lata seems to be in a terrible condition on the streets. She slowly opens her eyes. She faintly sees a car approaching. She tries to make hand movements to get the car to stop. She is very weak. She closes her eyes again. The car stops and out comes Raj. He walks towards the body and kneels down beside it. He is surprised. Lata seems to be in a very bad condition. Her outfit seems to be torn in places. Raj moves the hair of Lata to reveal the face. He is shocked to see it is Lata.
Precap: CP is yelling what happened to my daughter? Karan says maa ji please calm down. I\'ll inform the police. CP asks police? Why the police? Prakash says so we can find out. Karan says so we can get more information on where she must have gone. Karan\'s phone rings. CP says who\'s phone is it? Karan says its Raj. CP says why is he calling? Karan picks up and says yes Raj? Raj says something bad incident has happened to Abha\' sister Lata so reach city hospital immediately. Karan says what? Everyone yells what?


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Try a R4 or a M3Simply, they're slot 1 solutions, they both come with media playing software - music and movie and will run homebrew applications such as DSOrganize (current version has a text based web browser), Moonshell and others. UK sites sell them but charge a hefty price for them (around £40). US sites are way cheaper (got mine for £16) but delivery is two weeks'ish.
You'd also need a Trasflash card (MicroSD) which can be picked up from www.picstop.co.uk (1gb about 7quid or 18quid for a 2gb) to fit inside the R4 or M3.


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1961-63 Roger Maris Miniature Bobbing Head Gem Mint in Box
Starting Bid - $200.00, Sold For - $1,856.00
Absolutely Gem Mint Roger Maris miniature bobbing head. According to bobbing-head expert Tim Hunter, "It doesn't get any nicer than this." Superb gem in original box (illustrated "Mr. Home Run" box label is Mint, actual plain grey box has a couple of tears). "N. Y. " on chest version. Reserve $200. Estimate $400/800. SOLD FOR $1,856.00
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Bearcats Breakdown today is all about highlighting the men who played a role, but not a large role statistically, in the Bearcats success. Most of them were part of the goon squad, the reserves that came in and played with attitude. The other was Ibrahima Thomas. Since Thomas was not like the others, let's start with him.
Ibrahima Thomas
The Bearcat power forward started 30 of the 35 games the Bearcats played his senior year. In 18.9 minutes, Thomas averaged 5.7 points on 49.7% shooting, with 5.2 rebounds per game. Thomas used 17.7 percent of the UC possessions while he was on the floor, scoring with an offensive rating of 109.3, a career high. Thomas' effective fg% was 50.6, and true, which accounts for free throws, 52.8%. His freshman year numbers were a little higher in those categories, but those were Cincinnati highs. Ibby hit 78 of the 157 shots he took for 49.7%, up 10% from his junior year. It would have been higher, but Thomas took 28 threes, making only 3. Thomas had a career best at the foul line, going 42-70, 60%. His free throw rate was down 14% from his junior year, but he only had 3 less points at the line.
Thomas' 5.2 rebounds a game put him 29th in the Big East. His 2 offensive boards were 12.9% of the UC total while he was on the floor, while his 3.1 defensive boards a game were 20.7%. The offensive rebounding was up, but the defensive rebounding down. Thomas tried passing the ball this season. His 22 assists were more than all 3 years combined, where he had 17. Thomas had 29 turnovers, for a 0.8 assist to turnover ratio. Thomas picked up 18 steals and 21 blocks, both career highs. His plus minus of 232 was good enough for 19th in the Big East.
Ibrahima Thomas started the season off relatively well. He scored 9 in the opener, had 9-9, 11-6, 6-8, and 6-8 in the first 5 games. After a dud against Wright St, Thomas played his best ball of the season. He had 7-8-2 steals, 11-12 against Utah Valley, 12-5-2 assists-2 steals-2 blocks against Georgia Southern, a dud against OU, and a 11-13 double double against Miami. Thomas closed 2010 with 6-10-2 blocks against DePaul, and 12-9 against Seton Hall.
When the competition picked up, Ibrahima Thomas did not. His numbers went down to 2-4, 4-3 in a bizarre performace against Villanova, in which Thomas picked up 4 fouls in about a minute and a half of game time, 0-2, 4-8, 0-5, 3-1, 2-2, 2-5, and 7-6. Thomas saw a cut in minutes due to the poor performance, getting as few as 10 in that span. He bounced back with his best game as a Bearcat against DePaul. Thomas went for 16 on 8-10, with 7 rebounds. He followed that with a 7-8 in the St John's loss. Thomas played only 9 minutes against Louisville, thanks to 3 fouls, 18 in the OT Providence game, and 4 and 8. Thomas once again came back strong from that valley. He scored 12 with 7 boards in the huge Marquette victory. He followed it up with 6-4 on senior day, and 8-5 in the first round BET game. He scored 7-7 in the Missouri victory.
Ibrahima Thomas had an up and down career as a Bearcat. It started with him trying to fight the Xavier bench, to him missing a ton of layups, to him being a dependable rebounder, to him being a leader, to him being on the bench, to him being in good graces, and in bad. Thomas did pretty much everything Mick asked for. His career didn't pan out greatly, but he did a big job on this Bearcat team.
Everyone else after the jump.
Darnell Wilks
Darnell Wilks senior season saw something he didn't see the first three years of his UC career, playing time in every game. Wilks played in all 35 games, starting 11. In 15 minutes a game, he averaged 3.6 points on 43% shooting. Wilks mixed in 2.6 boards, and 1 assist per game. Wilks was a key part of the pressing and aggressive goon squad. The group crushed inferior opposition early in the season. Wilks made his bones on defense, and if he wasn't guarding, he wasn't playing.
Wilks put up a career best 3.6 points a game, using 16.6 of the UC possessions while on the floor. His 43% shooting translated into an effective fg% of 48.9, and a true shooting percent of 52.6. Those percentages weight 3 pointers and free throws. Wilks made a career low percentage from 3, 31% on 11-35. He made a career best 63.5% of his free throws. Wilks took 52, which was 19 more than his first 3 years combined. He had as many points on 3 pointers as he had on free throws, which is a little weird.
Darnell hit the glass hard his last year as a Bearcat. He pulled home 91 boards, a career best that translated to 2.6 a game. His 1.1 offensive boards were 8.7% of the UC total while on the floor, and his 1.48 defensive boards were 12.2%. Like Thomas, Wilks gave passing a try. His 38 assists were more than all 3 years combined. His 35 turnovers gave him an assist to turnover ratio of 1.1, which was actually a career high. Wilks had 20 steals and 16 blocks. While many of the blocks came late in the year, only 4 of the steals came after January 12.
