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2008 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival Finalists
Posted by cinemalaya_philippines at the UPFI yahoogroup:
Ten full-length entries to compete in 2008 Cinemalaya
The ten finalists for the 2008 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film
Festival (full-length feature category) have been chosen recently by
the Cultural Center of the Philippines. They are: 100 by Chris
Martinez, 1434456 by Emmanuel Dela Cruz, Ang Concerto by Paul
Alexander Morales, Antiparang Basag by Edith Asuncion, Baby Angelo by
Joel Ruiz and Abi Aquino, Brutus by Tara illenberger, My Fake American
Accent by Onnah Valera, Huling Pasada by Paul Sta. Ana, Jay by Francis
Xavier E. Pasion and Ranchero by Michael Christian Cardoz.
100 is about a stern, uptight and exacting woman with a terminal
illness who tries to accomplish a list of 100 things to do before she
dies. Her tasks vary from the simple to the complicated, from the
practical to the mundane, from the ordinary to the extraordinary. In
the process, she accepts the truth that even if death is something
personal, dying never is.
1434456 is the story of Ranjeet Singh, also fondly called "Jimmy
Paybsiks," a 49-year old Punjabi widower. He faces the challenge of
finding a more permanent sense of home and country for his children
who find themselves growing up more and more assimilated in the
Filipino way of life. Set in contemporary Manila, 1434456 examines the
colorful stories and inevitable struggles of a migrant sector rarely
given a second look or even a thoughtful pause in our society—that of
our Indian neighbors.
Ang Concerto is about how, in the last part of World War II, a special
piano concert is held in the forests of Davao. In these boondocks, a
displaced Filipino family becomes acquainted with a group of Japanese
officers, similarly camped nearby. Based on true stories from the
director's family, Ang Concerto celebrates a family whose reverence
for life, expressed through their love of music and friendship, can
survive even war, and shows how beauty and compassion can grow in even
the harshest of situations.
Antiparang Basag tells of one woman's encounter with four
octogenarians, escaped from a nursing home, and the few hours she
spends helping them pursue their quest to fulfill their simple wishes
in life. The funny and heartwarming situations carry her to see the
different hues of life and death and the value of every moment.
Baby Angelo centers on an investigation that ensues when an aborted
fetus is found in the dumpster of a run-down apartment complex. The
lives of the tenants—a reclusive old man with curious ramblings, a
landlord with overzealous thirst for justice and a young couple whose
past threatens to unravel their marriage—are suddenly exposed in the
hunt for the perpetrator of the baby's death.
Brutus tells the tale of two Mangyan children, hired by illegal
loggers to smuggle wood from the mountains of Mindoro, as they embark
on a dangerous journey to deliver the goods to the lowlands. In the
process, they discover a world run by the greed of men, a world
governed by ideologies that bring about the armed conflict that
plagues the Mindoro highlands, the home of their own people.
My Fake American Accent is a slice-of-life workplace comedy following
the lives of technical support call center agents in the span of six
months. Speaking with a fake American accent is a prerequisite for the
job. This ensemble comedy is an inside look into the maddening,
sleep-deprived, caffeine-fuelled lives of those who ply their trade in
the call center industry.
Huling Pasada follows the creative process of Ruby, a prolific writer,
abandoned wife and protective mother. She writes about Mario, a taxi
driver and father figure to a street child. As she tries to resolve
Mario's story, she seeks refuge in her own creative output and the
line between reality and fiction is blurred. Mario's past becomes
entangled with her own inevitable future.
Jay is the name of the two protagonists in the film, one is living,
the other dead. The living Jay is producing a documentary of the dead
Jay, a gay teacher who was brutally killed. As Jay recreates and
examines the life of his subject, his own life is affected when he
unravels his subject's hidden life and secret love.
Ranchero is the story of convicts who serve a special role inside the
jail-they prepare the meals everyday. But in a jail where some inmates
see no reason to continue living, what is the role of food? Is the
food's role to extend life or to prolong the pain of those who don't
want to live?
The full-length feature film category finalists were selected from a
total of 194 entries submitted for the 2008 Cinemalaya. As finalists,
they will receive an initial seed investment of P500,000 from
Econolink Investments Inc. The final winning entry will be given an
additional grant of P200,000 plus the Cinemalaya Balanghai trophy
during the awarding ceremony on July 20, 2008 at the Cultural Center
of the Philippines. All the films will be screened during the 2008
Cinemalaya Film Festival on July 11 to 20, 2008 at the CCP.
Now on its fourth year, Cinemalaya is presented by the Cinemalaya
Foundation, Cultural Center of the Philippines, University of the
Philippines Film Institute and Econolink Investments Inc. Cinemalaya
is an all-digital film competition aimed at discovering new Filipino
For more information, please call the CCP Film Division at tel. no.
832-1125 local 1705.
Besides na sadyang boring talaga tong mga synopses, wala na nga bang maglalakas-loob na hustong talakayin ang kahirapan at sistematikong pang-oopress ni Ginang Di- Presidente ? Masyado atang sugapa sa 7.0 GDP rate na nagdulot ng rice shortage crisis, a ?
Masses are knocking on the Ivory Tower , y'all :
They want their fucking mileage back. And their country too.


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Entertain Me Flying Circus Gym
Description: Entertain Me Flying Circus Gym
Create the perfect playtime! The new award-winning Boppy Flying Circus Play Gym features the patent pending SlideLine toy adjustment system so toys can be perfectly placed for baby's enjoyment. The Flying Circus gym comes loaded with 10 adorable circus animal toys that are specifically designed to engage baby throughout his phases of development. The generously oversized 35" x 36" pad provides plenty of room to stretch, scooch and roll. And with a mini Boppy Pillow included, play time has never been so comfy! The unique open arches include twinkling lights and music to captivate your little ringmaster.


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Saturday's weather: Off and on rain possible
Rain early this morning should clear before noon, then mostly sunny with a high temperature near 54 degrees.
There's a slight chance of rain after 2 p.m., the National Weather Service says.
Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers after 7 p.m. Tonight's low will be about 42 degrees.
Sunday will be cloudy with a high near 49 degrees and a 50 percent chance of rain.
Sunday night, showers are possible with temperatures dropping to 39 degrees.
Columbus Day should be mainly sunny with a high of 52 degrees.


text: On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 04:45:05PM -0700, Heather Stern wrote: > More specifically, he needs to add you to the webslave group. We use > CVS for edits around here, so if you're already in that group, properly > using CVS will allow you access. > > We have a cronscript that gets verbose about leaving locked files up, so > do remember to ci -u :) The first few warnings go to a miscreant, then > the team starts seeing them so someone can deal with it. rick is already in webslave, and instead of doing the ci/co, you should just use the evim wrapper, it'll do everything for you Marc -- "A mouse is a device used to point at the xterm you want to type in" - A.S.R. Microsoft is to operating systems & security .... .... what McDonalds is to gourmet cooking Home page: http://marc.merlins.org/ | Finger marc_f at merlins.org for PGP key


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Definition of the noun stilboestrol
What does stilboestrol mean as a name of something?
noun - plural: -
- a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
- lexical domain: Substances - nouns denoting substances
- synonyms of stilboestrol: DES / diethylstilbestrol / diethylstilboestrol / stilbestrol
- more generic words: estrogen / oestrogen = a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics
Printed dictionaries and other books with definitions for Stilboestrol
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Father and Daughter (2014)
Patriarchy, gender and social science by Oakley, Ann
Stilboestrol is a synthetic oestrogen that was licensed in the 1940s for conditions which included menopausal symptoms (but not thin bones). It later acquired fame under the name diethylstilboestrol (DES) as a cause of vaginal cancer in the ...
