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WOU faculty received NASA grant to develop climate change curriculum
MONMOUTH – This upcoming school year will be quite different for professors William Schoenfeld and Adele Schepige as they are on sabbatical to develop climate change curriculum to be used in K-8 classrooms. The project, funded by a grant from NASA, will be field tested this spring at Faulconer-Chapman School in Sheridan, Ore.
Dr. Schoenfeld, associate professor of physics, and Dr. Schepige, professor of science education, conceived the Global Climate Change Institute for Teachers Team. They received a $150,000 grant, and a recent augmentation of $30,000 to fund the development of an interdisciplinary curriculum. Its content will include age appropriate hands-on activities in the earth, physical and life sciences, which will be integrated through reading, and connected to geography, social studies and mathematics. Out of 154 proposals submitted to NASA, only 22 of them were funded.
The team also consists of: Phillip Wade, WOU instructor of earth and physical science; Dr. Gwenda Rice, WOU professor of social studies education; Dr. Sue Dauer, WOU professor of teacher education; Deannie Anderson, WOU adjunct and retired Salem-Keizer science teacher, Tony Levitt NASA AESP, Dr. Laurie Padman of Earth & Space Research (ESR), Dr. Theresa Bulman, Portland State University professor of geography, and Dr. Rachel Harrington, WOU assistant professor of mathematics education.
"This curriculum will especially help K-8 educators who have been out of college for a couple of years or more. Recent graduates will have had some level of environmental education, but older educators likely wouldn't have learned about climate change. This curriculum will provide them with that knowledge," Schepige said.
This grant covers two years of work on the project. The first year will be curriculum development, followed by professional development workshops next summer. The 2010-11 academic year will be for revising the curriculum and incorporating it in schools within the Willamette Valley.
This curriculum will be accessible to all educators because it will incorporate lowcost, hands-on activities. It aligns well with both Oregon's and the National Climate Literacy new standards. "It will incorporate inexpensive activities that kids can do to help them learn about the fundamental
principles that drive the climate system, and how changing it will impact our environment. We will have lots of activities that mimic how things happen in the real world," said Schoenfeld.
This project had its genesis when Schoenfeld, a volunteer at his child's elementary school in Corvallis, was introduced to another parent volunteer, Dr. Laurie Padman. Padman, a physical
oceanographer, who had a NASA science grant through ESR, solicited advice from Schoenfeld about developing a public outreach component to his work. Schoenfeld contacted Schepige to get her involved. In the summer of 2006, Schepige, Schoenfeld, and Padman wrote a proposal to NASA for extra funding on Padman's science grant to add a component for education and public outreach. Schoenfeld and Schepige have continued to write proposals to grow the project, and have been adding members to the team, with each one bringing additional expertise.
Another aspect of the project is to make WOU an active Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) partner and training center. GLOBE, jointly funded by NASA
and the National Science Foundation, is a worldwide hands-on, primary and secondary school-based science and education program in which children and their teachers engage in making
scientific measurements for a worldwide database. The program is active in 20,000 schools in 110 countries. At present there are no GLOBE partners in either Oregon or Washington.
In total, NASA has awarded $6.4 million in grants to institutions of higher education and not-for-profit education organizations nationwide to enhance learning through the use of NASA's Earth science resources. These grants support NASA's goal of engaging students in the critical disciplines of science, technology, engineering and mathematics and inspiring the next generation of explorers.
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The Nets have left New Jersey, but a pair of native sons continue to reap benefits from the NBA.
Brothers Ozzie and Daniel Silna were featured in a Richard Sandomir piece in Thursday's New York Times that chronicled their peculiar financial arrangement with the league.
The two built a polyester empire in the 1970s (you can't make this stuff up) and used those profits to buy the ABA's Carolina Cougars. In 1974 they moved the team to St. Louis, changed the name to the "Spirits," and nearly fulfilled their dream of owning an NBA franchise.
In what seemed like misfortune at the time, the Spirits were not one of the four ABA teams that merged into the NBA in 1976. Instead they were awarded a settlement based on the television revenue of the Indiana Pacers, San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets and the New Jersey/Brooklyn Nets... for as long as the NBA existed.
From Sandomir:
In 1980-81, the first year the Silnas were eligible to get their share of TV money, they received $521,749, according to court documents filed by the N.B.A. For the 2010-11 season, they received $17,450,000. The N.B.A.'s latest TV deal, with ESPN and TNT, is worth $7.4 billion over eight years. Soon, the Silnas' total take will hit $300 million.
Now the brothers are arguing that they should receive a piece of the international television revenue and slice of NBA TV as well.
I won't spoil the entire piece, but this is a story that has been going around basketball circles for ages. The NBA simply didn't have minds like Pete Rozelle in the 1970s--guys who saw television revenue surpassing owners' profits at the gate--and they didn't know what they were getting into.
Please do yourself a favor and learn why the Silna brothers might be entitled to even more money in the near future.

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Moms, look for special handmade cards and coupon books this year on your special day.
The economy is leading us to cut our spending on Mother's Day this year, according to the National Retail Federation's 2009 Mother's Day Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey.
We're set to spend an average of $123.89 on moms this year, down more than 10 percent from last year's average of $138.63.
Two-thirds of those surveyed will buy flowers for Mom and 55 percent will treat Mom to a brunch or meal out, according to the survey. Other popular gifts include jewelry, gift cards, clothing and accessories, spa trips, electronics, housewares, gardening tools and books and CDs.
"No one will forgo celebrating Mother's Day because of the bad economy, but they will put careful thought into what they buy and how much they spend," Phil Rist, executive vice president of strategic initiatives for BIGresearch, the survey conductor, said in a news release.
So, if you're not spending as much on Mother's Day this year, how are you making cuts? What are you planning to do for Mom this year? Do you have any financial savvy ideas to share?


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EUREKA - Progressive Conservative candidate Tim Houston will be Pictou East's next MLA.
The Little Harbour business man led in a majority of the 37 polls in the riding that was NDP orange for the past four years.
Polls started coming in around 8:20 p.m. at the area's returning office in the Eureka Fire Hall. It started off with NDP incumbent Clarrie MacKinnon leading the race, but after about a half hour, Houston took the lead and never gave it up.
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Hi Jim, The fact that the amplifier still works at all suggests that the amplifier did not get zapped bad enough to kill a tube. I would first suspect something more sensitive such as a semiconductor in the bias control circuitry has been damaged. Yes maybe a tube has been damaged, however before putting in new ones I would be sure that the bias control circuitry is functioning properly. You don't want to ruin a brand new tube, and without the right bias you could do just that. How do the grid and plate currents at zero drive power and full drive power compare to what they were when the amplifier worked correctly? What about the exciter? Is it still putting out full power? How about interconnecting coax cables? Are you sure one of them has not partially failed? Or even your power indicating device (external RF watt meter or built-in power indicating function on the amplifier multimeter?) Maybe the amp is still putting out full power and your watt meter is not reading correctly after the lightning strike. More details should be ascertained before dollars expended on new tubes. DE N6KB Jim Miller WB5OXQ wrote: > I have a Centurion about 6 years old that has always made around 1200-1300 > watts on all hf bands except about 1000 on 10 meters. I recently had a > lightning strike to my fiberglass dual band vhf uhf antenna on a different > tower from my hf antennas and neither of my hf transceivers were damaged. I > now find that I can only get about 700 watts on any band driving the amp with > either transceiver. Could this have damaged the tubes? I don't mind a new > pair of 3-500's if that will fix the problem. Should I buy the regular > 3-500z tubes or the zg graphite models. Will I gain anything by using the > graphite plate tubes? Any mods anyone can recommend that will improve the > amp performance while I am in there? Suggestions please! > > Jim & Ella Miller > WB5OXQ & KA5EPM > Abby & Sparky > Dalmatian Furbabies > Waco, TX > _______________________________________________ > TenTec mailing list > email@example.com > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec > > _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list email@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
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Thanks for taking the time to do this -- I think I'll need to develop my eye for pairing blues a little better. I'll also need to pay more attention to how things look when worn -- the pattern density on the tie and the square are very different laid out, but stuffed into a pocket they look similar.