Wilks started the season as a non factor. His first game with minutes was against UD, where he had 4-6-5 assists. He had 8 against Toledo, followed by a 6 point, 5 steal game against Utah Valley, and an 8 rebound game against Georgia Southern. Wilks started Big East play with 11-5-2 steals against DePaul, and 7 points against Seton Hall to close 2010. Wilks got 23 minutes against South Florida, and his 12 point-4 steal game ended up being a key part in an 8 point win. The 12 matched his career high. Wilks went back to mainly nothing before a 4-5 against Rutgers, 4-5 against Pitt, and 6-5-2 assists against DePaul. Wilks scored 7 points the next 5 games before netting 7 against UConn. He closed his home career with 8-6 against Georgetown. Wilks was one of the only guys to score against Notre Dame in the BET, putting in 7.
Darnell Wilks came to UC as a 4 star recruit. He quite frankly didn't play like one. He never seemed to have the motor that he needed to be that guy. His solid Big East tournament in 2010 gave the impression that he could put it together and be a big part of the team. Unfortunately, he never got all the pieces in place. Oh well, it happens.
Larry Davis
Larry Davis played in all but 2 games the Bearcats had in his UC career. This season, he played 35, starting 5. Davis got 16 minutes a game, averaging 4.5 points on 37% shooting, with 0.9 assists, and 1 rebound. Davis had a horrible junior season, but bounced back well enough for his senior campaign. Davis had a career best 103.1 offensive rating, up from 83, while using a career low 16% of UC's possessions. Davis hit 30 of 89 triples, 33.7%, which was 9% better. His effective fg% was 47.3, and true shooting 49.2. Those were the highest since his freshman year. They were boosted by his 16-22 at the free throw line, both of which were career bests.
Davis pulled in 1 rebound a game, 0.4 offensive, and 0.5 defensive. His rates were the lowest they have been in his career. His 33 assists were the second most, and his 25 turnovers his second least. His 1.3 assist to turnover rate was his second best. Davis had 17 steals, 1.8% of the Bearcat steals, which was a career best. He didn't block a shot for the first time in his career though. His plus minus was 39, which isn't great, but it was up from -14. That's a good thing.
Larry Davis' senior year started off slow, 3,0,1,0,3,3, before he caught some fire. Davis had 9 against Toledo, 5 vs UVU, 11 against Ga Southern, and then a couple of dud games. Davis had the best back to back games of his career against St Francis and DePaul. Davis had 18 on 6-10, 4-7 from deep, with 4 assists against St Fran. Against DePaul, he scored 20 points for the second time in his UC career, on 6-9, 4-6 from 3. At this point in the season, Davis was 27-56, and 16-33 from deep. He went 5-10 the next 4 games. 2 of the threes came in an 8 point outing against X. Davis had 9 big ones in the St John's win, including a huge basket before the half. He followed with 8 against Rutgers. Davis scored 13 against Pitt, but took 17 shots to get there. Starting with the game before that, Davis made just 5 threes the rest of the year. He took 34. Needless to say, Davis didn't scored much after Pitt, 22 points to close the season. His most impressive basket of the year was his dunk on dude on Missouri in the NCAA tournament.
Larry Davis was on the path to having a great senior season. The last 2 months of the season, he completely lost his shot. He was bombing 3's at a 45% rate before that. It kind of sucks because Larry seemed like a good guy, and he was obviously trying hard. He embraced his role as part of the goon squad, and started off great. Unfortunately, he lost his shot, and lost his confidence a second straight year. He played hard nosed defense all he could, but when the shots aren't falling, you are playing at a disadvantage. I was hoping it would turn out better for Larry. He can be proud of his senior year though.
Justin Jackson
Justin Jackson took all of about one game for the UC fans to love him. Jackson played only 13 minutes a game his freshman season, but all 13 minutes, you knew where he was. Jackson was active as hell on the glass, pulling in 2.5, got some steals, blocked some shots, passed some passes, and scored 2.5 points a game. He also fouled some fouls, getting 71 whistles and 2 disqualifications. Jackson played hard, and with energy and passion. It was easy to want to see more of him. Before we look to the future, let's look back.
J Jack was 39-74 from the floor, 52.7%. He hit 1-3 from deep. He was horrible, horrible, horrible, horrible, horrible at the line, going 10 of 33. As a result, his offensive rating was 84.6. His effective shooting percent was 53, but his true was 49.6. Huge hit when you count the foul shots. Jackson had a 44.5 free throw rate, which not surprisingly was one of the highest on the team. Jackson used just 15.7% of UC's possessions.
Jackson had 88 rebounds overall. His 30 offensive equalled 7.8% of the UC total while he was on the floor, and his 58 boards translated to 15.8%, which was 27th in the Big East. Justin had 24 assists, 10.2% of the UC assists while on the floor, and 36 turnovers. That made a beautiful rate of 0.7. Jackson had 26 steals, a 3.6 steal percent, which was 7th in the league, and 18 blocks. His 4.4 block percent was 23rd in the league. His plus minus was 81.
Justin Jackson showed his hustle game one. He had 4 boards, 2 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks. All came when UC was lethargic and needed a boost. He scored his first point at the line in game two, and in game three had another point. He was 2-4 at the line then. He finished 8-31. Nice. Jackson had a career best game against Dayton, scoring 5 points, with a career high 7 boards and 2 blocks. Jackson filled the box score against WSU with 2-3-2 assists-2 steals-1 block. He had 4-5-3 assists against Georgia Southern, and a nice 7-4 against St Francis. Jackson played sparingly the next couple weeks, before back to back 3 point, 2 steal games. He stepped up at St John's though. With the UC bigs in foul trouble, Jackson played 29 minutes, scored a career high 8 points on 4-6, had 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and a block. He had a nice 8-6-2 assist-2 steal-1 block game at Pittsburgh. Justin had 6 boards and 3 steals in the other St John's meeting, and 6-6 at Georgetown. Jackson played ok down the stretch, but had a lot of turnovers.
Justin Jackson showed a lot of flashes that he can be a player. He had some growing pains, like 0-0-0-0-1 block-5 fouls in 12 minutes against West Virginia, 6 turnovers in 19 minutes against UConn, 4 fouls in 10 minutes against ND, and another 4 foul, 10 minute game in November. Despite that, Jackson seems like the has the pieces in place, and the drive to make himself a better player. 2 points goes to 4 points if he improves at the line. I think my grandma could hit 10-33, and she's blind. Jackson has to learn the game a little more, and with the hard work he's putting in now, he's going to be special.
Biggie McClain
Last, and certainly biggest, we hit Anthony 'Biggie' McClain. The giant man played in 26 of the Bearcats games this season, getting 6 minutes. He scored 1.6 points a game, with 1.69 boards a game. Biggie made 14 of the 24 shots he took, and 14 of the 24 free throws he took. How odd. His effective fg% was 58.3, the same as his field goal and free throw. His true shooting percent was 59.3, a career best. Biggie used 14% of the Bearcat possessions when he was roaming the court.
Biggie pulled home 44 rebounds, 20 on the offensive end. That was 14.2% of the UC total. He had 24 defensive rebounds, 17.7%. Those were the third lowest, and the lowest of McClain's career. Biggie had 4 assists, up from 0 last season. He had 6 turnovers, for a rate of 0.7. That was up from 0.0. For the second straight year, McClain had no steals. He blocked a career low 5 shots.