Black's Medical Dictionary (2005)
by Bloomsbury Publishing
Stilboestrol physical defects that are found in people with learning disabilities (see LEARNING DISABILITY). Stilboestrol. A synthetic oestrogen (see OESTROGENS). Its physiological actions are closely similar to those of the natural ...
Black's Veterinary Dictionary (2015)
They include STILBOESTROL, hexoestrol and dienoestrol. Progestin, progesterone, or the luteal hormone is produced by the corpus luteum. This hormone, stimulates preparation of the lining of the uterus for pregnancy, and by counteracting ...
Concise Dictionary of Pharmacological Agents (2012)
Properties and Synonyms by I.K. Morton, Judith M. Hall
stilboestrol diphosphate ...
A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition (2009)
by David A. Bender
chemically they are *steroids, although non-steroidal compounds also have oestrogen activity, including the synthetic compounds stilboestrol and hexoestrol. These have been used for chemical caponization of cockerels and to increase the ...
The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science (2003)
Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century by Marilyn Ogilvie, Joy Harvey
" EffectoftheSynthetic Oestrogen Stilboestrol on ...
Dictionary of Nutrition and Food Technology (2013)
by Arnold E. Bender
hormones, stilboestrol and hexoestrol, are similar in biological activity but quite different chemically. Apart from clinical use the oestrogens have been widely used in chemical caponization of cockerels and to enhance the growth rate of cattle ...
Lewis' Dictionary of Toxicology (1998)
by Robert Alan Lewis
stilboestrol. diethylstilbestrol.
Benders' Dictionary of Nutrition and Food Technology (2006)
by D A Bender
sex hormones; chemically they are steroids, although non-steroidal compounds also have oestrogen activity, including the synthetic compounds stilboestrol and hexoestrol. These have been used for chemical caponisation ( see capon) 340.
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Plant Services is the umbrella department for the following sub-departments: Repair and Maintenance, Construction, Energy Management, and Access Management. Energy Management manages all the heating and air conditioning on campus, while Access Management manages the programming, encoding, and access policies of all campus locks and access cards.
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Real Salt Lake v FC Dallas – Game Grades
You know things are tough for a team when the achievement of a tie on the road, against a side missing three of it's own best players, is heralded as a feeling of, "we won more than one point".
But these are those times for Oscar Pareja's tattered troops, and their hard fought for point in Salt Lake probably does feel a little larger than it should. The difference in Dallas here, versus it's performance in LA, was significant.
Pareja re-deployed the 4-4-2, with Moffat and Ulloa as deep lying holding mids, and it worked to good effect. Getting tremendous performances from both (more on that later) Dallas not only was able to grab its first clean sheet of the season (a telling stat unto itself) but also able to generate a pile of dangerous opportunities of its own. In looking back, what may be the biggest stain on the game was the fact Dallas simply could not muster up a finish on the occasions they unlocked RSL's back line – something they actually did plenty of times to have won the game – but just could not finish.
But defending was the primary task at hand and defending the team did – as reflected in the grades. Considering the back line featured Zimmerman and Hernandez, two very young players, the heaviest lifting was done by Hedges and Loyd who both also had solid nights. Real owned the vast majority of possession but could not create any consistent danger and left with only a single shot on target all night. Good work by FCD.
The brutal month of May closes with a home game against San Jose, a team coming off a nifty whipping of Houston, are a questionable 0-2-2 on the road with a road goal differential of -3. This would be a fine time for Dallas to get off the snide and collect a win with a great feeling three points.
Seitz: 7 – Forced to only record a single save, but was strong off his line and pushing incoming stuff away. We again see Chris' strengths and weaknesses (more of the former than latter) as almost polar opposites of Raul. The defense just is more organized with Seitz and there's less worry about crosses. Goalkeeper is the team's only real spot with two guys fighting for it. Seeing how Oscar deals with it going forward will be fun to watch.
Loyd: 8 – A fine time for Zach to have his best match of the season and flash some of that quality seen in season's past. For the first time in a long time, Loyd made some dangerous crosses, but his defending was outstanding – highlighted with his 60+ yard recovery run and tackle in 32nd minute.
Hedges: 8 – Considering he is leading this team in minutes played (1260), and 3rd game in short order, Matt was in fine form all night. Worked well with Zimmerman to shut down RSL's forwards and minimize the mental and tactical errors that have plagued the team.
Zimmerman: 7 – Matt's equal in many ways, it was a great site to see the kid play well in tough circumstances. Looks like he's pick up lessons quickly and is trying to apply them. That's great news.
Hernandez: 6 – Most interestingly Moises attempted only a single pass past the midfield stripe. Clearly tasked with the anti Jair/Michel tactics of stay home, the homegrown showed well in bottling up his marks and playing to his stregths.
Ulloa: 7 – Truly if there's a silver lining to the month of May it's the time and experience Victor is absorbing and putting to good use. Time and time again the kid just does good things in the middle of the field, and here, he and Moffat were a tremendous duo.
Moffat: 7 – Winner for simply showing up as the player Dallas fans hoped for. Like Ulloa, while maybe not the attacking wizardry one wishes from center midfield, Adam time and time again was a destroyer of Salt Lake's attacks. If Dallas can continue to get that from Moffat and Ulloa good things will come.
Watson: 6 – A solid, hard worked performance. Also one it seems unfair to point out his repeated (7) failed passes towards the box, because he was really the only even trying them. Worked much harder defensively than he did in LA.
Castillo: 5 – Again Dallas' most dangerous piece, but also should be held accountable for failing to even put on frame the 2-3 fantastic chances sent to him. Kudos for improved defensive work rate from recent outings.
Akindele: 5 – Interesting Pareja starts the rookie in back to back games over Texeira. Do not miss the message in that decision. What does Oscar gain/loose between the two? Tesho again shows the ying/yang seen in 1st year strikers, but his size and deceptive speed can only benefit from the time in these games.
Perez: 4 – A great example of a game that highlights Blas' biggest weakness: Passing. Almost a 2:1 ratio of missed vs completed passes. Again, maybe the victim of a mostly toothless attacking side that forces him to retreat too far back into midfield to be dangerous, but here we again leave a game where Dallas' "star striker" has only a single shot on goal to show for his efforts. He and Tesho both had a lot of defensive work assigned here, but despite that Blas just has to, somehow, be a bigger danger in the box for Dallas to succeed.
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Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is becoming one of gaming's worst kept secrets. 30 minutes of gameplay emerged today on YouTube, and although Ubisoft was quick to take it down, the video keeps reappearing on other sites like DailyMotion.
Unlike Far Cry 3, Blood Dragon is a lurid homage to over the top 80s action movies. Gone are the lush forests and troubled youths, instead this game features neon sci-fi colors and one dimensional macho characters.
While the game hasn't been officially announced, there are already lots of facts about it. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is not DLC, but a standalone downloadable game. It will feature the voice of Terminator star Michael Biehn, and has 80s 8-bit cut-scenes full of the overblown dialog that was a staple of 80s action flicks.
It's set on Earth after a nuclear war engulfs the planet, and cybernetic soldiers have been developed.. of course! You play one of these cyber-commandos, but whether there is any more plot than that is unclear at the moment. A true homage to 80s action movies wouldn't need anything like a sensible plot, of course.
The game has been rated by ratings boards in various countries already, and will be available for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. In March, a list of achievements was leaked, which suggested the game would feature dragons. The leaked video confirms that Blood Dragon does indeed feature Dragons: they are radioactive and fire lasers from their mouths!
Music is being supplied by an Australian electronic group called Power Glove. They have provided a very Terminator-ish theme for the game, which you can listen via Soundcloud.
Here's the full list of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon achievements.