Quick questions: I have two squares that aren't quite cream silk -- one is a very slightly off-white (such that it reads as white, unless you put it next to something white), and the other is more of a champagne color. I was tempted to use the second, but I decided not to because it seemed too close to the stripe in the tie. Would that have been better or worse than the blue?
Here's the pic again, so you don't have to scroll around to find it.post #5658 of 141222/6/13 at 7:17amQuote:Originally Posted by dopey
I think that is because you are older -- not only have you become more conservative over time (I bet you favor brown over black less often now than you did five years ago), but also your frame of reference is different, haveing started at a time where black was more strictly the norm.
For what it's worth, I think there are many times black shoes are called for when wearing a suit. Just not here. My general rule is that you need some white for the black to make sense.post #5659 of 141222/6/13 at 7:17amIt's a suit, Foo. And I like sloppy folded linen.
Different day, same outfit (Click to show)post #5660 of 141222/6/13 at 7:17am
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foo - thank you for the score, more than i was expecting actually. interesting point about the stripes on the shirt being more pattern than actual stripes. i did not intend for them to be stripes, but i was hoping they would help detract from the fit being overly pattern-less. i guess not quite enough. will try and adjust that next time.
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i am wearing the SC from my monochrome fit again today. i tried to pick a shirt and tie based on some of your comments from last time. i will post it later, i hope it will be considered an improvement.post #5661 of 141222/6/13 at 7:23am
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Your white rule is odd but not crazy. In fact, it has some sense to it, though I really think it is just about how formally the suit is being made to function. White isn't necessary for that, though it certainly can be a factor.post #5662 of 141222/6/13 at 7:27amQuote:
Choose something that is different enough. I almost always wear silk ties with tweed. I've heard admonitions against this combination, but they honestly make zero sense to me. I think the root issue is not whether the tie is made of silk, but whether the pattern is appropriate for a more rustic, casual outfit. Many times, people pair silk ties that are much more urban and suit appropriate--and that is the mistake. Silk is not the problem, and its advantage is that it is almost guaranteed to be texturally complementary.
If you want to do wool or cashmere, then you need to make sure the tie is different enough from your jacket in other ways. Such as the pattern, color, and brightness. Don't pick a wool tie with a pattern you'd see on a tweed jacket. Don't pick one in the same color--and if you do, make sure it is appreciably darker or lighter. In any case, being appreciably darker or lighter is key.Quote:
Yes, this is key.Quote:Originally Posted by RogerC
Quick questions: I have two squares that aren't quite cream silk -- one is a very slightly off-white (such that it reads as white, unless you put it next to something white), and the other is more of a champagne color. I was tempted to use the second, but I decided not to because it seemed too close to the stripe in the tie. Would that have been better or worse than the blue
Hard to say without seeing each. But I think either would have been better here. Better for the dominant color of your square to pick up on accents elsewhere rather than other thing's dominant colors.
This is analogous to liking soggy tempura. It's simply wrong and reflects a fundamental misappropriation. If you want something softer looking, use a softer material.post #5663 of 141222/6/13 at 7:42ampost #5664 of 141222/6/13 at 7:44ampost #5665 of 141222/6/13 at 7:47ampost #5666 of 141222/6/13 at 7:49amQuote:
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Formality is a consideration behind the rule, yes. But the main thing is that black--like white--cuts very sharply. Without some white for balance, it is usually too strong to my eyes.post #5667 of 141222/6/13 at 7:52am
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It's not a question of what it's made of--it's a question of what it looks like and is meant to look like. These sorts of ties are common today, and the clear reference is to suiting and jacketing materials. Nobody is checking the label on your tie and going "Aha! It's not actually jacketing. We're all good."
Yes, the tie looks washed out with the shirt. But the shirt is fine with the suit, and the tie is not. Hence, the tie is the problem.
I see. I still like the tie, but I understand why it doesn't work with this outfit in particular. Madder and wool challis ties were already top priority in my fall/winter to-buy list (problem is lack of $$$); these will probably work better...post #5668 of 141222/6/13 at 8:02am
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better use of the SC? any more harmonious? Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)
No, this is not going in the right direction. The pattern density of the tie and jacket are extremely close. Just look at the size and spacing of the details and changes in color. Also, the shirt looks very purple--not an appropriate shade for a countrified outfit.post #5670 of 141222/6/13 at 8:07amThread Starter
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stitch, the jacket is the problem. It has super limited usefullness. It's really a creature of the early 60s. Sell it to DocHolliday.
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It almost demands a white shirt, or very pale blue or pink--so pale you have to double take to notice there's a color. Saturated colors are not good for that jacket.
The fabric would make a nice tie though. You can probably get four ties out of the two back panels. I will take one, thx.Return HomeBack to Forum: Classic Menswear
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Adrienne Rich on 'Tonight No Poetry Will Serve'
March 2, 2011 | by Kate Waldman
Adrienne Rich needs no introduction. One of the twentieth century's most exhaustively celebrated poets and essayists, she counts among her many honors a National Book Award, a Book Critics Circle Award, and the Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award. Robert Hass has ascribed to her work the qualities of salt and darkness, praising its "relentless need to confront difficulty." But Rich's latest collection, Tonight No Poetry Will Serve, ranges from dismay to joy, the outraged to the erotic. Over e-mail, Rich shared her thoughts on poetry and power, the search for a more nuanced wartime aesthetic, and the meaning of the "woman citizen."
Let's start with the title, Tonight No Poetry Will Serve.
The book has an epigraph from Webster's Dictionary: definitions of the verb "to serve." It's an interesting range of meanings, from the idea of obedient servitude to the authoritative (from law, the military, a prison sentence), to the meeting of another's needs, to being of use. The title poem begins with an erotic moment registered in a world of torture and violence. It turns, midway, from the sensual and "poetic" to an official grammar, parsing violent policies as you might diagram a sentence in a classroom.
The poem was inflected, you could say, by interviews I was hearing on Amy Goodman's program, Democracy Now!—about Guantánamo, waterboarding, official U.S. denials of torture, the "renditioning" of presumed terrorists to countries where they would inevitably be tortured. The line "Tonight I think no poetry will serve" suggests that no poetry can serve to mitigate such acts, they nullify language itself. One begins to write of the sensual body, but other bodies "elsewhere" are terribly present.
Andrew O'Hagan on Maf the Dog
January 24, 2011 | by Kate Waldman
The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe is Andrew O'Hagan's fourth novel. It details the star's final years in New York and L.A. as seen through the eyes of her frighteningly learned Maltese terrier, who was born on a Scottish tenant farm. Reporting from the intellectual, artistic, and political epicenters of America in the '60s, Maf is uniquely positioned to chaperone us not only through Monroe's private decline but also through the romance and turmoil of her era. On the phone, O'Hagan is soft-spoken and gallant, his Glasgow lilt similar (one imagines) to Maf's.
You were born in Scotland and spent much of your life in London. What drew you to Marilyn Monroe and this particular scene in America?