Biggie McClain saw action the first 5 games, scoring 2 in the first, 3 in the third, and blocking 2 shots against UD. In 14 minutes against Toledo, Biggie had 4-5-1 assist. He had a 4 point game against Georgia Southern. McClain played 18 minutes against St Francis, with 5 points and a season best 7 rebounds. Biggie didn't see many minutes until the St John's game. Biggie played the 8 biggest minutes of his career. He went for 4 points, 6 boards, 1 assist and 1 block. The assist was a touch pass to Larry Davis for a huge basket at the end of the first half. UC needed all Biggie gave them that day. Biggie played a season high 23 minutes against Pitt, scoring a season high 10 points, with 4 boards and a block. The only other game Biggie scored in was senior day, when he had 3. In fact, he had just 1 rebound the 7 games after Pitt, with 4 inactives.
Like Darnell Wilks, Biggie McClain was a 4 star recruit. After a promising start, injuries ruined his career. He did his best to get back on the floor, and his efforts to do so were admirable. Biggie gave us all the greatest gift he could on Senior Day though, Biggie with a baby.


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February 15, 2004, 05:46 PM
I heard on Gun Talk this afternoon talk of the .17 Mach II cartridge....The .22 LR based version of of the .17 HMR.
Okay.....so who knows details?
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February 15, 2004, 06:18 PM
Found a few details at this link
17 Mach 2: CCI and Hornady have teamed their bullet cartridge manufacturing expertise to produce an exciting new rimfire cartridge, the new 17 Mach 2. This bullet offers a magnum cartridge-like performance in a small package--the same length as a .22 Long Rifle. The groups are phenomenal. The 17-grain Hornady V-MAX bullet leaves the muzzle at over 2,000 feet per second (fps), and is faster at 150 yards than a .22 Long Rifle at the muzzle. Mid-range rise is only one inch when sighted for 100 yards. This product is so new ATK has yet to get a price point on it. Consumers can expect this product to hit dealer shelves late summer 2004.
February 15, 2004, 06:31 PM
Midway USA is listing ammo for it. None in stock yet but they do list it. :confused:
Muzzle Velocity: 2100 fps
Muzzle Energy: Not yet available
Recommended Uses: Varmint hunting, small game, plinking.
This cartridge is based on the 22 Long Rifle necked down to 17 caliber.
It is not a variation of the 17 Magnum Rimfire and is not interchangeable with it.
February 15, 2004, 07:48 PM
I'm pretty sure we've a member here who may want to throw in HER .02 on this. Cats-die-now, where are you?
February 15, 2004, 08:07 PM
Unless I am mistaken this is the same cartridge configuration that Aquila has been trying to get off the ground for the past year plus or so.
If a .17 HMR is shooting way over 2500FPS and you can shoot dimes at 50 yards and quarters at 100 yards I don't understand where this fits.
Perhaps you can re barrel a .22??
What is the unique angle of this cartridge??
Bruce H
February 15, 2004, 08:35 PM
What is the unique angle of this cartridge ??
It is new. That is all it takes.
February 15, 2004, 08:40 PM
The other angle would be that this .17 rimfire is about as 2/3 to 1/2 as expensive as .17 HMR, at least according to what I heard on Gun Talk today.
Something like $5 or $6 per box of 50.
February 15, 2004, 09:07 PM
Perhaps you can re barrel a .22??
I'm sure someone will make a 10/22 retrofit. It's already been done with the HMR.
February 15, 2004, 10:32 PM
I see this being more popular than 17 hmr.
for all of those with easily replaceable barrrels on our .22 lr rifles and pistols. i for one will be looking for a barrel for my smith m22
February 16, 2004, 05:56 AM
why the heck would anyone bother when you can get a .22 mag for the same ammo price and have probably 5 times the knock down at 150 yds? ahhh just as its a new thing?
February 16, 2004, 07:45 AM
I like my .17 HMR because it's got negligible recoil and you can see the holes being made through the scope. Kills them woodchucks good too.
I'm not sure I see the usefulness of this, but then a lot of people told me my .17 HMR would be worthless too.
Further discussion at rimfirecentral.com (http://rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=50701)
February 16, 2004, 07:51 AM
why the heck would anyone bother when you can get a .22 mag for the same ammo price and have probably 5 times the knock down at 150 yds? ahhh just as its a new thing?
Because, as folks above have pointed out, this new cartridge is only a simple barrel swap away for every P-22, 10/22, Neos, M41, et cetera owner out there.
Why spend the bucks on a new gun when you can just get another barrel for one you have? T/C's been making a mint off the concept for decades. :)
February 16, 2004, 09:13 AM
I wonder if there'll be any safety issues with chambering such a round for tube-fed rifles such as the Marlin model 60.
I get the feeling Marlin wouldn't dare, but I certainly wouldn't hesitate to pick up another $99 model 60 if chambered for this round.
Matt G
February 16, 2004, 12:40 PM
If it really is the same length as the .22 L.R. cartridge, then I see this round doing well. After all, it can be chambered in ANY firearm model set up for .22 LR, with only a change to the bore diameter. Magazines for .22 LR will work. Receivers and breech faces and extractors and ejector angles for .22 LR will all work. Feeding should actually work better. I see auto firearms for this.
I could be wrong. But it'll be a low-cost experiment for the manufacturers to test-market their firearms in this cartridge, which means you're likely to see quite a few examples to try. That bodes well. Always bet on the option that is cheap for the manufacturer to market.
February 16, 2004, 05:18 PM
I wonder if there'll be any safety issues with chambering such a round for tube-fed rifles such as the Marlin model 60.
why would there be any safety issues? the round is a rimfire so the point of one bullet is not on the primer of the bullet in front of it. there should be no problem with it in a tube fed.
February 16, 2004, 06:15 PM
I wonder if there'll be any safety issues with chambering such a round for tube-fed rifles such as the Marlin model 60.
IMO, I don't think there will be a safety issue with this setup as Winchester already has the 9417.(9422M chambered for .17 HMR.) The shortness of the new .17 as compared to the HMR round will probably allow the point to get a little farther from the center but will probably be still far away from the rim. Could be wrong though, just my guess.
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PORTLAND, Ore. -- The working poor -- you could be closer to joining this group than you think.
Because of America's struggling economy, more and more middle and blue collar people are joining their numbers.
In Portland, one place is trying to catch these people and propel them back up the financial ranks.
Fish and Loaves
In 1992, Christians Suzanne and Barry Birch were just trying to figure out how to best serve God when a local charity had some left over bread it wanted to end up in needy hands. They contacted the Birches.
It was then, Barry recalled, that "we ended up with a bag of squished bread on our front porch." A bag they gave to three families in need.
More and more people came to the Birches for help and, like the fishes and loaves, donated food began to pour through this couple's hands. They found many businesses and places that would rather give it away than see it go to waste.
"We had to move bread when we had company," Barry said. "It just sort of took over the whole house."
Birch Community Services
They finally had to move their giving operation into a small warehouse. Then a bigger one. And then an even bigger one.