- Welcome to the Party, Pal - Finished Helicopter Entry (20)
- One Small Step - Finished First Garrison (20)
- Way to Go, Garri-Son - Finish all the Garrisons (20)
- Kill Them All - Finish all the Predator's Path Quests (50)
- End Game - Finished Final Showdown (5)
- Nice Like Jesus - Finish all the Hostages Situations (30)
- Murder Nature - Kill all the Animal Types (5)
- Set Them Free - Destroy 5 Braincages (15)
- Just the Tip - Kill a Dragon with the Bow (20)
- Blood Dragon Down - Kill Your First Dragon (20)
- Dragon Slayer - Kill 25 Dragons (20)
- What are You Reading For? - Find all of Dr. Carlyle's Notes (20)
- The Greatest Format of all Time - Find all VHS Tapes (40)
- Hail to the King - Reach Maximum Level and Become the Ultimate Badass (30)
- Running man - After saving Darling, enter Combat Mode with a Dragon and Return to Stealth (20)
- Tooled Up - Own all Weapons Attachments (20)
- Derp - Jump Down from 50 Meters (20)
- The Drug of the Nation - Find all TV SETS to Decrypt the Hidden Message (15)
- The Only True Stopper - Headshot Every Type of Enemy (50)
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is expected in May 2013.
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Valsa George
A Song Of Defeat - Poem by Valsa George
I hammered some words
Out from the quarry of my brain
They fell around in shards;
Some like boulders, some like rocks and rubble
I picked them up one by one.
Block on block, I piled them up
Thinking I could build a 'pleasure dome'
When it was time for the workman
To marvel over the beauty and wonder
Of his dream creation
His masonry tumbled down
Like sand castles built
By little hands on sea strands
Or dunes of quicksand sliding down
I have lost count of the times,
This has happened before.
Now that I stay resigned,
Amid a heap of debris
Is there any use feeling remorse?
Like Nero fiddling on his harp
When Rome was burning
I sit on this pile of wreck
Piping my thoughts away
In the cusp between victory and defeat
Exacting as much ecstasy as I can
Before the truth looms large
In all its stark nakedness!
Poet's Notes about The Poem
Comments about A Song Of Defeat by Valsa George
Akhtar Jawad (11/10/2014 11:41:00 PM)
We think great, we talk great but when the time of action comes we become blocked and silent and end like a bubble. (Report) Reply
Deepak Kumar Pattanayak (8/4/2014 12:05:00 PM)
A song of defeat it may be that speaks reflectively a lot on ups and downs of civilisation and one's disposition
but it is loaded with inspiring things that can't weigh down the defeat at all........Valsa.......a great piece (Report) Reply
Patricia Grantham (9/5/2013 8:47:00 AM)
Yes mankind has built many wonders of the world. But they
too are made by hands and soon will tumble down. Either by
force, war or just plain greed. When we lift ourselves high above
others and then exalt in what we have done. Then we are in
jeopardy of a great fall. The clay does not ask the potter why have
you fashioned me this way? . A thought provoking write Valsa. (Report) Reply
Chandra Thiagarajan (9/2/2013 9:14:00 AM)
The poem is great with its charm though a song of defeat. Even from the very first line it is enchanting, Valsa. I loved this phase of yours for evoking such a beautiful poetry. (Report) Reply
Aftab Alam Khursheed (8/30/2013 10:51:00 AM)
Valsa is very matured one work through the heart and a keen observer of nature well done so beautiful VALSA (Report) Reply
Geetha Jayakumar (8/28/2013 7:58:00 AM)
Beautifully portrayed...Block by block, I piled it one by one and a pleasure dome was ready, but couldn't see its beauty, before that it was tumbled down to sands.. I sat on rumbles swinging between victory and defeat..
Loved reading each lines....feels that in one point of life, we too feels the same..I felt it many times...
Loved reading this beautiful poem... (Report) Reply
Dinesh Nair (8/28/2013 7:30:00 AM)
This poem proclaims itself to be a piece that speaks of an invisible remorse which helps the weaving of a song with glow and charm. The sense of defeatism afflicting any of the Valsa poems is quite unforgivable and will amount to ironic somersaulting of your outlook towards life... A fantastic poem indeed..
As for Nero fiddling, it is to be understood that the monarch was not that insensitive to human woes. History has propagated half lies on him and Nero was in fact one of the 13 kings who 'built Rome in more than just one day! '. Anyways a mandatory 10 for you once again. (Report) Reply
David Wood (8/27/2013 5:21:00 AM)
We have all been there too. Creating poems in our minds before throwing them away. A good poem Valsa (Report) Reply
Tirupathi Chandrupatla (8/26/2013 10:31:00 AM)
How many words you throw away before you create a poem?
How many tests you do before building a stable structure?
How many failures before success?
We all hear about success stories. Thank you for a sincere attempt to record an attempt through a beautiful poem which provides inspiration in an indirect way. I think Nero's is a different story. (Report) Reply
Yasmeen Khan (8/26/2013 10:15:00 AM)
Remorse can spur creativity if we have a profound outlook and sheer enlightenment. a lovely write. (Report) Reply
Akshaya Pawaskar (8/26/2013 7:22:00 AM)
lovely write ma'am.especially loved the last stanza. (Report) Reply
Pradip Chattopadhyay (8/26/2013 4:42:00 AM)
In the cusp between victory and defeat
Exacting as much ecstasy as I can
great write, Valsa. (Report) Reply
Kee Thampi (8/26/2013 3:38:00 AM)
I hammered some words
and then poet writes
''Like Nero fiddling on his harp
When Rome was burning''
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In 1997 UNESCO protected Trogir as a unique and well preserved historic-Romanic-island town. Trogir is and extraordinary example of a continuality in urbanism. The orthogonal plan of the streets in this island inhabitant dates to the Hellenistic period.
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ANDOVER TOWNSHIP - Most coaches will attest to the importance of a fast start in games and a fast start after the halftime intermission.
Saturday night at Pymatuning Valley, the host Lakers got off to the fast start and the visiting Lakeview Bulldogs did the damage in the third period.
However, the fast start and dominance by the Lakers, other than that third period, led to a 61-41 nonconference victory.
"They got some good looks at the basket early in the game," PV coach Ryan Fitch said. "I'm glad they weren't going in early. They have some really good shooters, so I'm glad we got off to a fast start."
The Lakers had an 11-0 lead before Drew Bell hit a pair of free throws for the Bulldogs (1-5) with 3:22 left in the first period.
Quintin Ratliff provided the big spark in that opening run for PV with seven points. All five Laker buckets in the first period, when they opened a 16-4 lead, were started with assists, and that ratio, other than the third period, continued as the Lakers had 18 assists on their 21 hoops for the game.
Add in many missed shots for the Bulldogs, leading to a 15 of 48 effort for 31.2 percent, and it explains much of the difference in the game.
"It's been the same thing for us in every game so far," Lakeview coach Craig Mild said. "We don't come out with good intensity, start slow, and then finish strong. You just can't keep getting down by 20 points and expect to come back to win."
The Pymatuning Valley (6-0, 3-0 in Northeastern Athletic Conference) lead reached as much as 24 points, at 36-12 in the first half, before the Bulldogs cut it to eight, at 47-39, midway through the fourth period before a three point play from Tim Cross boosted it back to 50-39 with 4:10 to play. From that point on, the Bulldogs could muster only a basket by Erich Schmitt the rest of the way.
Ratliff had the hot hand for PV in the first half, scoring 16 of his 26 points for the night. The Lakers also got a big spark off the bench from Chase Thurber, who entered when Evan Pilson got into early foul trouble.