I grew up on the West Coast of Scotland. We looked across the sea to Ireland, where my ancestors had come from, and beyond that, to the bigger-seeming civilization that was America. We always felt that we somehow had a strong relationship with the United States. We were very ready to accept American culture. There was, for instance, a great love of movies in my family. And the women all sang songs, not folk songs or Scottish ballads, but the songs of Frank Sinatra and Sarah Vaughan. You might not immediately think of Glasgow as a world propagation center for glamour, but it is, and it was, and I feel the benefit.I realized a few years ago that I wanted to write about some of the less obvious ghosts of my childhood. I knew Marilyn Monroe had been given a dog by Frank Sinatra, and I started to look for evidence of this dog, feeling that, if I found him, he would prove a very reliable and possibly diverting witness to a culture that had influenced our lives. When I went to New York in 1999, I attended a sale of Marilyn Monroe's personal belongings at Christie's. I was writing a piece at the time for The London Review of Books and intended a second piece for Barbara Epstein at The New York Review of Books, so I went to the auction and waited and waited and then my waiting was rewarded when six little Polaroids of Maf the dog were auctioned for $222,000. As I was watching all the people frantically waving their paddles and trying to get a hold of this seemingly crucial piece of art from the twentieth century—that's how they behaved—I felt I could hear the dog's voice. I went back to my hotel that night thinking, If I can capture this dog, I'll have accessed something special, something that really matters to me—and, hopefully, to my readers.
Fifteen Minutes with Ann Beattie
November 23, 2010 | by Kate Waldman
It's been a long book tour for Ann Beattie's collected New Yorker stories, and the tour hasn't even begun yet. "Is this my first stop?" she asks, pressing a hand to her forehead. "I don't remember." We are sitting downstairs at McNally Jackson Books, about an hour before her reading is scheduled to start. Her publisher approaches with an update about the Miami Book Fair on Saturday (destination number two on the tour): Beattie can arrive at 10:45, not a problem, but could she make sure to drop by the hospitality tent? Also, in fifteen minutes, her friend will be upstairs, ready to meet her for tea.
"I'll have to change into my high heels at some point," the author sighs. She's spent the day on her feet, but she looks poised and fresh in a floral-patterned skirt, deep green blouse, and pale green sweater. Cabled gold glitters at her wrists and neck. Like Ellen, the protagonist in "A Platonic Relationship"—the first story in the collection, from which she will read tonight—she wears her hair loose, "falling free." When I admire her nails, which are long, tapered, and crimson, she smiles almost apologetically. "I have insomnia," she explains. Applying nail polish is one of the few ways she can occupy herself at night without waking her husband. She adds that the age of the word processor has been kinder to her hands than that of the typewriter: Returning the carriage while at work on a story, she once snapped off four-fifths of her manicure.
Most readers would consider the sacrifice worthwhile. Over four decades, fiction by Beattie has appeared forty-eight times in The New Yorker's pages, making the D.C.- born author something of an institution. Her blend of acuity and flattened affect now defines a genre, with its own adjective: Beattiesque. Beattie herself sees more similarities between her stories than differences. She calls them permutations of a single voice, though reviewers tend to emphasize evolutions in her style. An older Beattie, goes the conventional wisdom, has mellowed into lyricism. Her sentences have filled out and deepened; a sense of mastery stands in for the original sense of discovery. But Beattie denies that more than the surface has changed. Continuity and consistency are words that keep coming up, along with the descriptor "tongue in cheek." Also: dogs. In her stories, the dogs often seem as complex as the human characters. Is Beattie herself a dog person?
My Werewolf Fantasy
October 29, 2010 | by Kate Waldman
When I was in second grade, I wanted to be a werewolf. I'd been raised to think that most of my goals were within reach, if I only applied myself. Also, a good friend had just upped and moved to Martha's Vineyard, so I had time on my hands. I practiced my snarl for half an hour after school each day, baring my teeth in the bedroom mirror. At recess, I crawled under the shed, convinced I was allergic to sunlight (I'd gotten my horror myths confused). I'm not sure where my werewolf fascination came from—maybe I felt social cliques tightening around me, and monsters suggested the blurring of boundaries: between humans and animals, for instance, or earth and the underworld. More likely, though, it was about power. I longed for the thrill of being feared, of commanding fear. Not all the time, of course. Once I attained shape-shifter status, I knew I would spend the majority of my day undercover. The secret would be part of the fun: Who would suspect that, beneath my quiet facade, a supernatural fury waited to erupt? Lycanthropy was an insecure girl's backup plan, for use as needed.
As I got older, the fantasies took a new form. I started to imagine dating werewolves. They were, unfailingly, cute guys who turned into dangerous beasts when I needed protection. One, who showed up during my Ben Folds Five phase, played rock piano and hated the suburbs. Another, an ice-hockey player, memorialized a very short-lived interest in the Washington Capitals. They melted in and out of my high-school existence at odd intervals. Feeling lonely or undesirable, I would retreat to my inner woods, where they waited: strong, loving, but also ineffably menacing. I was deliciously aware that any one of these soul mates could hurt me if he wanted to. Apparently, it was intoxicating to be scary, but being scared was even better.


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The weekend series: Tech continues its 121st season of baseball by hosting the second of three straight ACC series at English Field. The Hokies welcome Maryland to Blacksburg for the last time as an ACC member, as the Terrapins will join the Big Ten in July.
Despite a 25-34-1 overall record against Maryland, since joining the ACC, the Hokies are 14-7 against them and have won five of the seven series (five straight). Of the 60 games played in the series, only 10 have been at English Field - Tech is 6-4. A snapshot of the Hokies' history versus Maryland is located to the right.
Hokies playing at home: Because Mother Nature wreaked havoc on the Hokies' baseball schedule through the first seven weeks of the season - Tech lost a total of five games - the team had to adjust and added four games to the April slate. As a result, starting with their ACC series at Virginia, the Hokies started a string of 20 straight games in the Commonwealth - with 14 at English Field - and includes three straight home ACC weekends.
Only once before in the program's history as a member of the conference have the Hokies played either three straight road or three straight home series - 2007. Tech hosted North Carolina, Virginia and Clemson in back-to-back-to-back weekends. The Hokies are looking to improve on that 2007 stretch as they went just 1-8 in the nine games and opened the 2014 stretch 0-3.
Hokies playing at home: Due to the altering of the Hokies' schedule, they enter the weekend with a scheduled five-game in five-day stretch that ends Tuesday with the Hokie-Smokey Classic in Salem, Va., against nationally-ranked Tennessee. The stretch will conclude a seven-game, eight-day span, as well as a 15-game, 19-day span that started with the three-game series at Virginia.
The just over weeklong stretch is similar to a nine-game in nine-day schedule Tech played from Feb. 23 through March 3 last year that included a single week in which they played six games. The team went 7-2 in the nine games and 5-1 in the last six contests of that stretch.
The last time a string like that happened before was in 2010, when Tech played nine games in nine days from March 12-20 and compiled a 4-5 mark. They also played six games in six straight days (March 12-17) and went 4-2. Lastly, that 2010 squad also had a 15-game, 19- day stretch from March 9 through March 27 and went 8-7.
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From the Division of Pulmonary Science and Critical Care Medicine (Drs Lara, Cosgrove, Burnham, Schwarz, Geraci, and Tuder and Mr Heinz), Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health (Dr Curran-Everett), Department of Radiology (Dr Sahin), and the Department of Pathology (Dr Cool),University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (Drs Cosgrove, Janssen, and Huie), Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics (Dr Curran-Everett), Department of Pathology (Dr Groshong), Division of Immunology (Dr Henson), National Jewish Health, Denver, CO; and the Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology (Dr Hyde), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA.
Correspondence to: Abigail R. Lara, MD, University of Colorado Denver, Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, Research Bldg 2, Box C272, 12700 E 19th Ave, Aurora, CO 80045; e-mail: email@example.com
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Lymphangiogenesis responds to tissue injury as a key component of normal wound healing. The development of fibrosis in the idiopathic interstitial pneumonias may result from abnormal wound healing in response to injury. We hypothesize that increased lymphatic vessel (LV) length, a marker of lymphangiogenesis, is associated with parenchymal components of the fibroblast reticulum (organizing collagen, fibrotic collagen, and fibroblast foci), and its extent correlates with disease severity.