And so many people began to work alongside them in this ministry, they incorporated, becoming the non-profit Birch Community Services, or BCS, a refuge and home for what they call "the working poor."
What started out with just one bag of banged-up bread at the Birches' tiny house has now become a huge warehouse of more than 22,000 square feet where they and their many allies gave away more than 6 million pounds of products last year.
The products come from nearly 100 manufacturers, retailers and growers, mostly in the Portland area.
At the heart of this enterprise are some 600 member families, most of them still working, but many falling into poverty or near-poverty.
But BCS isn't just a charity donating to these families. The Birches have created a real community by requiring those who receive to also give.
Those in this sort of co-op volunteer several hours at least a couple of times a month. They end up helping as much as they are helped.
"God is our provider," Suzanne said. "He provides on a daily basis, and our job is to serve one another."
"We are members of an organization that we also have to give back to," Kadie Hambleton, a longtime BCS member, told CBN News.
"We have a monthly payment that we make, it's a minimal $50-a-month payment. And we also have to do volunteer time," she explained.
For that, the 600 member families get to choose food and goods from the hundreds of shelves, racks, and displays when the warehouse is open for community 'shopping.'
They call it 'shopping,' but there are no cash registers where you pay after you've filled up your cart. Many member families save $500 or $600 a month because of BCS.
More than Charity
For Hambleton's family, it was a lifesaver.
"Right after we became members, I ended up with cancer," she said. "And we wouldn't have survived without Birch."
That's when Hambleton found just how caring this community of volunteers could be.
"Financially, when you have that kind of diagnosis, it puts you under. And Birch helped us in so many ways," she said.
"It wasn't just the food and supplies," she explained. "It was the support, the love, the nurturing, and people helping at our home."
The food and products are but a small part of what BCS offers. Because the Birches want their families to "graduate" as soon as possible from the ranks of the working poor, they offer many avenues to help these families get better jobs and handle their money better.
For instance, many no-cost or low-cost classes teach community members how to make more money or stretch their cash further.
"So we offer and require actually that our families take a finance class," Suzanne said.
"There's a couponing class. There's a canning class," Hambleton chimed in.
One entire room in the warehouse is full of computers where community members learn extensive computing skills.
"And we have a 'raising chickens' class along with our gardening classes," Suzanne said.
Community Gardening
Many of the vegetables BCS gives away come from its latest push: community gardening.
In large communal plots, BCS is teaching its mostly city dwellers a delicious form of self-reliance.
"How we can turn our homes into providing food for our families even in the urban setting," Melissa Youd, one of the community gardens organizers, said.
For instance, Youd suggests families create and use raised beds: boxed-in plots of plants, often set up higher than ground level.
"It's easier to garden," she said. "There are less weeds; you can keep your animals out. The moles stay out."
Another option is "lasagna gardening," which involves forming surprisingly fruitful mounds out of layers of cardboard, compost, and dirt.
"Just lay down a bunch of cardboard, pile a bunch of dirt on top, and make some paths and plant your plants," Youd explained.
You can turn your whole yard into fun, productive land this way.
"Instead of walking through the grass, you're walking through the garden, picking carrots while you're going," Melissa's husband Brian Youd said.
Hand-Up, Not a Hand-Out
Back at the warehouse, it's as busy as a beehive with volunteers. Much of that activity is preparing goods for other agencies.
Because God's blessed BCS with so much, they give every week to more than 50 local non-profits.
"We're helping to provide for over 10,000 people a week just through those agencies," Barry told CBN News.
Meanwhile, among the BCS member families, the Birches are working on the next step.
"We have an exit strategy -- because our goal is to get them to graduate," Barry stressed.
"Most programs are just a hand-out and they never see the people again," he said. "But we just embrace them till they're back on their feet."
But until they do "graduate" and move on, BCS requires that every recipient also keeps volunteering, keeps serving.
"And so it becomes a community of people all serving each other," Barry explained.
And that's part of the success of the Birch Community Services.
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Background: The effectiveness of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programs depends on the successful coverage of a series of interventions through pregnancy, intrapartum, and postpartum. Routine monitoring systems based on service data and limited to women on the PMTCT program may overestimate intervention coverage at multiple points along this cascade.
Methods: Cord blood specimens with individually linked anonymous demographic and pregnancy data were collected from 3 delivery services in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, and screened for HIV. Seropositive specimens were tested for the presence of antiretrovirals. Comparisons were drawn between documented service data and cord blood findings for HIV seroprevalence and antenatal antiretroviral coverage.
Results: A total of 3034 specimens were tested for HIV, 507 (16.7%) of which were HIV seropositive. Of these, 470 (92.7%) were tested for the presence of antiretrovirals, of whom 58.1% had evidence of a standard of care maternal antiretroviral regimen and 73.6% some form of antenatal antiretroviral prophylaxis. Cord blood antiretroviral coverage was lower than that reported by service data. Incomplete antenatal HIV testing accounted for an estimated 46.2% of missed opportunities for transmission reduction.
Discussion: Even in this well-resourced setting, HIV screening and ensuring antenatal compliance with prescribed regimens were the most immediate priorities for reducing vertical transmission. Cord blood surveillance offers a unique opportunity to explore missed opportunities using methods not currently possible from routine antenatal and PMTCT program reporting.
Mother-to-child transmission of HIV remains the primary route of HIV infection in children. Transmission risk can be dramatically reduced through the use of antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum antiretroviral (ARV) regimens.1 Recent reports of declining infant mortality in South Africa may be due in part to the effectiveness of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) program and survival of infected mothers on antiretroviral therapy.2,3 Yet, antenatal seroprevalence remains high, having increased to 30.2% in 2010,4 from 29.3% in 2008,when this study was conducted.5 New national PMTCT guidelines based on 2010 WHO recommendations6,7 are being implemented throughout public health services, and preliminary results from a recent national survey suggest that early mother-to-child transmission of HIV may currently be as low as 3.5%.8 The elimination of pediatric HIV, however, still requires committed and sustained efforts to achieve high PMTCT program coverage and a continuum of care that also identifies women at risk of incident infection in pregnancy and postpartum vertical transmission.9–12
The effectiveness of PMTCT programs is contingent on a cascade of critical steps which include HIV testing in pregnancy and the provision of and adherence to antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum ARV regimens.13 Epidemiological modelling of program effectiveness has shown that the use of more effective ARV drug combinations could have limited impact on transmission if adequate service coverage of all the steps of the PMTCT program is not achieved.14 This highlights the importance of identifying and reducing the missed opportunities in program coverage.