Thurber nailed one 3-pointer in the first period and two in a row in the second quarter in totalling nine points for the game.
Tim Cross, held in check fairly well in the first half, erupted for seven points in the fourth period to finish with 11, and Austin Nowakowski also tallied 11 points.
The Lakers grabbed a narrow edge on the boards, 30-26, as Cross and Ratliff each snared eight.
Andrew Grove came off the Bulldog bench to share rebounding honors for his team with Schmitt.
Lakeview's rough offensive show, especially in the first half, led to just Rayn Pishotti reaching double digits with 13 points. Brandon Bensing added nine.
"I'm really expecting our intensity to pick up," Mild said of his team. "We've started out like this in every game, and the kids have to pick it up."
For the Lakers, facing a decided size disadvantage, a simple defensive plan proved to be a key.
"It was important for us to contain their dribble drive tonight," Fitch said. "We wanted to make their post entries tough. We did a good job there, and Quintin (Ratliff) showed that he's just a phenomanal athlete. We like to get him on the high post against pressure from other teams because he's a good passer, and then he takes the ball to the basket well."


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By Ralph Dannheisser
Washington File Staff Writer
Washington - President-elect George W. Bush has chosen Donald
Rumsfeld, a veteran of several prior Republican administrations, to be
his secretary of defense.
Rumsfeld, who was the youngest defense secretary when he served in the
post previously under President Ford, would be returning to the
Pentagon after an absence of almost a quarter century.
It had been widely speculated that Bush would name Rumsfeld, now 68,
to head the Central Intelligence Agency, but his choice for defense
came as something of a surprise. The Secretary-designate joked about
this in his remarks at a joint news conference after Bush announced
his selection December 28, saying he looked forward to working with
"the very fine national security team" that includes Vice
President-elect Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, "and your
director of central intelligence, whoever that may be."
"And I guess we can confirm today, Mr. President-elect, that it's not
me," he said.
Introducing Rumsfeld, Bush said "This is a man who has got great
judgment, he has got strong vision, and he's going to be a great
secretary of defense - again."
Rumsfeld first came on the national scene as a member of the House of
Representatives from Illinois, winning election at the age of 30 in
He served as director of the Office of Economic Opportunity and as
U.S. ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization under
President Nixon, White House chief of staff in the Ford administration
before his first term as defense secretary, and as a special envoy to
the Middle East in the Reagan administration.
Bush took the occasion of the Rumsfeld selection announcement to
restate and expand on some of his views on the United States' military
posture, starting with a comment that "the foundation of peace is to
have a military ready to keep the peace, ready for every danger, equal
to every challenge."
He cited three goals for the nation's defense: "One is to strengthen
the bond of trust between the American President and those who wear
our nation's uniform. Secondly is to defend our people and allies
against missiles and terror. And thirdly is to begin creating a
military prepared for the dangers of a new century."
With respect to the contentious issue of missile defense, Bush
declared that "to defend our forces and allies and our own country
from the threat of missile attack or accidental launch, we must
develop a missile defense system."
He indicated that he had chosen Rumsfeld in part because he was
impressed with his work as chairman of the Commission to Assess the
Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States, which in 1998 evaluated
the nation's vulnerability to missile attack.
"I felt he did an extraordinary job with a delicate assignment," Bush
said. "He brought people together who understand the realities of the
modern world. In picking Don Rumsfeld, we'll have a person who is
thoughtful and considerate and wise on the subject of missile
Rumsfeld, in his response, termed the start of the 21st century
"clearly not a time at the Pentagon for presiding or calibrating
"Rather, we are in a new national security environment," he said, one
that requires careful attention to "information warfare, missile
defense, terrorism, defense of our space assets and the proliferation
of weapons of mass destruction throughout the world.
"History teaches us that weakness is provocative," Rumsfeld said. "The
task you have outlined is to fashion deterrence and defense
capabilities, so that our country will be able to successfully
contribute to peace and stability in the world."
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The second half of the Pocahontas County Opera House's 2010-2011 Performance Series gets under way with the return of a local favorite in February.
The a capella trio Bare Bones, who were known previously as The Missing Persons Soup Kitchen Gospel Quartet, kicks off the next round of concerts at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 5.
The music of Bare Bones is bigger than one genre, spanning time and many styles. They move from gnarly old Appalachian ballads to Motown, African-American songs of the antebellum South, contemporary songs about love and broken hearts, protest songs and old-time songs of salvation. Bill and Becky Kimmons team up with Mark Davis (also of VooDoo Katz and Comparsa) to form the a capella trio.
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IN CONCERT — The a capella trio Bare Bones, known previously as The Missing Persons Soup Kitchen Gospel Quartet, kicks off the next round of concerts at The Pocahontas County Opera House at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 5. Members include, from left, Bill Kimmons, Becky Kimmons and Mark Davis.
Formerly known as Soup Kitchen, the group's new name came to Becky Kimmons recently when she and Bill Kimmons were singing in the kitchen, and talking about the glories of the unadorned chord. "It's the bare bones of music," she says.
Two things are constant with Bare Bones - strong rhythm and tight harmony. Add the Kimmons' irrepressible sense of humor, and you have a memorable evening that will send you away singing.
The performance season at the Opera House continues with its annual Opry Night, featuring the Classic Country Ramblers and "The Appalachian," John Wyatt on Feb. 26, followed by The Bing Brothers with Jake Krack on March 5.
Performances at the Opera House are informal, family friendly and open to all. The entrance and main seating are handicapped accessible. Persons with disabilities are encouraged to attend; special accommodations can be arranged upon request. Admission to all performances is $7 unless noted otherwise. Admission is available at the door and in advance at pocahontasoperahouse.org or by calling 304-799-6645. Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis.
The Pocahontas County Opera House is located at 818 Third Ave. in Marlinton.
For information on other upcoming Opera House events, visit pocahontasoperahouse.org, or call the Opera House at 304-799-6645.
These performances are part of the 2010-2011 Performance Series sponsored by the Pocahontas County Opera House Foundation with financial assistance through a grant from the West Virginia Division of Culture and History and the National Endowment for the Arts, with approval from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts. Financial support is also provided by Pocahontas County Drama, Fairs and Festivals.


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From the Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System and the Division of Hospital Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore.
The restriction of vancomycin hydrochloride use is recommended as a measure to decrease the emergence of vancomycin resistance in gram-positive organisms; however, vancomycin also is the treatment of choice for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections. If vancomycin use is restricted to patients with documented infections due to methicillin-resistant organisms, then patients with MRSA infections may not initially receive vancomycin. This study was performed to determine factors that predict MRSA bacteremia and if ineffective empiric antibiotic therapy increased the risk of death in patients with S aureus bacteremia.
We conducted a retrospective cohort study of all patients with clinically significant S aureus bacteremia (132 episodes in 128 patients) diagnosed between October 1, 1995, and January 1, 1998, at an urban acute care Veterans Affairs medical center (approximately 200 acute care beds) in Baltimore, Md. During the study period, vancomycin was a restricted antibiotic. Empiric use had to be approved by an attending physician specializing in infectious diseases.
Compared with patients who had methicillin-sensitive S aureus bacteremia, patients with MRSA bacteremia were significantly older (70 vs 58 years; P<.01), more likely to have a history of MRSA (47% vs 6%; P<.01) and a nosocomial infection (76% vs 50%; P<.01), and less likely to use injection drugs (8% vs 32%; P<.01). In addition, compared with patients who had methicillin-sensitive S aureus bacteremia, patients with MRSA bacteremia were significantly less likely (45% vs 98%; P<.01) to receive effective antibiotic therapy during the first 48 hours of hospitalization. However, the risk of death due to ineffective empiric therapy was less than 1 (relative risk, 0.82; 95% confidence interval, 0.36-1.88) and did not change significantly when adjusted for age, occurrence of sepsis, or nosocomial infection.