We assessed stereologically the parenchymal structure of fibrotic lungs and its associated lymphatic network, which was highlighted immunohistochemically in age-matched samples of usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP), nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) with FVC < 80%, COPD with a Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease stage 0, and normal control lungs.
LV length density, as opposed to vessel volume density, was found to be associated with organizing and fibrotic collagen density (P < .0001). Length density of LVs and the volume density of organizing and fibrotic collagen were significantly associated with severity of both % FVC (P < .001) and diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (P < .001).
Severity of disease in UIP and NSIP is associated with increased LV length and is strongly associated with components of the fibroblast reticulum, namely organizing and fibrotic collagen, which supports a pathogenic role of LVs in these two diseases. Furthermore, the absence of definable differences between UIP and NSIP suggests that LVs are a unifying mechanism for the development of fibrosis in these fibrotic lung diseases.
Lymphatic vessels (LVs) have several key roles in lung homeostasis, including alveolar fluid clearance and immune-cell trafficking.1 When LVs are injured in the setting of organ damage, new LVs originate from preexisting vessels, a process known as lymphangiogenesis, during restoration of tissue homeostasis.2 In this process, lymphatic endothelial cells migrate to the site of injury and organize into new vessels that contribute to the synthesis and formation of collagen fibers.3‐5 New extracellular matrix supports fibroblasts and myofibroblasts, providing the structural framework for scar formation. During normal tissue healing, once homeostasis has been achieved, LVs regress and apoptosis of fibroblasts occurs.
Current concepts regarding the pathogenesis of the idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs), particularly idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), the clinical correlate of usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP), have centered on fibroblast and myofibroblast proliferation in the setting of alveolar epithelial damage. Aberrant healing response can follow that is heralded by the appearance of fibroblast foci (FF) and, ultimately, progressive fibrosis.6 The FF are proposed to represent the leading edge of injury in IPF. Importantly, the number of FF correlates with the severity of physiologic abnormalities in IPF, as well as increased mortality.7,8 Once FF form, they coalesce into the fibroblast reticulum, a complex structure extending from the pleura to the parenchyma, surrounded by a network of vessels originally thought to be primarily blood vessels.9 Notably, since blood and LVs develop in parallel and both surround the airways, it is plausible that a percentage of the vessels that surround the fibroblast reticulum are of lymphatic origin. In fact, macrophages that participate in the process of fibrosis also interact with aberrant LVs, possibly contributing to pathogenic lymphangiogenesis.10,11 Furthermore, damage to subpleural and interlobular LVs may adversely influence the alveolar compartment clearance, thereby contributing to disease in IPF.12 Although emerging data suggest that lymphangiogenesis accompanies and may contribute to disease pathogenesis in fibrotic lung diseases, such as diffuse alveolar damage,13 its clinical relevance to other IIPs, nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) in particular, remains to be elucidated.
Prior to the adoption of rigorous stereologic methodologies in pulmonary research, limited data addressed the association of histopathologic and pulmonary LV abnormalities found in the IIPs with clinical phenotypes. We hypothesized that, when assessed stereologically, increased LV length density, a marker of lymphangiogenesis, would correlate with the parenchymal components of the fibroblast reticulum: organizing collagen, fibrotic collagen, and fibroblast foci. Furthermore, we also proposed that increased LV length would closely associate with disease severity assessed by pulmonary function testing in patients with UIP and NSIP when compared with healthy control subjects. To answer this question, we used a stereologic approach to quantitatively define pulmonary LVs and histologic features of UIPs and NSIPs to establish morphometric correlations with disease severity.
Age-matched biologic specimens from patients with pulmonary disease, including UIP, NSIP, and COPD GOLD (Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease) stage 0 (GOLD 0), were obtained from the US National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute multicenter Lung Tissue Research Consortium (LTRC). All patients of the LTRC had undergone an extensive, standardized, preoperative evaluation that included demographics, a detailed clinical history, serologic testing, and pulmonary function testing. Lung tissue specimens were obtained from patients undergoing surgical lung biopsy to confirm a pathologic diagnosis of IIP or to resect a solitary pulmonary nodule. Specimens were also derived from explanted lungs of patients who had disease at the time of lung transplant. In the IIP groups, six patients had a clinical diagnosis of a connective tissue disease (UIP, n = 3; NSIP, n = 3). Of the patients with GOLD 0 COPD (n = 14), seven had a primary lung malignancy. The clinical, histologic, and radiographic diagnosis of the LTRC specimens can be found in e-Table 1.
The tissue analyzed did not include the malignancy. Lung tissue samples were taken from the surgical biopsy specimen that was not required for clinical decision-making. Following resection, fresh tissues were flash frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored −80°C, as well as placed in paraformaldehyde and/or formalin for further analysis. Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue was used for this study. Anatomic sites of the specimens and biopsy type can be found in e-Table 2. The histologic specimens were reviewed by two pathologists (C. C., S. G.) who made the final histopathologic diagnosis. The clinical and demographic characteristics for each histologic subset are depicted in Table 1.
Data are given as mean (SD) unless otherwise indicated. C/F/N = current/former/never; Dlco = diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide; F = female; GOLD = Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease; M = male; n/a = not applicable; NSIP = nonspecific interstitial pneumonia; UIP = usual interstitial pneumonia.
Single whole-lung samples from 15 individuals without known pulmonary disease were obtained from the International Institute for the Advancement of Medicine. Samples were flash frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at −80°C, as well as placed in paraformaldehyde and/or formalin for further analysis. Frozen serum samples were not available in the normal group. The study was reviewed and approved by the National Jewish Health institutional review board and by the Colorado Multiple Institutional Review Board (approval number 08-0115). A detailed description of how control specimens were processed, of immunohistochemical and stereologic methods, and of serum growth factor measurement and chest CT scan assessment is provided in e-Appendix 1.
The measurements of FVC, FEV1, and diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (Dlco) met the American Thoracic Society standards and have been described previously.14‐16 The % predicted value was used for statistical analysis.
CT scans of the chest were performed and graded on 10 patients with GOLD 0 COPD, 12 patients with NSIP, and 19 patients with UIP. The patients with COPD underwent standard chest CT scan, whereas patients with IIPs underwent a high-resolution chest CT scan. A thoracic radiologist (H. S.) assessed each CT scan.
Student t test, analysis of variance, and the χ2 test were used when appropriate. The correlation of % FVC (FVC%), % Dlco (Dlco%), and the stereologic assessments was determined by Spearman rank correlation. Correlations of age with LVs and tissue morphology were estimated from 10,000 bootstrap replications.17,18 The relationships of stereologic assessments to FVC% and Dlco% were estimated using a general linear model. All statistical tests performed were two-sided and used a type 1 error of .05.
The study cohort included 62 age-matched patients stratified by the following pathologic diagnoses (Table 1): UIP (n = 20), NSIP (n = 13), GOLD stage 0 (n = 14), and normal (n = 15). Severity of FVC% and Dlco% was assessed between groups. As expected, FVC% and Dlco% were lower in the UIP and NSIP cohorts compared with the GOLD 0 and normal cohorts. The NSIP cohort had a significantly lower FVC% (UIP, 60.8 [SD, 16.91]; NSIP, 49.76 [SD, 15.89]; P = .02), but not Dlco%, compared with the UIP group. Surgical lung biopsy sites and distribution of CT scan radiographic characteristics are described in the supplemental tables (e-Tables 2 - 4).