Effective monitoring and evaluation of PMTCT programs is hence crucial for the identification of missed opportunities in service delivery along the PMTCT cascade. Since 2001, PMTCT program coverage in South Africa has been reported through indicators routinely collected and aggregated from service data. However, there is uncertainty about the quality of data due to incomplete and inaccurate reporting.15,16 In addition, these data reflect coverage in women attending antenatal care and further document dispensing of PMTCT prophylaxis rather than actual ingestion.17
In 2007, the PMTCT Effectiveness in Africa: Research and Linkages to Care (PEARL) study consortium explored a new approach to the evaluation of PMTCT program coverage through cord blood surveillance of HIV status and nevirapine (NVP) concentration in 4 African countries.18 The study was expanded in the Western Cape Province of South Africa to document the effective administration of azidothymidine (AZT) and combined antiretroviral therapy (cART), which were at the time available as standard of care to HIV-infected women with CD4 cell counts above and below 200 cells per microliter, respectively. Our aim was to describe true standard of care PMTCT coverage using cord blood surveillance of HIV infection and the presence of ARVs. We further sought to compare these outcomes with program reporting and examine missed opportunities for preventing vertical transmission in the Western Cape PMTCT programme,19–21 which started in 2002 and was considered at the time to be effective based on routine reporting.21
HIV prevalence in the Western Cape among pregnant women 15–40 years was 16.1% in 2008, ranging between subdistricts from 9.3% to 17.9%.5 Two delivery services in the metropolitan area and 1 rural area were randomly selected from 32 subdistricts in the province.
At the time of this study, PMTCT services were integrated into primary health care antenatal services, with the exception of cART provision to eligible women, which was provided by a separate program within the same facility at the antenatal service at all 3 sites. At the first antenatal visit, all women received group HIV counseling followed by individual counseling if they agreed to HIV testing. At the same time a CD4 cell count was requested. In 2007–2008, the standard of care for HIV-infected pregnant women with a CD4 cell count >200 cells per microliter comprised AZT from 28 weeks gestation in combination with single-dose NVP to the mother and exposed infant at time of delivery, and 3 hourly AZT during labour to the mother. If a woman had a CD4 cell count ≤200 cells per microliter, she was referred to a separate service to initiate cART.22 Vertical transmission proportions according to these treatment guidelines were reported to be 3.5% among infants who were tested around 6 weeks in immunization services in 2009 in the Western Cape.23
Detailed study methodology has been described elsewhere.18 To ascertain cord blood HIV seroprevalence and ARV coverage, consecutive umbilical cord blood specimens were drawn at the study sites between December 2007 and May 2008. A sample size calculation was based upon country estimates of HIV seroprevalence and an assumed program coverage and is reported elsewhere.18 In some sites, there were more deliveries, and the study was completed within 6 weeks, whereas in others completion took up to 6 months to complete. Anonymous HIV prevalence testing was performed using a rapid immunoassay (Determine HIV1/2, Abbott Laboratories, Chicago, IL). High-performance liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry were used to extract and qualitatively detect the presence of maternal NVP, AZT, and lamivudine (3TC) on all seropositive specimens.24 To draw comparisons between cord blood outcomes and PMTCT program reporting, linked anonymous surveillance data were extracted from patient-held antenatal records and service registers at the time of specimen collection. Information collected included demographic details, antenatal and obstetric data, and recorded maternal and infant PMTCT regimen administration.
Primary study outcomes were maternal HIV seroprevalence and ARV coverage, defined as the proportion of women who had at least NVP and AZT or cART (ascertained through the presence of 3TC) detected in cord blood specimens at delivery. Cord blood HIV seroprevalence and ARV coverage were then compared with HIV seroprevalence and ARV coverage data extracted from service records. In the service data, standard of care was assumed to be any documentation of AZT in combination with single-dose NVP, or cART, regardless of duration. A series of proportions for each step of the PMTCT cascade was constructed from the extracted services data and cord blood specimen results. Kappa statistics were calculated to measure the agreement beyond chance between the presence of ARVs in the cord blood and reported ARV provision. Maternal–infant coverage was also determined through combined cord blood ARV coverage and documented administration of infant NVP and/or AZT from service records. Twin deliveries were treated as singleton deliveries for the purposes of analysis, as each set of HIV-exposed twins (n = 4) received the same infant prophylaxis. Factors associated with PMTCT coverage were determined using a multivariable logistic regression model. The modeled impact of missed opportunities for maternal prophylaxis was assessed by assuming differential vertical transmission based on standard of care interventions,22 suboptimal prophylaxis, no prophylaxis, and seroconversion during pregnancy. Model estimates were based on assumed probabilities of 0.04 (AZT and NVP), 0.02 (cART), 0.12 (NVP only), 0.07 (AZT only), 0.20 (no intervention), and 0.35 (seroconversion) reported by Johnson et al in a model for pediatric HIV in this setting.25
Ethical approval was granted by the institutional review boards of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the Health Sciences Faculty Human Research Ethics Committee, University of Cape Town; the Health Department of the Provincial Government of the Western Cape and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Between December 2007 and May 2008, 3109 women delivered at the 3 sites and 3065 (98.6%) cord blood specimens were collected. Specimens were not collected from women who delivered before arrival, or in instances where it was not possible to retrieve blood from the umbilical cord (cord snapped or unhealthy), or accidental specimen spillage. In total, 3034 specimens (97.6%) were tested for HIV. Of the HIV-infected specimens (n = 507), 470 specimens (92.7%) were tested for the presence of ARV regimens (see Figure, Supplemental Digital Content 1, http://links.lww.com/QAI/A281).
The median maternal age of women was 24 years [interquartile range (IQR): 21–28 years], and 37.4% of women were primigravid. The median number of antenatal visits was 4 (IQR: 3–5 visits), with 21.2% of women having 2 or fewer visits and 8.2% of women having had no antenatal visits. Overall, 10.5% of women had cesarian sections. Four infants were stillborn and were excluded from the maternal–infant coverage analyses. The median birth weight of infants was 3100 g (IQR: 2800–3400 g), and 10.8% weighed 2500 g or less (see Table, Supplemental Digital Content 2, http://links.lww.com/QAI/A282).
Documented antenatal HIV testing coverage was 79.4% (n = 2408, Fig. 1), and antenatal HIV prevalence among these women was 17.8% (n = 429). Cord blood HIV seroprevalence among all women who delivered was similar at 16.7% (n = 507, P = 0.53). Among women who did not have an antenatal HIV test, 12.3% (n = 77 of 626) had an HIV-seropositive cord blood result. Based on documented antenatal HIV status versus cord blood status at delivery, there were 13 seroconversions (0.7%) and 12 specimens (2.8%) that were reported as HIV seropositive in pregnancy were cord blood HIV seronegative (Fig. 1).
Table 1 shows that among the women who were documented to be HIV seropositive in service records, 65.8% (n = 275) received AZT and NVP; 16.9% (n = 71) AZT only; 2.4% (n = 10) NVP only, and 7 women were documented to have received no intervention. Although CD4 cell counts were not extracted from the antenatal data and eligibility for cART could not be ascertained, a further 13.2% (n = 55) of women were documented by patient record to be on cART. Hence according to service records, documented ARV coverage for receiving the standard of care including cART was 78.9% (n = 330 of 418), and documented ARV coverage for all women who received any form of ARV drug was 98.3% (n = 411 of 418).