The results of this study support the safety of the restriction of vancomycin use in patients with clinically significant S aureus bacteremia. However, patients with a history of MRSA are more likely to have future MRSA infections and should receive empiric therapy using vancomycin for possible S aureus infections, particularly for nosocomial infections.
THE RESTRICTION of vancomycin hydrochloride use is recommended as a measure to decrease the emergence of vancomycin resistance in gram-positive organisms,1 including enterococcus and Staphylococcus aureus; however, vancomycin also is the treatment of choice for methicillin-resistant S aureus (MRSA) infections.2 If vancomycin use is restricted to patients with documented infections due to methicillin-resistant organisms, then patients with MRSA infections may not receive vancomycin for the first 48 hours of therapy until the cultures are reported as positive for S aureus. This study was performed to determine factors that predict MRSA bacteremia in patients with S aureus bacteremia and if ineffective empiric antibiotic therapy increased the risk of death in patients with S aureus bacteremia.
This study is a retrospective cohort study of all patients with clinically significant S aureus bacteremia (132 episodes in 128 patients) diagnosed between October 1, 1995, and January 1, 1998, at an urban acute care Veterans Affairs medical center in Baltimore, Md, with approximately 200 acute care beds. Only the first bacteremic episode for each patient was included in the analysis. During the study period, vancomycin was a restricted antibiotic. Empiric use of antibiotics had to be approved by an attending physician specializing in infectious diseases. Bacteremias were significant if one or more blood cultures showed growth of S aureus (hereinafter "positive") and if the patient exhibited one or more signs or symptoms of infection.
Patient medical charts and electronic medical records were reviewed for basic demographic information, underlying diseases, prognosis of underlying diseases, characteristics of infection, treatment with an antibiotic, and clinical outcomes. The prognosis of an underlying disease was classified by the criteria of McCabe and Jackson.3 Bacteremias were classified as nosocomial if they occurred after 3 or more days of hospitalization in any health care facility or if they were due to a central vascular catheter. The patient response to bacteremia was categorized as severe sepsis if the patient met the criteria for severe sepsis specified by the American College of Chest Physicians/Society for Critical Care Medicine Consensus Conference Committee.4 Antibiotic treatment was administered during the first 5 days after the first positive blood culture was noted in the charts. Empiric antibiotic therapy was considered ineffective if the organism was not sensitive to any antibiotic given during the first 48 hours.
Categorical variables were compared by Fisher exact test or Pearson χ2, as appropriate, and continuous variables were compared by the Wilcoxon rank sum test. Two-tailed tests were performed, and P=.05 was considered statistically significant. A stratified analysis was performed using severity of infection and other variables associated with decreased survival to assess for confounding (a change in the relative risk [RR] of greater than 20%) and interaction (a Breslow-Day test for homogeneity, >0.10). Logistic regression models were used to test the association between methicillin resistance (dependent variable) and variables associated with methicillin resistance in univariate analysis (with P<.15).
The patients (n=128) had a median age of 64 years (range, 33-92 years) and were predominantly men (99%). Diabetes mellitus (36%), alcoholism (19%), and injection drug use (25%) were the most common underlying conditions. Of the 128 patients, 23 (18%) had previously had MRSA identified in clinical cultures (history of MRSA infection or colonization); 64 (50%) had a rapidly or ultimately fatal underlying disease; 83 (65%) had a prior admission to the hospital in the past year; 76 (58%) of the 132 bacteremias were caused by nosocomial infections; 40 (31%) had severe sepsis associated with bacteremia; 27 (20%) had MRSA bacteremia; 105 (82%) received effective therapy in the first 48 hours; and 102 (80%) survived hospitalization. Of the 125 patients, 92 (74%) (3 patients were lost to follow-up) survived for 30 days after the onset of bacteremia.
Table 1 shows the characteristics of 128 patients with S aureus stratified by oxacillin sodium resistance. Patients with MRSA bacteremia were significantly older; more likely to have a history of MRSA colonization or infection (RR, 4.1), to have been hospitalized in the last year (RR, 2.4), to have been admitted from another facility (RR, 2.3), and to have a nosocomial infection (RR, 2.4); and less likely to use injection drugs (RR, 0.3) compared with those patients with methicillin-sensitive S aureus (MSSA) bacteremia. No difference was detected in patients with severe sepsis or in patients with MRSA bacteremia who survived compared with patients with MSSA bacteremia. However, patients with MRSA bacteremia were significantly less likely to receive effective therapy during the first 48 hours of infection compared with patients with MSSA bacteremia (P<.01).
When the cohort population was stratified by nosocomial or community-acquired bacteremia, the results changed significantly (Table 2). Among patients with nosocomial bacteremia (n=74), a history of MRSA infection or colonization, admission from another facility, and rapidly or ultimately fatal underlying disease were significant risk factors for MRSA bacteremia. Further analysis by logistic regression revealed that a history of MRSA infection or colonization was the only independent risk factor (data not shown). Among patients with community-acquired bacteremia (n=54), these factors were not significant predictors of MRSA bacteremia.
Patients who died within 30 days of bacteremia were significantly older and more likely to be white; to have an underlying illness with a poor prognosis; to have a nosocomial infection; and to have severe sepsis associated with the bacteremia compared with those patients who survived (Table 3). The RR of death in patients given ineffective empiric therapy was 0.82 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.36-1.88). The RR was similar when adjusted for severe sepsis (RR, 0.66; 95% CI, 0.37-1.77), age older than 65 years (RR, 0.65; 95% CI, 0.28-1.47), race (RR, 0.76; 95% CI, 0.34-1.76), nosocomial infection (RR, 0.74; 95% CI, 0.43-1.56), and poor prognosis (RR, 0.84; 95% CI, 0.37-1.88), indicating that this lack of effect was not confounded by these variables. In addition, there was no evidence of interaction with these variables. In the subset of patients with MRSA bacteremia (n=38), the RR of death in patients given ineffective empiric therapy was 0.58 (95% CI, 0.22-1.46).
Given the emergence of vancomycin resistance in gram-positive organisms,1 including the recent reports5,6 of vancomycin resistance in S aureus, the use of vancomycin clearly needs to be optimized. Vancomycin often is used empirically, and physicians often are reluctant to change antibiotics once a patient's symptoms have responded to a specific antibiotic.7 Ideally, the empiric use of vancomycin should be guided by the risk of MRSA infection in an individual patient, and thus, information on predictors of MRSA bacteremia in the local population should be incorporated into policies for the restriction of vancomycin use. Prior MRSA colonization was the strongest risk factor for MRSA bacteremias in this study of patients with S aureus bacteremia, although the RR was only significant in patients with nosocomial infection. This significance may be explained, in part, by the smaller sample size of community-acquired pneumonia. Among patients with nosocomial infections, hospitalization during the past year and admission from another facility also were risk factors for MRSA bacteremia; however, they were not independent risk factors when adjusted for a history of MRSA colonization.
A history of MRSA colonization or infection has not been studied previously as a predictor or risk factor for MRSA bacteremia. Mylotte and colleagues8 reviewed all clinically significant S aureus bacteremias from another Veterans Affairs facility from 1977 to 1985 and found that all MRSA bacteremias were nosocomial. Romero-Vivas and colleagues9 reviewed patients with nosocomial S aureus bacteremias and found that patients with MRSA bacteremia were significantly older, had significantly longer hospitalization, were administered more antibiotics, and underwent more surgical procedures than patients with MSSA bacteremia.