To determine if LVs and parenchymal (alveolar) components varied between disease states and control subjects, we used standardized stereologic techniques to quantitate the length density (the length of the LVs per volume of nonaerated lung tissue) and volume density (the volume of either LVs or tissue components relative to nonaerated tissue volume). The techniques used followed the guidelines on quantitative assessment of lung structure.19 To isolate LVs from blood vessels to perform the stereologic assessments, a double immunohistochemical stain technique was used and is shown in Figure 1. To verify that alveolar epithelial cells do not express the lymphatic marker D2-40, immunofluorescent staining was performed (e-Fig 1). To assess the stereologic relationship of LVs to the tissue, we used the following as the reference tissue: organizing collagen, fibrotic collagen, fibroblast foci, inflamed tissue, and interalveolar septa (Fig 2, e-Fig 2). LV length density was highest among patients with UIP or NSIP (Fig 3A). The LV volume density for the GOLD 0 group was highest among all groups (Fig 3B), indicating larger LVs without a significant change in length. The increased volume density of the LVs in the GOLD 0 group may be an effect of microscopic emphysema that is not clinically evident on pulmonary physiology. Stereologic assessments for emphysema were not undertaken. The volume densities of organizing collagen, fibrotic collagen, and inflammation are shown in Figure 4. There was no difference in parenchymal component volume densities between the patients with UIP and those with NSIP (Figs 4A-E). As expected, a higher volume density for FF was found in UIP compared with NSIP (Fig 4C). The site of the sample from either surgical biopsy or explant did not affect the length density of LVs.
To assess if LVs are associated with parenchymal components, the volume and length density of LVs was correlated to parenchymal component volume density. LV length density had a strong correlation to organizing collagen volume density (r = 0.62, P < .001), and fibrotic collagen volume density (r = 0.76, P < .001) (Table 2). An inverse correlation was present with interalveolar septa tissue density (r = −0.77, P < .001). LV length also correlated with the volume density of FF and inflammation. LV volume density was not associated with any parenchymal component volume density.
LVLv = lymphatic vessel length density; LVVv = lymphatic vessel volume density; ns = nonsignificant.
The stereologic data indicate that increased lymphatics may be associated with the abnormal tissue processes involved in UIP and NSIP, leading to replacement of normal alveoli with the fibrotic process and abnormal pulmonary physiology. We investigated whether the length density of LVs and the burden of parenchymal components were associated with disease severity. A univariate analysis of the 62 samples showed significant inverse associations between FVC% and LV length density (r = −0.63, P < .001) and LV volume density (r = 0.35, P = .02). Dlco% had a strong inverse association with LV length density (r = −0.69, P < .001). The parenchymal volume density of both organizing and fibrotic collagen had a strong inverse correlation with the severity of FVC% and Dlco% (Table 3). Interalveolar septal tissue had a strong positive correlation with FVC% and DLco%. Density of FF and inflammation had a weak inverse correlation.
Data from univariate analysis. See Table 1 legend for expansion of abbreviation.
The link between age and UIP is well described. We sought to determine if age was associated with lymphatic vessel or tissue morphometry. Age did not influence any metrics of LVs or tissue morphometry (LV length, −0.01 [95% CI, −0.20, +0.18]; LV volume density, 0.07 [95% CI, −0.19, 0.18], volume of organizing collagen, −0.18 [95% CI, −0.43, +0.03], volume of fibrotic collagen, −0.09 [95% CI, −0.32, +0.15], volume of inflammation, −0.12 [95% CI, −0.32, +0.13], volume of interalveolar septa, 0.15 [95% CI, −0.09, +0.37]).
CT scans of the chest were assessed for distribution of disease and scored based on radiographic features. Details of the distribution of radiographic features, as well as CT scan score, are in the supplementary e-Table 4. In UIP and NSIP, the radiographic abnormalities were concentrated in the lower lobes. The average CT scan score was highest in UIP and NSIP (UIP, 0.76 [SD, 0.285]; NSIP, 0.750 [SD, 0.211]) compared with GOLD 0 (0.200 [SD, 0.133]; P < .001). LV length density correlated with the following radiographic findings: ground-glass opacity (GGO) (χ2 = 8.36, P = .02), GGO/reticulation (χ2 = 8.98, P = .03), and reticulation (χ2 = 4.06, P = .04); and the average CT scan score (r = 0.44, P = .004). The parenchymal components were also found to have strong direct correlation with the CT scan score (e-Table 5). Both FVC% and Dlco% had strong negative associations with the CT scan score (r = −0.63 and −0.76, respectively; P < .001).
Serum levels of lymphangiogenic growth factors were assessed for differences between groups and for associations with LVs and lung tissue stereology and pulmonary physiology. Serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-A, VEGF-C, and VEGF-D were not statistically different between patients with UIP, patients with NSIP, and the control patients (e-Table 6). The serum growth factors were not associated with any morphometric index of LVs or parenchymal components. Serum levels of VEGF-A were inversely correlated with FVC% and FEV1% in only the GOLD 0 group (r = −0.86, P = .01; r = −0.82, P = .02). VEGF-C did not correlate with airflow severity in any group. VEGF-D was inversely correlated with FVC% in the NSIP group (r = −0.65; P = .02). No association was found with any radiographic feature and serum levels of lymphangiogenic growth factors (e-Table 7).
In our study, the length density of LVs strongly correlated with histopathologic components of tissue fibrosis in UIP and NSIP, specifically the volume density of organizing and fibrotic collagen, which are the main components of the fibroblast reticulum. Furthermore, our results demonstrate that lung LVs are longer in UIP and NSIP compared with normal and GOLD 0 control subjects when assessed relative to the abnormal tissues present in UIP and NSIP. Thus, this finding suggests that length may be considered a marker of active lymphangiogenesis in UIP and NSIP. These findings suggest that LVs are associated with the underlying pathophysiology in UIP and NSIP and support previous studies that show lymphangiogenesis occurs in response to inflammation and fibrosis in animals models.11,20,21 Afferent LVs may contribute to the development of fibrosis by attracting activated leukocytes expressing the chemokine receptor CCR7 by expressing the chemokine ligand CCL21, thus supporting a microenvironment conducive to fibrosis.22 In lymphangioleiomyomatosis, lymphangioleiomyomatosis cells and pulmonary macrophages are thought to be the cellular sources of serum VEGF-D.2,23,24 Serum levels of lymphangiogenic growth factors (VEGF-A, VEGF-C, and VEGF-D) were not elevated in the UIP and NSIP groups compared with the control groups. In UIP and NSIP, secretion of VEGF-D may be limited to pulmonary macrophages acting locally in response to injury.
LV length density had a strong inverse correlation with severity of FVC% and Dlco%. The relationship of LV length density and severity of pulmonary physiology suggests that LVs play a role in the pathophysiology of UIP and NSIP and in severity of disease. No differences were found between UIP and NSIP in LVs or parenchymal components, with the exception of FF. These findings may reflect the advanced disease in the NSIP group and may speak to a potential common final pathway between UIP and NSIP for the development of fibrosis. LV length density tracked with radiographic findings, specifically GGO and reticulation, which are used to differentiate UIP and NSIP from other pulmonary diseases, as well as the average CT scan score.25 LV length density was not found to track any score of emphysema, air trapping, or consolidation. This suggests that increased LV length is associated to disease pathogenesis and appears to be specific to UIP and NSIP.
To our knowledge, our study is the first to use rigorous stereologic approaches to quantify LVs and the morphologic changes found within lung tissue in UIP and NSIP, as described by the American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society official research policy statement for the quantitative assessment of lung structure.19 This study adds to the information previously described by El-Chemaly et al,10 who reported that the area of LVs inversely correlate with disease severity in UIP. Our study included normal-tissue stereologic assessments, as well as samples from the most common forms of IIP, UIP, and NSIP. Furthermore, the patients with UIP or NSIP in the present study were fully characterized clinically using pulmonary function testing and chest CT scans. LV volume density was also increased in patients with UIP compared with the normal control group, in keeping with the findings presented by El-Chemaly et al.10 In our study, LV volume density, although increased in both UIP and NSIP, was not associated with any metrics of parenchymal component volume density or any metrics of clinical severity, whereas the El-Chemaly et al10 study found a negative association between LV area and disease severity in UIP. One explanation for the discrepancy is that the samples used in the present study were less subject to sampling and orientation bias and were are not limited by the usual pitfalls of randomization and lack of data pertaining to vessel length.26 The increased volume density of LVs may reflect retraction of the collagen resulting in traction on the lymphatic walls (lymphangiectasis), rather than active participation in the disease process.