In comparison, of the 470 HIV-seropositive women for whom cord blood specimens were available, 46.2% (n = 217 of 470) had AZT and NVP in their cord blood; 15.5% (n = 73 of 470) had either AZT or NVP, and 11.9% (n = 56 of 470) had 3TC, indicating that they were on cART. A further 26.4% (n = 124 of 470) of HIV-seropositive cord blood specimens had no trace of any ARV regimen. In summary, 58.1% (n = 273 of 470) of women confirmed to be HIV seropositive by cord blood had evidence of a standard of care regimen (dual therapy or cART), whereas 73.6% (n = 346 of 470) of women were found to have received some form of ARV prophylaxis (Table 1).
When restricting the analysis to women who were documented by the services to be HIV seropositive, and cord blood HIV seropositive and in whom documented coverage could therefore be verified on cord blood (complete results on n = 388), estimates of coverage were lower for dual therapy and AZT monotherapy but higher for NVP on its own (55.4%% vs. 65.8%, 8.2% vs. 16.9%, and 9.7% vs. 2.4%, respectively, Table 1). Combined estimates for standard of care regimens or any regimen were consequently lower on cord blood analysis than reported by the services (69.6% vs. 78.9% and 87.9% vs. 98.3%, respectively, Table 1).
Kappa statistics measuring agreement beyond chance among the mothers for whom data was available from both sources for cART, AZT, and NVP were 0.60, 0.14, and 0.32, respectively, indicating reasonable agreement for cART, but limited agreement for the individual drugs, especially AZT. Of 242 mothers with AZT detected in their cord blood and for whom clinical record data were available, 236 (97.5%) had this recorded in their charts, whereas there was no evidence of AZT in the cord blood of 61 of 297 (20.5%) of mothers who were reported to have received AZT antenatally. Discrepancies between those reported to have received NVP peripartum and the detection of NVP in cord blood were comparable in both directions, with 15.3% (39 of 255) of those recorded to have received NVP not having it detected in their cord blood, and similarly 14.6% (37 of 253) of those with evidence of NVP in their cord blood not having any record of having received this (see Table, Supplemental Digital Content 3, http://links.lww.com/QAI/A283). Five of 72 women who were documented as not having tested and who were cord blood HIV seropositive had evidence of ARVs in their cord blood, whereas none of the 12 women who were documented as being HIV seropositive but were HIV seronegative on cord blood testing were evaluated for ARVs in their cord blood.
Two infants born to HIV-seropositive women were stillborn, and these mother–infant pairs were removed from this subanalysis. According to service records, 68.6% (n = 293) of infants born to HIV-seropositive mothers (n = 427) received ARV prophylaxis and 58.3% (n = 249) mother–infant pairs received combined maternal standard of care and infant prophylaxis. When examining documented infant prophylaxis coverage among women with an HIV-seropositive cord blood specimen (n = 468), 62.6% (n = 293) infants were reported to have received ARV prophylaxis, and combined mother–infant coverage (seropositive cord blood and documented infant coverage) was 54.7% (n = 256). More than two-thirds of the exposed newborns who did not get ARV prophylaxis were missed because their mothers had not tested for HIV in pregnancy (72 of 175, 41.1%).
In multivariable analysis that included maternal age, facility location as metropolitan or periurban, and mode of delivery as possible confounders based on a priori assumptions, 5 or more antenatal clinic visits was the only measured association with maternal coverage (defined as receiving either dual prophylaxis or cART, adjusted odds ratio: 2.47; 95% confidence interval: 1.19 to 5.15; see Table, Supplemental Digital Content 4, http://links.lww.com/QAI/A284).
Based on these results, PMTCT coverage seems near-complete in program reporting, although 19% of women received only single therapy and 1.7% received nothing (Table 1). However, Figure 2 shows that according to cord blood surveillance, a substantial portion of mothers (16.4%) identified as cord blood HIV seropositive did not receive prophylaxis because they had not tested for HIV (Fig. 2, black section). A further portion of known HIV-seropositive mothers had no ARVs detectable in their cord blood (7.9%, Fig. 2, diagonal line section). Assuming differential vertical transmission for mothers seroconverting in pregnancy compared with those already HIV seropositive receiving no intervention (0.35 vs. 0.20)25 and for mothers receiving standard of care (0.04 for dual therapy and 0.02 for cART) versus other maternal ARV prophylaxis: 0.12 for NVP and 0.07 for AZT,25 the most frequent missed opportunities for preventing transmission were the result of incomplete antenatal HIV testing and failure to administer any prophylaxis or to ensure adherence in women known to be HIV seropositive.
As the international focus shifts toward the global elimination of pediatric HIV, effectively monitoring the coverage of PMTCT programs is imperative to determine their strengths and to address the missed opportunities for identifying HIV infection and for delivering treatment during pregnancy. Our results show that just over half of women identified as cord blood HIV seropositive received the standard of care (dual therapy or cART) and about three-quarters of women testing cord blood HIV seropositive had received some form of ARV. Maternal cord blood ARV coverage was significantly lower than that suggested by maternal coverage in routine data. Identifiable program gaps included incomplete HIV testing and a failure to administer ARVs or ensure adherence.
Compared with other studies, seroconversion in this study was low (0.7%), assuming that all were true seroconversions and not documenting or reporting errors. Another study in the Cape Town metropole found no seroconversions among 532 pregnant women in 2004.26 With an estimated transmission probability of 0.35,25 seroconversion in pregnancy may account for a small yet significant proportion of transmission in many settings. As program coverage improves, so the relative contribution of seroconversion will increase, supporting the strategy of repeat testing close to delivery to identify acute infection.27
Results from the cord blood analysis suggested appreciably lower maternal ARV coverage than the near-complete coverage suggested by service data, even when restricted to patients who were definitively known by the services to be HIV seropositive. The largest discrepancy was found between reported and cord blood AZT coverage. Due to the short plasma half life of AZT and reported variability in concentrations between subjects elsewhere,28–31 we cannot assume that all women without AZT in their cord blood did not receive any AZT before delivery. However, guidelines at the time of this study recommended AZT from 28 weeks gestation and 3 hourly during labour. Evidence from other settings has demonstrated the presence of therapeutic concentrations of AZT in cord blood when oral doses were administered within 3 hours of delivery.32 Hence in our setting, AZT concentrations should have been reflected in those women who received PMTCT according to protocol during labour. Furthermore, cord blood results of AZT coverage at delivery cannot be extrapolated to infer adequate antenatal coverage.33 There is also a possibility that regimens may not have reflected in women who delivered too quickly after presenting in labour.
Our results show that 1 in 5 women did not test for HIV in pregnancy, and 12% of these women were HIV seropositive at delivery. Several studies have shown regional variation in antenatal testing coverage in South Africa,34,35 with the national antenatal testing average estimated to be 92.7%.36 This is thought to be an overestimate, as testing coverage is reported to be more than 100% in some health districts.37 Routinely collected data from the sites at the time of this study report testing coverage to range between 77%–100%, suggesting that HIV screening in pregnancy could be improved. Modeling exercises have shown that failure to achieve near universal testing has a greater impact on vertical transmission than attrition further along the PMTCT cascade.14 This analysis supports the importance of initial antenatal testing coverage as the single largest contributor to missed opportunities for preventing transmission, but further highlights substantial missed opportunities, as a result of no prophylaxis being taken by women known to be HIV seropositive, suboptimal prophylaxis and seroconversion during pregnancy.