The MRSA bacteremias were less common in patients with community-acquired bacteremias. Patients who use injection drugs and are diagnosed as having community-acquired S aureus bacteremia at admission to the hospital were actually at a decreased risk of MRSA bacteremia. However, this finding may be geographically distinct. Another article10 reported injection drug use as a risk factor for MRSA bacteremia. Although a history of MRSA colonization was not a significant risk factor for patients with community-acquired MRSA bacteremia, these patients were more likely to have a history of MRSA colonization or infection compared with patients with community-acquired MSSA bacteremia.
This study did not find a significant difference in patient survival in those patients with S aureus bacteremia who did not receive any effective therapy for the first 48 hours compared with patients with S aureus bacteremia who received effective therapy during that time. This association was consistent when adjusted for nosocomial infection or severe sepsis and also remained when only patients with MRSA bacteremia were examined. In a minority of patients with S aureus bacteremia, the infection progresses to sepsis, and thus, initially untreated infections might not necessarily lead to a poorer outcome. The lack of effect also could be due to the type of supportive care received by patients. However, given the low mortality and small sample size, the CIs are relatively wide and the RR of death due to ineffective therapy could be as high as 1.46 in patients with MRSA bacteremia.
Given the emergence of vancomycin resistance in gram-positive organisms, vancomycin use needs to be carefully monitored, and thus, policies for the empiric use of vancomycin need to be developed. The optimal policy would identify patients at high risk for MRSA bacteremia and allow empiric therapy using vancomycin in this group. In the study population, which did not include patients with neutropenia, patients with a history of MRSA colonization were at highest risk of MRSA infection particularly when they had nosocomial infections. However, this finding also can be applied to patients with neutropenia. Vancomycin should be included in the initial antibiotic regimen of patients with febrile neutropenia and known MRSA colonization.11 Despite the lack of association between survival and effective empiric therapy, it seems prudent that a patient with a history of MRSA colonization should receive empiric therapy with vancomycin when an infection, which could be caused by S aureus, is suspected.
Accepted for publication August 3, 1999.
Corresponding author: Mary-Claire Roghmann, MD, Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System, 10 N Greene St, Room 5D137 (BT111), Baltimore, MD 21201 (e-mail: email@example.com).
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KALAMAZOO, MI -- For Southwest Michigan residents interested in finding out more information about buying health insurance through the new Health Insurance Marketplace as of Oct. 1, here is a list of websites, phone numbers, calculators and meetings that may help you in your research:
To sign up: healthcare.gov or you can call 800-318-2596 as of Oct. 1. Coverage is available starting as soon as Jan. 1, 2014. (Note: For those who are employed, even if your income level would qualify for a government subsidy, you may not be eligible if your employer offers insurance that meets the federal guidelines.)
Spanish speakers should visit CuidadoDeSalud.gov. There are also translators for more than 150 other languages available at 800-318-2596.
How much will it cost?
There will be four levels of plans available: platinum, gold, silver and bronze. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has an online tool that explains how these plans work.
The Kaiser Family Foundation has created a Subsidy Calculator that helps estimate how much the different plans will cost: kff.org/interactive/subsidy-calculator
Who can help me apply?
Lead Navigators
For residents of Berrien, Branch, Cass, Calhoun, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph and Van Buren counties: Summit Point, 140 W. Michigan Ave., Battle Creek, MI 49017
Summit Point said it will have a special line set up as of Monday: (269) 441-6500. Their team should be able to answer questions and direct you to resources near your home.
For residents of Allegan and Barry Counties: Cherry Street Health Services, 100 Cherry St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, (616) 776-2129
Those looking for navigators or certified application counselors can also go to EnrollMichigan.com, run by Michigan Consumers for Healthcare, or they can go to Localhelp.healthcare.gov.
Informational meetings
Enroll America is a nonprofit
organization that will be hosting a series of informational sessions
around the area. To find one near you, go to Getcoveredamerica.org and put in your zip code. Right now, it says it has four meetings scheduled for Kalamazoo in October but expects to add more in November and December.
Oct. 10, 6 p.m., Kalamazoo Public Library's downtown location, 315 Rose St.
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Malaysia's pregnant shooter, Nur Suryani Mohamed Taibi, has made the trip to London and will compete in next week's 10m rifle event, just one month before she's due to give birth to a baby girl. She's not the first pregnant Olympian in history, but at 34 weeks is believed to be the furthest along.
The 29-year-old qualified for the Games at the Asian Shooting Championships in January, days after finding out she was pregnant. At the time, she had hoped her health would allow her to compete in London. So far so good.
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Doctors say Nur Suryani is fine to compete. One of the few concessions she'll make is leaving London soon after her event on the advice of doctors who don't want her flying after 35 weeks.
In a sport that requires precision, calm and concentration, how will Nur Suryani compete with a child moving around her womb? "I will talk to the baby before I compete," she said in April. "[I'll say] no kicking, stay calm for one hour and 15 minutes only please."
She understands that some may criticize her Olympic quest but isn't fazed by it.
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"Most people said I was crazy and selfish because they think I am jeopardizing my baby's health," she told reporters. "My husband said grab it as this is a rare chance which may not come again. Also, I am the mother. I know what I can do. I am a stubborn person."
Nur Suryani is the 47th-ranked shooter in the world and a long shot for a medal. She also qualified for the 50m rifle competition but can't compete in it for obvious reasons. That event has a section that requires athletes to lie on their stomachs, a position not exactly conducive to late-term pregnancy.
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He has testified before Congress and various federal and state government agencies on IP issues and also supervised SIIA's Anti-Piracy Division, including working with federal and state government officials on civil and criminal piracy cases.
Prior to joining SIIA, Keith worked as an IP attorney at the law firm of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, IP attorney-advisor at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), Director of Intellectual Property at the United States Trade Representative, and Policy Planning Advisor at the U.S. Copyright Office.
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Prior to joining the Copyright Alliance team, Terry wrote for Copyhype, a blog he started in 2010 that aims to make copyright cool again through lengthy, dry, legally dense articles. In 2011, the site was named by the ABA Journal as one of the top 100 law blogs in the U.S. and has been cited in legal publications and online news outlets. He also provided legal research for Robert Levine's Free Ride: How digital parasites are destroying the culture business and how the culture business can fight back, published in 2011.
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"What time do we have to leave in the morning?" Becca asked.
"Seven would make me happy," I said, "But eight at the absolute latest. Worst case scenario, we have to leave by eight. If one of the kids spontaneously bursts into flames and the other two are running around naked, we still leave by eight."
"Flames, huh?"
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While shopping with my wife at Sam Moon (or as I like to call it, the fifth circle of Hell) it became really irritating to see all the packages of cheap jewelry that said "best quality."
This reminds me of all the businesses in the world that brag about being the best quality. Only about 10% of those really are best quality. The other 90% are either ignorant or just plain lying about it.
You shouldn't have to say you're the best quality. It should just be obvious to everyone who ever deals with you.
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We have an iPad but not an iPad 2. Do you recommend upgrading or do the new features not justify the cost? — Sarah
For me, the answer is no.* We own an original iPad. I've been contemplating getting another for my own personal use. Ours is for the family, which means every time I pick it up, I find jelly or some such on it. I'd really rather have my own. That being said, I'm holding out for an iPad 3.
I've spent time with the iPad 2 and it's a very impressive device. Much lighter than the original, and noticeably snappier. Unfortunately other than that, there wasn't much that I'd place in the "have to have" category if we're talking upgrade. I'm sure FaceTime is nice, but I have it on my phone and have used it maybe twice.
Now, if you don't have a tablet at all, of course, go iPad 2. As far as an upgrade though, it just wasn't compelling enough for me.