A limitation of the current study is the small number of patients in each group. The limited number of patients may explain the weak association found with FF and pulmonary physiology in contrast to the strong relationship to disease severity previously reported.7,8 The NSIP group was found to be clinically more severe than the UIP group. This may explain the lack of differences found in the stereologic assessment of the LVs and the parenchymal components between the two groups.27 Patients with mild disease were not included in the present study, thus limiting quantitative stereologic assessment of LVs or the parenchymal component in early in the course of the disease. This study confirms that changes in LVs occur in UIP and NSIP and are associated with severity of disease; however, this study does not address if these changes occur as part of the natural progress of disease, as has been suggested for angiogenesis.28 To establish if LVs are necessary to the process of pulmonary fibrosis, studies should be performed that inhibit the development of LVs by using a neutralizing activity of VEGF-C and/or VEGF-D (ie, antibody traps) or receptor antagonists for the growth factors.29,30
Here we show that LV length density, a marker of lymphangiogenesis, is associated with tissue burden of fibrosis in UIP and NSIP, with severity of physiologic impairment, and with radiographic features typical of the these two fibrosing lung diseases. The histopathologic parenchymal elements of the fibroblast reticulum, organizing collagen, and fibrotic collagen have the strongest relationship with clinical severity. The degree to which LVs and lymphangiogenesis affect inflammation or fibrosis remains unknown, but this study suggests a role in the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis.
Author contributions: Dr Lara had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
Dr Lara: contributed to designing and performing research, developing new analytical tools, analyzing the data, and writing the manuscript.
Dr Cosgrove: contributed to designing research, developing new analytical tools, and writing the manuscript.
Dr Janssen: contributed to designing and performing research and writing the manuscript.
Dr Huie: contributed to designing and performing research and writing the manuscript.
Dr Burnham: contributed to designing research, analyzing the data, and writing the manuscript.
Mr Heinz: contributed to performing research, developing new analytical tools, analyzing the data and drafting and approving the manuscript.
Dr Curran-Everett: contributed to designing research, analyzing the data, and writing the manuscript.
Dr Sahin: contributed to performing research, developing new analytical tools, analyzing the data, and drafting and approving the manuscript.
Dr Schwarz: contributed to designing research, analyzing the data, and writing the manuscript.
Dr Cool: contributed to designing research, analyzing the data, and writing the manuscript.
Dr Groshong: contributed to designing research, analyzing the data, and writing the manuscript.
Dr Geraci: contributed to designing research, analyzing the data, and writing the manuscript.
Dr Tuder: contributed to designing research, developing new analytical tools, and writing the manuscript.
Dr Hyde: contributed to designing research, developing new analytical tools, and writing the manuscript.
Dr Henson: contributed to designing research, developing new analytical tools, and writing the manuscript.
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Role of sponsors: The sponsor had no role in the design of the study, the collection and analysis of the data, or in the preparation of the manuscript.
Additional information: The e-Appendix, e-Figures, and e-Tables can be found in the "Supplemental Materials" area of the online article.
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fibroblast foci
ground-glass opacity
Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease
idiopathic interstitial pneumonia
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
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nonspecific interstitial pneumonia
usual interstitial pneumonia
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After the excited response to my GF brownie from a few posts ago (still not quite ready to share that one… it's not quite perfected) I decided to bring a new element into Crochet with Raymond and start to share some of my gluten free recipes and ideas. Recipe sharing is fun, especially when your choices are limited by allergies and lifestyle preferences, so I hope you enjoy peeking into my kitchen and onto my plate a bit more frequently! I love food, especially my current favourite dinner, Roast Vegetable and Haloumi Salad.
Are you a fan of haloumi? I totally love it. Up here in the Far North there is the most wicked Farmers Market on a Saturday morning where wonderful people sell their organic fruit and vegetables, breads, eggs, fish, oils, honey, plants and my favourite, the cheese people! I love to buy their haloumi every week and get quite bummed out when it rains because then I miss my weekly haloumi fix. I never used to know how to cook it, I've eaten it in cafes, but they fry it in butter and I just can't do that… cheese fried in butter, it's not my kind of meal, I like light and healthy food that fills me with energy rather than food that clogs my arteries. I've been experimenting with cooking it since we moved back here, and have hit on a winner of a meal which we are currently eating about three times per week!
So to make my current favourite meal, begin by preheating the oven to about 200 degrees C. I parboil my roast veges (ususally potato and kumara) before roasting them, I cut them into nice big hunks and put them in a pot and when they come to the boil I drain them and put them in an oven dish with half a big sliced onion, some salt and pepper and a light drizzle of oil. They don't need much oil, you will see why at the end!
They take about 20 minutes to cook and while they are doing their business, prepare your haloumi. Haloumi is quite a salty and rubbery cheese and people recommend soaking it to reduce the salty flavour. I don't, I used to, but I quite like the saltiness of it, and don't put tooooo much salt on my veges to compensate.
Cut your haloumi into chunks, and when the veges have finished roasting, change the oven from bake to grill. Sprinkle the haloumi pieces over the veges, throw in some tomato pieces (cherry or chunks, either is good!) and pop under the grill.
Grill until the cheese starts to bubble a wee bit and go a bit brown, pull out and serve with a fresh green salad! Light, healthy, local, vegetarian and gluten free goodness.
I just finished eating it, but this picture is making me want to eat it all over again!
Because good food makes me extremely cheerful, I'm finally joining in with Planet Penny's reasons to be cheerful. Planet Penny is without a doubt one of the best blogs ever, so pop over for a visit and get yourself a bit of cheer!
Meanwhile, I'm off, I'm on the foot on my second January sock and I'm on a roll,
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Luca Redwood, the main powerhouse indie developer behind EightyEight Games, has taken the last three years of his life to make a sequel to critical darling match-three game, 10000000.
Sadly, it's not named 10000001, but rather You Must Build a Boat. In it, you actually do need to build a large, ark-like boat with all sorts of rooms and defenses and such, and you outfit your boat by running dungeons and matching items to kill baddies and get past obstacles in them.
Sound weird? It is, but it's also going to be stupidly addictive. If it's half as engaging as 10000000, you'll be playing this on your Mac, iOS device, or Linux box long into the wee hours of the morning.
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Across the bridge from Panama City Beach is a small southern town called Panama City. It is active in theatre music, dance and visual arts. During the month of May Panama City has its annual art festival that gives local artist a chance to let people see their artwork. Recent remodeling down town has brought life back to Panama City. People are attracted to the downtown McKenzie Park to hear free concerts from local bands or go down to Martin theatre to see Broadway plays.
The areas biggest employer in Panama City is Tyndall Air Force Base, which spends millions in the local community. Gulf Coast Community College is also located in Panama City and is one of the best colleges in the local area. GCCC has received national awards for its academic programs.
Come to Panama City Beach to enjoy the world's most famous beach with ideal subtropical temperatures, sparkling emerald green waters and shimmering white sand, no wonder people find Panama City Beach a true vacation paradise. The sugar white sand delights the many people that come to the beach year round. Panama City Beach is a yearlong playground for the vacationer. You can bathe in the sun, go swimming with or without the dolphins, stroll along the beach, picking up sea shells, build a sand castles, go scuba diving or snorkeling among tropical marine life, and these are only a few things to do in Panama City beach.