A further limitation of this study is the absence of CD4 cell count data, which would have assisted in the further disaggregation of the standard of care. There is also concern about record keeping as follows: clerical errors, antenatal false-positive tests, or cord blood false-negative tests could have given rise to the 12 women who tested HIV seropositive in pregnancy and had a seronegative cord blood specimen at delivery. All antenatal HIV-seropositive tests are routinely confirmed by a second rapid test in South African service settings, and in our laboratory, the same protocol was performed, with an additional 10% of tests being tested blind for quality assurance. Our specimen collection rate was high at the sites (98.5%), however, logistical challenges resulted in the random loss of 7% of cord blood seropositive specimens which could not be tested for regimen coverage.
Our results show that even in a well-resourced setting, improving HIV screening coverage and ensuring compliance with guidelines for antenatal prophylaxis were the most immediate priorities for reducing vertical transmission. As increasing resources are invested in the rapid expansion of HIV prevention and treatment programs, there is a need for the strengthening of monitoring and evaluation of the effectiveness of these programs.38 Accurate collection and reporting of PMTCT process and outcome indicators remains a challenge because the interventions at each step of the PMTCT cascade occur sequentially through pregnancy and involve more than 1 service and provider, and crucial delivery of treatment at different points in pregnancy. This study, along with evidence from other settings39 shows the value of cord blood surveillance as a feasible tool for confirming both ARV provision and regimen adherence. Cord blood surveillance could be used to assist in the interpretation of program data to improve program effectiveness.
prevention of mother-to-child transmission; cord blood surveillance; coverage
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1966 Bob Miller LA Dodgers Game-Used Home Flannel Jersey
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Los Angeles Dodgers home jersey worn by pitcher Bob Miller in 1966. The white flannel jersey is lettered "Dodgers" across the front and features the number "15" on the left breast and reverse. All letters and reverse numerals are appliquéd in blue felt. All front numerals are appliquéd in red felt. The name "Miller" is chain-stitched in red upon a strip tag on the left front tail. Directly below the name are a "Tim McAuliffe" label, a "66" year tag and a "42" size tag. The jersey is all original, with no alterations, and displays light wear. The Dodgers were National League champions in 1966, but were swept by the Orioles in the World Series, four games to none. Miller appeared in forty-six games with the Dodgers that season, all in relief, winning four games and posting a 2.72 ERA. It is not known whether or not the Dodgers wore their regular season uniforms in the 1966 World Series or a new set. If they did wear their regular season uniforms, the possibility exists that this particular garment was worn by Miller during the "fall classic." Regardless, it remains an exceptional mid-sixties Dodgers home flannel in all respects and has been graded a perfect A10 by MEARS. LOA from Dave Bushing & Troy Kinunen/MEARS. Reserve $300. Estimate $500/$1,000. SOLD FOR $1,044.00
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Kronner and Z will be 37 and most likely still playing, Datsyuk will be back in Russia, but we would never trade the magician. We wouldn't trade the man we JUST made our captain, and Kronner is our top dman now, so trading any of these players seems silly, seeing as there are few players of datsyuk and z's caliber in the league even at their ages
Kornwall isn't a number 1 Dman now. he is a second pair guy that is being forced to play above his level. Most need to understand that Lidstrom and Chelios were the exception, not the rule. It is very rare for athletes in any sport to be playing at a high level in the late 30's. To expect these 3 to do it is folly. 1 maybe. All 3? no way.


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Saginaw Heritage defeated Clio 8-7 in Game 1 of a non-conference baseball doubleheader, then Game 2 was suspended due to darkness with the score tied 6-6.
Tommy Munoz picked up the win on the mound for Heritage, striking out three in three innings of work. Munoz added two hits and an RBI at the plate in the win.
Elijah Abenth had two hits and two RBIs for Heritage in the win, and Paul Kelly added two RBIs.
Game 2 was suspended due to darkness, and saw Madison Geiger lead Heritage with two hits and two RBIs.
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Next week's Wii U virtual console update is all about Kirby
May 17th - Three new Kirby games are coming to the Wii U virtual console.
EA finally admits it has no games in development for Wii U
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Nintendo filing claims to ad revenue on YouTube Let's Plays
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Nintendo Wii U downloads are super this week
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Nintendo Direct for Wii U coming tomorrow at 10am EST
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Ubisoft shows off Assassin's Creed 4 gameplay [Trailer]
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Scribblenauts Unmasked trailer for Wii U
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Rayman Legends receives console-specific pre-order bonuses
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Scribblenauts Unmasked contains over 2,000 DC characters
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Namco Bandai announces new Pac-Man game for Wii U
May 14th - Namco Bandai announces Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures for Wii U and 3DS.
New Rayman Legends trailer reveals underwater gameplay
May 14th - New Rayman Legends trailer shows off some of the stunning visuals and gameplay of the underwater levels in the game.
Capcom shows off unlockable costumes in Resident Evil: Revelations
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Taiwani handset maker, HTC going to launch it's most successful smartphone, HTC One in a new Avatar as HTC One Mini which announced officially slated to launch in U.K in August and available globally by Sept. 2013 which priced at £380 without contract and £27 a month with a 2-year contract. It will take on Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini and upcoming iPhone Lite..(Press Release)
The upcoming HTC One Mini 4G LTE will be available in Glacial Silver and Stealth Black color powered by a dual-core 1.4 GHz processor will run on latest version of Android with HTC Sense® comes in 4.3" display High Definition 720p screen including HTC BlinkFeed™ and HTC BoomSound™ sporting a UltraPixel Camera and featuring HTC Zoe and 1.6MP front-facing camera with video highlight.
At last I would like to say that new HTC One Mini is going to be the game changer for HTC. What you think? Please be open to give your view.


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Wisconsin's governor issued a statement in memory on the anniversary of the shooting at the Sikh temple in Oak Creek.
"One year ago, in the wake of the senseless violence, our friends and neighbors in the Sikh community showed us the best way to respond to the tragedy was with love. It is amazing that in the midst of so much personal loss, the greatness of American character shines through. Tonette and I join with others in our state and across the nation to offer our prayers and support to the survivors and families who lost loved ones as they continue to heal," Walker said.
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Eagle Nest Elementary Kindergarteners stand proudly beside some of the food they collected in honor of the 100th day of school on Jan. 28. The students set a goal to collect 100 non-perishable food items and actually surpassed the goal by donating 176 items to the Lowcountry Food Bank. As a reward, the six Kindergarten classes celebrated with hot chocolate. Celebrating the 100th day with a food drive was the idea of Kindergarten teacher assistant Charvetta Hargrove. Thanks to the success of this years donations, the EES Kindergarten team plans to make this an annual part of their 100th day festivities.