*I guess it also depends on what kind of person you are when it comes to technology. You wouldn't know it by the amount of Apple techno-crap I own, but I'm not usually the "gotta-have-it-on-launch-day guy." I usually buy the most expensive computer I can and then use it for four or five years. I never upgrade software if I don't have to. I get a new iPhone every couple of years, but usually don't feel the itch to upgrade yearly. Overall, I'd say I'm very patient when it comes to buying new technology. Some people aren't like that, so factor your personality into your upgrade decision.
The iPad category
When the iPad was released most people were skeptical about it (myself included). "It's just a big iPhone" was a common quote. Also, "Why not just use a laptop?"
The Bucs' linebacker coach, Joe Baker, admitted he was "a little skeptical" when the team started using iPads. His concerns were rooted in a past experience, when another team he worked for started using laptops. At the time, he said, it was a poor integration of technology and the team's needs. Today, he admits things have changed.
"To have all that information at your fingertips accessible and convenient," said Baker. "It's a godsend."
The form factor and user interface of the iPad are just so intuitive it has opened doors and is being used in ways a laptop never could. The ease-of-use on an iPad can never be discounted. The information the team needs is literally at their fingertips.
Defining what "taking off" means
Last year around this time I took a few months off from posting on Twitter and Facebook. It was so nice. I found the desire to write more long-form entries here on the blog and generally just felt more relaxed. It was like taking a breather after running for hours. I discovered that I had begun to think in 140-character snippets. Everything that I saw or experienced, my brain dutifully composed in my head as a tweet. My fingers would then, also dutifully, type that message into Twitter. It's annoying, not only in my head, but probably to the world that reads those sometimes inane tweets.
As a result of that time away, I've used Twitter far, far less in 2011. Coincidentally, we've done an order of magnitude more business this year than last. Interesting.
As my stress level has steadily risen I decided to take the last few months off again. One week into that sabbatical, I noticed something different this time. I'm training my brain to think long form again, but I also miss Twitter a bit in one way: it's actually useful. Several times I've wanted to ask a question on Twitter and stopped myself. But there are sometimes friendly people out there who like answering questions.
As with everything, it's all about balance. I guess there's nothing wrong with using Twitter for genuinely useful communication. I can use it when I need it. So now "taking off" means not posting every thought I ever have. It's refreshing, and after just one week, I've found a renewed desire to write again. For a good chunk of the year I figured my not writing was because of having too much going on creatively. In the past week I've actually had to do more creative work than usual and yet still feel the desire to write. I still subscribe to the theory that I only have so many well-written words to give in a day. If I give a large portion of those to Twitter and Facebook, I rob my other endeavors.
It makes me wonder if I'll use tools like Twitter even less next year. Probably so. I need to treat it as just that, a tool, and not a place for everything that sails between my ears.
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MUNCIE, Ind. -- Ball State's Mid-American Conference schedule for the upcoming men's basketball season was revealed Tuesday with the announcement of the league slate for the 2013-14 campaign.
For the first time since the 2005-06 season, the conference schedule will include 18 games. For the past seven years, it has been a 16-game league schedule.
As always, Ball State will play each of the other five MAC West Division teams twice. The Cardinals will also play two randomly selected MAC East Division teams -- Akron and Buffalo -- twice and each of the remaining MAC East teams once.
The Cardinals, under the direction of first-year head coach James Whitford, open the conference schedule in January with three straight games against perennial title contenders, starting Jan. 8 at home against Akron. After hosting the defending league champion Zips, Ball State will make back-to-back road trips to Kent State and Ohio.
In total, Ball State will begin conference play with five straight games against East Division opponents before facing its first West Division foe Jan. 26 at Western Michigan.
In addition to the opener with Akron, the Cardinals' remaining eight MAC home dates include Jan. 18 vs. Miami University, Jan. 23 vs. Buffalo, Feb. 1 vs. Northern Illinois, Feb. 8 vs. Toledo, Feb. 12 vs. Eastern Michigan, Feb. 15 vs. Bowling Green, Feb. 26 vs. Western Michigan and March 1 vs. Central Michigan.
The 2014 MAC Tournament will begin March 10 with first-round games on campus sites and then continue March 12-15 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.
The Cardinals' non-conference schedule for the 2013-14 season is near completion and will be announced once it is finalized.
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Sat., Jan. 11 at Kent State
Wed., Jan. 15 at Ohio
Sat., Jan. 18 vs. Miami University
Thurs., Jan. 23 vs. Buffalo
Sun., Jan. 26 at Western Michigan
Wed., Jan. 29 at Akron
Sat., Feb. 1 vs. Northern Illinois
Wed., Feb. 5 at Buffalo
Sat., Feb. 8 vs. Toledo
Wed., Feb. 12 vs. Eastern Michigan
Sat., Feb. 15 vs. Bowling Green
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Hanukkah, the Jewish celebration of the miracle associated with the rededication of the ancient temple, began at sundown Friday and continues through Dec. 11.
Also known as the Festival of Lights, the eight-day celebration recalls the miracle 21 centuries ago that marked the survival of Judaism. As the Jews were rededicating the temple after a successful rebellion against the Syrians, they found enough undefiled oil to last only one day. But the small portion of oil actually burned for eight days, until new oil could be prepared.
"In commemoration of this miracle, each night during Hanukkah lights are kindled on a nine-branched candelabrum called a menorah," said Steve Gens, a member of Amarillo's Temple B'Nai Israel. "One candle is the serving candle whose flame touches the others, calling them to life."
Hanukkah is celebrated primarily in the home, but the temple will have a congregational observance Dec. 10, temple president Louise Adelman said. The evening begins with a 6:30 p.m. dinner and lighting of all the candles on the menorah. A Sabbath service will begin at 8 p.m.
Gift-giving and game-playing associated with the holiday also are symbolic of Jewish history. Hanukkah "coins," usually made from chocolate, symbolize the coins the Maccabees struck when they returned to Jerusalem to show they were a free people. Celebrants try to increase their share of the candy coins by playing the game of dreidle with a four-sided top.
Potato pancakes (latkes) and jelly doughnuts are two of the oil-fried foods traditional on the Hanukkah table. Frying symbolizes the miracle of the oil.
Hanukkah proclaims a divine miracle "that has become the source from which strength and courage comes to Jews," Gens said. "The flame which burned for eight days symbolizes the miracle of the survival of Judaism over the years."
High Plains Public Radio, which is heard in Amarillo on 94.9-FM, will present four Hanukkah programs. "A Taste of Hanukkah" will air at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. today. "Mickey Katz," a tribute to the king of Jewish music satire, will air at 7 p.m. Sunday. "The Hanukkah Story" can be heard at 8 p.m. Thursday and 4 p.m. Dec. 10, and "Hanukkah Lights" will air at 4 p.m. Wednesday and 8 p.m. Thursday.
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Get Up and Go After Breast Surgery ($39.95) was developed by the Breast Care Center at the University of Michigan Medical Center for women who are on the mend following a mastectomy, lumpectomy or reconstructive surgery. It is also useful for women undergoing radiation and chemotherapy. The five breast cancer patients who demonstrate these gentle exercises (to increase strength and motion in the chest, arms and neck) range in age from 39 to 74. Two women have had both breasts removed; one of these has implants, the other is undergoing chemotherapy; another woman is recovering from a lumpectomy. They do not linger on their conditions but on their commitment to exercise as part of their therapy.
Patients are urged not to embark on this routine without a physician's approval. Surgeon Jay Harness, director of the Breast Care Center, tells how soon after surgery women should exercise and what side effects to be wary of. He also cautions viewers to set reasonable goals and move at a comfortable pace.