The gulf coast has a lot of different activities for each individual person. The family can spend the day cooling off at Shipwreck Island Water Park. Then spend the evening at Miracle Strip Amusement Park that is the home of the oldest wooden roller coaster on the gulf coast. If you want to spend the day shopping you can go to Alvin Island Tropical Department Store that offers a variety of clothing, plus it has live alligators and shark feeding throughout the day. If you feel like miniature golf you can pick from Emerald Falls or Coconut Creek. Emerald Falls is a tropical paradise that offers two miniature golf course and several go kart tracks that includes the super slippery slick track to the formula race track. Coconut Creek is the home of the Gran Maze that will surely get you confused, that has a two miniature golf course right beside it for the person who wants to conquer these two difficult courses.
The beach has many outstanding restaurants to choose from that are highly recommended. Panama City Beach area restaurants are as the people who fill them. Elegant Oceanside dining with high standards and the price to match to the down and dirty oyster bars when slurping off the shells is expected and encouraged. Capt. Anderson has received the "Golden Spoon" award, which is a prestigious honor given annually by the Florida Trend magazine, and for 13 years Capt. Anderson's Restaurant has been named one of the Florida top-20 restaurants. You can watch the fleet of charter boats unload their catch on the dock while you wait for your food. Right down the road is the Treasure Ship, a huge restaurant that is a reproduction of Sir Frances Drake ship the Golden Hind. Go down to Schooner's the last local beach club, to shoot the canon at sunset to enjoy an open air dining experience to leave you with memories. If you are in the mood for ribs come down to Pineapple Willies Bar & Grill. They use a secret blend of Jack Daniel's in their sauce to make the ribs the best on the beach.
During the summer months Panama City Beach has a vibrant nightlife. Teenagers come from all around to drive on " The Strip" which is a two-lane road through the main part of Panama City Beach. MTV has come down several times to host their annual Spring Break coverage for the year. PCB is home of the largest nightclub in America Club La Vela, that holds daily bikini contest & wet T-shirt contest during the summer time. If you want to hang out with the locals go down to Spinnaker or Salty's for a mature crowd to drink the night away with a live band.
The beach has one of the largest seafood festivals on the gulf coast. The Indian Seafood Festival has many big name country stars' that perform throughout the weekend. The festival has many arts and craft exhibits that explore the works of local artists. The one thing that draws the crowd to the festival is the wide variety of seafood from all over the gulf coast.
St. Andrew Park is one of those last undeveloped spots on the beach. It is the perfect atmosphere for a family outing. You can catch a boat from the State Park to Shell Island and spend a day exploring for legendary pirate gold, scuba dive or snorkel around the jetties. Fishing off the jetties is a favorite fishing spot for local fishing.
Zoo World and Gulf World shows a variety of animals in their natural habitat and Gulf World has many shows that include dolphins, parrots, and seals.
If you like to take your chance with "Lady Luck" come down to the Ebro dog Track to bet on the dogs.
If you are interested in fishing. Panama City Beach has one of the largest fleet of charter boats in the nation. The warm water attracts a wide variety of fish from Blue Marlins to the Red Snapper, which is prized as one of the best tasting fish on the coast. During June, Bay Point has its annual "Bill Fish" tournament that draws anglers from all over the nation to catch the big Blue Marlin for the big pay out.


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CRANFORD — Using its time-tested formula of solid starting pitching, airtight defense and timely hitting, the Cranford baseball team is now halfway to a third consecutive state championship after nipping Summit 2-1 on Tuesday, May 27, at Memorial Field in Cranford.
The Cougars will host West Essex in the Group III Section 2 final today, May 30.
Cranford has scored just eight runs in its three state tournament wins, but has received stellar starting pitching from Tommy Trotter, Matt Ravetier and Patrick Knight.
Against Summit, Knight allowed one run in, pitching into the fifth inning, where Ravetier picked him up and wound up with the win after pitching 2 2/3 scoreless innings.
Cranford broke on top with a run in the first inning. Trotter led off with a single and after advancing to third on a wild pitch, he was driven home on a sacrifice fly by Ravetier.
After Summit came back to tie in the second, Knight worked his way out of trouble in the second and third inning, stranding four runners in scoring position.
"I didn't have my best stuff but I was able to get out of the innings without major damage," said Knight.
"Patrick pitched a strong game. He made big pitches when he had to and worked both sides of the plate," said Cranford Coach Dennis McCaffery.
Cranford scored its winning run in the bottom of the fifth. First baseman Liam Duffy led off with a walk and was sacrificed to second by Johnny Oblachinski. With two outs, Jack McCaffery's swinging roller was thrown past the first baseman as Duffy scored from second base. Ravetier kept Summit scoreless the final two innings.
"Coach told me I might be needed in the fifth inning so I warmed up between innings and felt ready to pitch," said Ravetier, who entered the game with runners on first and second and nobody out.
In the seventh inning, Ravetier allowed a leadoff single but was helped out when third baseman Johnny Oblachinski turned a line drive into a game-ending double play.
"I was a little worried when the ball came off the bat but John made a nice play and doubling the runner was great," said Ravetier.
'I noticed he had wandered too far off base and was happy that we were able end the game," said Oblachinski.
With runs at a premium in the state tournament, McCaffery has emphasized the little things like base running and bunting.
"Runs are hard to come by when you face the best teams and pitchers. Everybody on the team can be expected to bunt. We spend a lot of time in practice on it," said McCaffery.
With strong thunderstorms predicted for the area in the late afternoon, Athletic Director Darren Torsone arranged with Summit to start the game an hour early and the contest was completed with no weather-related delays.
Albert Gargiulo had an RBI-single and Trotter, Ravetier and Oblachinski each scored runs to lead Cranford to a 3-0 victory over West Morris in the quarterfinals of the North Jersey Section 2, Group III tournament on Friday, May 23, in Cranford.
Ravetier scattered six hits over five innings, allowing one walk and striking out two to notch the win for Cranford. Knight pitched the final two innings, allowing just one hit, no walks and striking out four for Cranford.
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PHILADELPHIA - Chalk one up for the choke artists.
The Mets -- the butt of jokes by Philadelphia Phillies fans far and wide -- delivered the first salvo this season in the heated divisional rivalry with a 7-4 win over the defending World Series champions Friday night. For one game, at least, Jerry Manuel's club silenced the sell-out crowd at Citizens Bank Park.
The Mets scored a pair of runs in the first, second and fifth innings to help snap a two-game slide and improve to 10-12.
"Hopefully, we can get hot and stay hot for a little while," said David Wright, who went 2-for-4 with an RBI. "It always seems like we take it up a notch -- step it up -- when we come here. This is the kind of intensity and focus that we need every day. Guys get excited for these games... If we can get more of that more often, that'll be big for us."
Mike Pelfrey (3-0) gave up three runs on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings to pick up the win. Francisco Rodriguez pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his fifth save.
Pelfrey was hardly efficient - he threw 104 pitches and walked four - but the Mets gave him plenty of runs to play with.
"I thought I had good stuff, but the command wasn't where I wanted it to be," Pelfrey said. "I'll go to work on that. Hopefully it'll be a lot better... Physically, I felt fine. This is probably the best I've felt this season. I would have liked to be a lot more efficient."
Jerry Manuel's club roughed up loser Chan Ho Park (0-1), who surrendered seven runs on eight hits and six walks in just 4 2/3 innings.
It didn't take long for the Mets to jump on Park.
Three batters into the game, Daniel Murphy deposited Park's offering over the right field fence to give the Mets a quick 2-0 lead. Just what the doctor ordered for a Mets club that has suffered a season-long power outage. On the flip side, Murphy's second round tripper of the season was the 41st long ball the Phillies have surrendered.
Park looked lost early on. The Mets tacked on two more runs on a pair of sacrifice flies from Pelfrey, who barely missed a 3-run homer with a deep blast to left center, and Reyes to take a 4-0 lead.