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USA women shut down Canada at 2009 World JuniorsVANCOUVER, British Columbia (March 9, 2009) - With a pro-Canadian crowd screaming in their ears the American ladies coolly shut down Canada's Kaitlyn Lawes rink 10-3 Monday night to keep their playoff hopes alive at the 2009 World Junior Championships at the Vancouver Olympic Centre.
"It's nice to hear our small group of fans cheering us on," said skip Alexandra Carlson (Wayzata, Minn.).
Coming off a tough loss earlier today to France, the American women came out tonight firing on all cylinders knowing that another loss would make a playoff berth probably disappear.
"We needed it," said Sophie Brorson, 18, the team's lead. "We know we need to win out and that we had to come in tonight and play well."
And, play well is what they did. In what the team felt was their best game this week, the American ladies handed Canada its second loss of the round robin and improved to 4-3 with two games remaining in the round robin against Russia (5-1) and Denmark (2-4) on Wednesday (the team has the day off on Tuesday).
"We play Russia next, and I think they've only lost once, so we need to go into that strong," said Tabitha Peterson, 20, team vice skip.
The U.S. ladies looked sharp early on, stealing a single in the second end when Carlson made a nice freeze to the rocks hanging off the back of the button. Lawes tried to hit and roll but didn't get enough of it. The Canadian ladies got on the board in the third end when Lawes made a draw to the back of the eight-foot. After the measure it was determined that Canada had indeed scored two points.
After scoring just a single in the fourth end, the U.S. ladies would regain the lead with a steal of one in the fifth after Lawes came up short drawing to the four-foot. Another steal in the sixth end put the Americans up 4-2. The Canadian ladies got in trouble again in the seventh end when the U.S. got rocks scattered around the back of the house with guards out front forcing Lawes to make a takeout for one.
The eighth end proved to be the back-breaker for Canada as a lot of rocks were in play once again. Carlson used her last bullet to convert a soft tap of the lone Canada stone in the four-foot for four points.
Carlson thwarted the Canadians chances at a big end in the ninth when she came down through a port to take out the lone Canadian stone in the four-foot and lie three with four guards in front of the house. Lawes followed her with a takeout but rolled her shooter out to cough up the steal of two, which prompted the Canadians to concede the match.
"We know that we gave her tough shots at the end," said Tara Peterson (Eagan, Minn.), the team's second. "Everything went really well tonight."
The top four teams at the conclusion of the round robin in each division advance to the page system of playoffs beginning Friday night. The gold medal games are set for 4 p.m. PT Sunday.
Game scores: USA 10, Canada 3; Sweden 7, Czech Republic 5; Switzerland 8, Scotland 5; Russia 11, France 3
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USA women 010 111 042 x 10
Canada* 002 000 100 x 3
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Women's standings:
Russia 5-1
Switzerland 5-1
Scotland 5-2
Canada 4-2
France 3-4
Denmark 2-4
Sweden 2-5
Czech Rep. 1-5
Japan 1-5
Men's standings:
Canada 6-0
Denmark 4-2
Norway 4-2
Sweden 3-2
China 2-2
Switzerland 2-3
Scotland 1-3
Russia 1-4
Germany 0-6
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the continuous movement of water from the ocean to the atmosphere to the land and back to the ocean.
Ocean Trench
steep long depression in deep sea floor that runs parallel to a chain of volcanic islands or continental margin
Piloted Vessels
Alvin and deep flight are driven by people and search for things and explore the ocean
Robotic Vessels
Jason II and Medea, used because pilot are expensive and dangerous, to explore ocean floor
Intertidal Zone
shallowest benthic environment. It changes as the tide comes and goes, becoming covered and uncovered by water
Neritic Zone
covers the continental shelf has largest concentration of marine animals, fish and dolphins
Oceanic Zone
Covers entire sea floor besides the continental shelf, giant squids and whales live here
Non-Point Source Pollution
pollution that comes from many sources rather than just a single site ex.oil and gas leaks, pesticides flowing
Surface Currents
movements of water near the surface of the ocean, caused by global winds, Coriolis effect, and continental deflections
Coriolis Effect
the apparent curving of moving objects from a straight path due to the earths rotation, causes surface currents in the North to go clockwise and south, counterclockwise
Deep Current
stream-like movements of ocean water located far below the surface, they are caused by increased density, caused by decreased temperature and increased salinity
Warm-Water Currents
cause the climates of coastal areas that would otherwise be cooler, to get warmer
Cold-Water Currents
cause the climates of coastal areas that would otherwise be warmer, to be cooler
a process in which cold, nutrient rich water from the deep ocean rises to the surface and replaces warm water this is important to organisms because the nutrients support the growth of plankton
La Niña
periodic change in the eastern Pacific Ocean in which the surface water temperature becomes unusually cool, follows el Niño
Damages of El Niño
flash floods and mudslides, drought, upwelling not occurring that is killing many organisms
one of a group of long ocean waves that have steadily traveled a great distance from their point of generation
High Tides
When part of the ocean is directly facing the moon, the water bulges on that side and the opposite, theses bulges are
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MARTINSBURG - Hospice of the Panhandle's annual Valentine cookie distribution is a sweet - and important - way of letting others know how much their support matters.
Volunteers as well as staffers pitched in Tuesday to help box thousands of homemade cookies that will be distributed to about 400 locations in the tri-county area, said fundraising and marketing coordinator Ashley Horst.
Looking at tables loaded with several different kinds of cookies - including one row devoted to chocolate chip and peanut butter - Horst smiled as others made their way around the room, placing goodies in boxes and getting them ready for delivery, some as far away as Hampshire County as well as Winchester and Hagerstown.
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Thousands of cookies were donated to be distributed as part of Hospice of the Panhandle's annual Valentine cookie distribution. Volunteers who helped box cookies Tuesday included, from left, Betty DeHaven, Mary Goodman, Jennings Davis, Freda Barry and Theresa Goodman.
That's because the various businesses, organizations and individuals that support hospice are located in a wide radius and represent a lot of different interests, she said.
Community and provider relations director Bill White, who was busy folding boxes of different sizes, termed this event "the big thank you" because so many contribute to hospice's regional success.
Churches donate "dozens and dozens" of cookies, he said, adding that many people have helped with this annual event for years.
Theresa Goodman said she originally became a volunteer after promising her dying father she'd get involved with hospice. Now, 28 years later, she enjoys working with the other volunteers and knowing these collective efforts are making a difference.
"I really do get a good feeling back from what I'm doing," Goodman said.
Jennings Davis, who has been volunteering for 10 years, said he was new to helping with the cookie distribution.
It's all a labor of love for Davis, who lost his sister in North Carolina to cancer, he said, adding, "Hospice was with her for her last six months, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. And so after that, I wanted to give back."
This annual event couldn't have come at a better time, since employees will be moving this weekend into their offices at the new $11.5 million complex, which includes an inpatient facility and office building set on approximately 17 acres of land that straddles the Berkeley/Jefferson county line, said development director Maria Lorensen.
It shouldn't be long until patients are also being accepted, she said, adding that the new facility has 14 beds and is also able to accommodate family members who want to stay with loved ones.
- Staff writer Jenni Vincent can be reached at 304-263-8931, ext. 131.