Following a 10-minute warm-up, instructor Joan Wenson leads her troop through five sequences. The first includes movements developed by the American Cancer Society, such as squeezing a rubber ball in each palm or facing a wall and letting your fingers crawl up it like spiders. There are also innovative upper torso exercises, a stretch-and-tone series and a relaxation-meditation finale.
Like its counterpart on breast surgery, the Get Up and Go ($42.95) home workout designed for people with Parkinson's disease or similar mobility disorders is encouraging but never pushy. There is no ditzy chatter or clangy music. Instructor Eileen Jones is so refreshing that anyone should be able to tolerate frequent exposure, and the I musical routine was composed so that exercisers would not be bound to a beat.
The three "Parkinsonians" who follow Jones on the tape work their way through a routine of fluid motions developed by specialists (from the University of Michigan and New York's Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center) in neurology, rehabilitative medicine and physical therapy.
There is no joint-jarring jumping or jogging—and no nonsense either—on Fitness over 50 ($39.95), developed and led by over-50 phys-ed professor Phyllis Weikart. This nonglitzy video offers an easy (partially sit-down) beginner series of exercises followed by a more vigorous advanced routine (50 minutes each). The only aerobic element is brisk walking. Unlike other workouts for seniors, this tape, thanks to Weikart's manner, does not treat the 50-plus set as if they were 5-minus. (Health Tapes; 313-548-3222)
Here is a primer on how to cope with the nation's No. 1 crippler—an estimated 37 million Americans suffer from arthritis—that is positive without being saccharine.
The 60-minute production makes no false promises. There is no cure for the painful joint inflammation that can bloat knees and twist fingers. But there is hope, and attitude is one of the weapons. Viewers will hear from Mickey Mantle, former New England Patriot guard Sam Adams and others with arthritis about how they manage their pain, what steps they take to fend off disability and how they live productive lives in spite of the nagging disease. One woman combats morning stiffness by stretching like a cat, then shaking herself like a wet dog. A young mother with rheumatoid arthritis, an especially debilitating form of the disorder, likens it to adapting to life with an annoying roommate.
Exercise is crucial. "If you don't use your joints, they will lose their strength and their mobility," says Dr. Alan Xenakis, who urges swimming and using an exercise bike for those afflicted by osteoarthritis. "Stiff or painful joints need to be moved through a complete range of motion each day."
The program includes segments on nutrition (there is no miracle diet, though losing weight with vegetable-fruit-whole-grain starch medleys reduces pressure on joints) and a critique of available over-the-counter and prescription drugs (including aspirin, gold salts and Cytoxan). (Xene-jenex, $24.95; 800-228-2495)
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Winnipeg Jets forward Evander Kane has been placed on injured reserve, retroactive to January 7, with a lacerated hand. Kane had missed the Jets last two games with the injury.
No specific event has been pinpointed as the cause of the injury. However, Kane's fight with Tampa Bay's Eric Brewer at the end of that contest, could be the culprit. Kane appears to check his hand after the fight is broken up by the linesmen, which happens about 28 seconds into the video below.
The former No. 4 overall pick, has scored 14 goals and assisted on 11 others in 38 games this season. Winnipeg has gone 1-1 without Kane thus far, losing at home against Columbus but recording a 5-1 victory over the Coyotes on Monday. There is no time table yet for Kane's return.
The Jets have called up 22-year-old left wing Carl Klingberg from the AHL in a corresponding move. A former second-round pick in the 2009 draft, Klingberg has scored 11 times in 33 games, while adding seven assists and picking up 20 penalty minutes.


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Jason Levesque of Niagara Falls rejected a Thanksgiving feast Thursday in favor of sating his appetite for an early Black Friday bargain – a Barbie Powerwheel for his 2-year-old daughter that was selling for $150 below retail.
Levesque and Phil Sembert, also of Niagara Falls, were the first two in line as the doors to the Toys R Us store off Niagara Falls Boulevard in Amherst opened promptly at 8 p.m. Hundreds of other eager bargain hunters queued up behind them in an orderly assemblage that snaked around building.
"I'm not going to run; my legs are frozen," said Sembert, as the power-shopping was ready to get under way.
Fortunately, there was no need, as patrons were allowed in only a few at a time and issued a shopping cart before descending upon the aisles. It's the new way of doing things as Black Friday sales kicked off hours earlier this year.
"I called ahead [Wednesday], and [the store officials] said, 'Don't plan to eat dinner if you want to be first in line,' " said Levesque.
He and Sembert had been waiting outside Toys R Us since noon Thursday.
Several blocks away, at the Best Buy electronics store off Bailey Avenue, Mike Jones of Amherst and his two companions had been camped out in lawn chairs behind a barricade since 10 a.m. Thursday. By 5 p.m., they still had seven more hours to wait before the doors of the electronics retailer opened.
"We actually postponed [Thanksgiving] dinner until tomorrow. We postponed it specifically for this," Jones said.
"In these times, with the economy, you've got to do what you've got to do to get the gifts you want to buy as cheaply as you can. You've got to make everyone happy for Christmas. So, I don't think any of these people minded shifting Thanksgiving for a day," Jones added.
Stores also have been offering more of their Black Friday deals online, often days in advance of the stores. Bon-Ton, for instance, offered down alternative comforters online for $19.97 on Wednesday. By noon, some already were sold out.
"In order to jump-start sales, many retailers rolled out holiday deals earlier than ever," said Catlin Levis, an analyst at Redbook Research.
For retailers, a lot is riding on the Black Friday weekend and the holiday season, which accounts for about 20 percent of all retail industry sales, according to the National Retail Federation.
The all-out rush begins during the four-day Black Friday weekend, which runs from Thanksgiving through Sunday, and has accounted for a little more than 10 percent of all holiday sales during each of the last three years, according to data from ShopperTrak and the retail federation. Black Friday traditionally is the busiest shopping day of the year.
Walmart tempted shoppers with a $38 LG Blu-ray player and a $399 bundle that included an Apple iPad 2 tablet and a $75 gift card. Target was selling a mid-range Gateway laptop for $349. Sears was dangling a 50-inch Toshiba LED TV for $299.
And the Black Friday weekend shopping frenzy has grown markedly since the recession hit. The number of shoppers venturing out to stores or shopping online has swelled by more than 50 percent since the recession, rising to an estimated 226 million last year from 147 million in 2007, the retail groups estimated. A recent retail federation survey predicts shopping traffic could be down by about 3 percent this year on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Still, expectations are fairly upbeat for holiday shopping spending this year. The National Retail Federation is predicting a 4.1 percent increase this year
"Consumers appear to be in better spirits than last year," said Lynn Franco, director of economic indicators at the Conference Board. "Retailers are cautiously optimistic that this holiday shopping season will be better than last."
Across upstate New York, about two-thirds of shoppers plan to spend as much, or more, than they did last year, down from three-quarters last year, according to a survey released this week by the Siena Research Institute. Roughly 10 percent of shoppers expect to spend more this year than they did during 2011, while 56 percent expect to spend about the same, the survey found.
"The economy continues to be a concern," said Donald Levy, the research institute's director, noting that 30 percent of the upstate residents surveyed said their personal finances deteriorated in the past year.
With the economy still struggling, retailers have steadily pushed up their store opening times, with a growing number now launching their Black Friday sales on Thanksgiving, thinking that the earlier start time will give them a better chance of capturing a bigger share of shoppers' holiday budgets.
Yet despite the lines outside local stores on Thursday, the Siena survey indicated the encroachment of holiday shopping into the holiday isn't wildly popular.
Almost seven of every 10 upstate residents surveyed said they didn't think stores should open on Thanksgiving, though the earlier openings were viewed favorably by younger shoppers. More than half of shoppers between the ages of 18 and 34 said stores should open on Thanksgiving night.
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