The Mets took a five-run lead on Omir Santos' sacrifice fly - their third in the first three innings - that plated Carlos Beltran, who beat right-fielder Jayson Werth's throw by sliding under Chris Coste's tag.
"I felt good about how we approached the game tonight," Manuel said. "It's one of those things that we have to bring every night regardless of who we play. We have to bring that level of intensity, concentration, focus every night."
The Phillies, who dropped to 11-10, mounted a two-out, third-inning rally to make things interesting. Raul Ibanez's broken-bat, bases-loaded two-run single and Pedro Feliz's RBI hit cut the deficit to 5-3.
Pelfrey needed 65 pitches to get through the first three innings. But it didn't matter.
The Mets' rebuilt their lead to four with a pair of runs in the fifth. Moments after Beltran extended his hitting streak to 13 with a leadoff double, he scored on Wright's sharp RBI single to center to make to give the Mets a 6-3 cushion in the fifth. Pelfrey knocked in his second run of the game with a two-out single off reliever Chad Durban to push the Mets' lead to 7-3.
Chase Utley's lead-off homer off Pedro Feliciano in the seventh drew the Phillies to within 7-4. But they couldn't get any closer.
Mets set-up man J.J. Putz bounced back from a shaky performance Wednesday with a 1-2-3 eighth inning before Rodriguez shut the door.
"I really enjoy coming here and playing these guys in this atmosphere in this rivalry," Wright said.


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New Zealand will join the FIBA 3X3 worldwide craze this summer, with a series of tournaments around the country's hoops hotbeds.
Basketball New Zealand today announced a new four-year partnership with long-time supporter of the sport, Burger King. Together, they launched the Burger King 3X3 National Tour.
This is a chance for the country's emerging athletes – and not just hoopsters – to show their skills in basketball's equivalent of sevens rugby or T20 cricket.
"Basketball has become a staple part of New Zealand's sporting culture," says Basketball New Zealand chief executive Iain Potter.
"Statistics show that basketball is the leading participation sport for Kiwis aged 5-18, but not all of them play in formal competitions.
"We hope this tour will encourage those on the periphery of our sport to enter with their mates and take part at a competitive level."
"As well as this participation component, there's an elite element that will attract much interest. The Burger King 3X3 National Tour will form the basis for Basketball New Zealand to select a men's national under 18 3X3 team to play at the 2014 Youth Olympics in China and a men's side to play at the world championship in Russia next year."
"We're thrilled to continue our relationship with Basketball New Zealand and help bring a 3X3 circuit to New Zealand," says Burger King chief executive John Hunter.
"Burger King has enjoyed a long-standing association with basketball, and we know our customers recognise and appreciate that relationship. The opportunity to be associated with introducing the global 3X3 phenomenon to Kiwis around the country during the summer is something Burger King is really looking forward to."
3X3 is a form of the game where New Zealand has already enjoyed success – Tall Blacks Isaac Fotu, Reuben Te Rangi and Tai Webster combined to help capture the inaugural FIBA Youth 3X3 World Championship in 2011.
So, with FIBA pushing for inclusion in the 2020 Olympics, this format represents perhaps an even better chance for our basketballers to end up on the podium.
Year one will take in 10 events, which will expand to 12 centres in its second year and 14 in year three.
The circuit will eventually also include community-based events in the host centres.
The 2014 Burger King 3X3 National Tour schedule is:
Saturday 25 January Manukau Otara Flea Market Carpark
Saturday 1 February Waitakere Waitakere Netball Centre
Thursday 6 February Hawke's Bay Hawke's Bay Sports Park, Hastings
Saturday 8 February Tauranga The Strand Car Park
Saturday15 February Christchurch Hagley Park Netball Courts
Sunday 16 February Dunedin Forsyth Bar Stadium
Saturday 22 February North Shore Westlake Girls High School
Saturday 1 March Porirua Mungavin Netball Courts
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301-713-2087, ext. 174 May 7, 2010
NOAA: Above-Normal Temperatures and Below-Normal Precipitation in April
NOAA's State of the Climate report shows the April 2010 average temperature for the contiguous United States was 54.3 degrees F, which is 2.3 degrees F above the long-term (1901-2000) average (14th warmest April on record). April's average precipitation was 2.18 inches, 0.25 inch below the 1901-2000 average.
Based on a 116-year record since 1895, this monthly analysis prepared by scientists at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C., is part of the suite of climate services NOAA provides.
U.S. Temperature Highlights
The generally warm and dry influence of persistent high-pressure areas brought above-normal temperatures to most states east of the Rocky Mountains. Only three states (California, Nevada and Oregon) had cooler-than-average temperatures in April.
Regionally, both the Northeast and the East North Central Region near the Great Lakes, which includes; Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan – experienced their second warmest April on record. The Central climate region, which includes the states of West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri was also saw above-normal temperatures, resulting in the fourth warmest April for that region. [regional map http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/img/climate/research/usrgns_pg.gif]
Record warmth prevailed in Illinois and the northeast, namely Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Jersey, each of which had its warmest April on record. In total, 31 states had above-normal temperatures.
The three-month period (February-April) was the record warmest in six states; Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire each also had their warmest year-to-date (January-April) period on record. Conversely, Florida had its coolest, while South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas average temperature ranked among their 10 coolest.
The cooler-than-normal temperatures that prevailed during the latter part of the winter season in the south and southeast were still evident in the three-month (February-April) period. Florida had its coolest such period, while Louisiana and Alabama had their sixth coolest, Georgia its seventh coolest and both Mississippi and Texas their eighth coolest February-April.
U.S. Precipitation Highlights
April precipitation in most areas east of the Mississippi River was below average. Wetness returned to the West Coast, as the Northwest climate region averaged much-above-normal precipitation.
Many Mid-Atlantic states observed much-below-normal precipitation. Both Louisiana and South Carolina experienced their sixth driest April. It was also abnormally dry in Connecticut (eight), North Carolina (ninth), Virginia (ninth) and Maryland (tenth). Conversely, it was Oregon's tenth-wettest April on record.
The dryness in Michigan has persisted throughout 2010, becoming the second driest January-April period on record. The year-to-date period was also the seventh driest for Wisconsin and Kentucky and the eighth driest for Louisiana.
Other Highlights
NCDC's preliminary reports, which assess the current state of the climate, are released soon after the end of each month. These analyses are based on preliminary data, which are subject to revision. Additional quality control is applied to the data when latereports are received several weeks after the end of the month and as increased scientific methods improve NCDC's processing algorithms.
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Update: The 14 year-old girl has been located and is safe.
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Portland Police Bureau detectives and East Precinct officers are currently searching for a 14-year-old Lily Wirth, who was last seen leaving her residence, in the 14500 block of NE Glisan Street, at about 5 p.m. this evening.
Lily is cognitively challenged, and does not always recognize when she may be in an unsafe situation. She is very friendly, and may not communicate at the same level as other kids her age. Detectives believe Lily got upset and ran off, and do not believe foul play is involved.
Missing Persons detectives have activated the "A Child is Missing" emergency reverse phone notification system. A.C.I.M is a service available to law enforcement, which makes a series of automated, pre-recorded phone calls to listed landline phone numbers in the geographic region where a child is reported missing. The recording asks that citizens check around their properties and keep an eye out for the missing child.
Lily is described as a white female, 14 years old, with short, curly, strawberry blonde hair and blue eyes. She is 5'4" tall and weighs 145 pounds. She was last seen wearing a white T-shirt, pink shorts and pink flip-flops. She may be carrying a white drawstring backpack and is believed to be riding a silver scooter.
Anyone who knows of Lily's whereabouts is asked to immediately call 9-1-1.
Anyone with additional information regarding this case is asked to contact Detective Mike Weinstein, Missing Persons Unit, at 503-823-0446.
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