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A systematic review and economic model of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of methylphenidate, dexamfetamine and atomoxetine for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents
Authors: King S, Griffin S, Hodges Z, Weatherly H, Asseburg C, Richardson G, Golder S, Taylor E, Drummond M, Riemsma R
Journal: Health Technology Assessment Volume: 10 Issue: 23
Publication date: July 2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3310/hta10230
A systematic review and economic model of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of methylphenidate, dexamfetamine and atomoxetine for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents. Health Technol Assess 2006;10(23)
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To assess the clinical and cost-effectiveness of oral methylphenidate hydrochloride (MPH), dexamfetaminesulphate (DEX) and atomoxetine (ATX) in children and adolescents (<18 years of age) diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (including hyperkinetic disorder).
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Electronic databases covering 1999--July 2004 for MPH, 1997--July 2004 for DEX and 1981--July 2004 for ATX.
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Selected studies were assessed using modified criteria based on CRD Report No. 4. Clinical effectiveness data were reported separately for each drug and by the type of comparison. Data for MPH were also analysed separately based on whether it was administered as an immediate release (IR) or extended release (ER) formulation. For all drugs, the data were examined by dose. Data for the core outcomes of hyperactivity (using any scale), Clinical Global Impression [as a proxy of quality of life (QoL)] and adverse events were reported. For crossover studies, the mean and standard deviation (SD) for each outcome were data extracted for end of trial data (i.e. baseline data were not considered). For parallel studies, change scores were reported where given, otherwise means and SDs were presented for end of trial data. In addition, mean differences with 95% confidence intervals were calculated for each study. For adverse events, self-ratings were reported when used, otherwise, parent reports were utilised. Percentages of participants reporting adverse events were used to calculate numbers of events in each treatment arm. All the clinical effectiveness data and economic evaluations (including accompanying models) included in the company submissions were assessed. A new model was developed to assess the cost-effectiveness of the alternative treatments in terms of cost per quality-adjusted life-year. To achieve this, a mixed treatment comparison model was used to estimate the differential mean response rates. Monte Carlo simulation was used to reflect uncertainty in the cost-effectiveness results.
In total, 65 papers met the inclusion criteria. The results suggest that MPH and DEX are effective at reducing hyperactivity and improving QoL (as determined by Clinical Global Impression) in children, although the reliability of the MPH study results is not known and there were only a small number of DEX studies. There was consistent evidence that ATX was superior to placebo for hyperactivity and Clinical Global Impression. Studies on ATX more often reported the study methodology well, and the results were likely to be reliable. Very few studies made direct head-to-head comparisons between the drugs or examined a non-drug intervention in combination with MPH, DEX or ATX. Adequate and informative data regarding the potential adverse effects of the drugs were also lacking. The results of the economic evaluation clearly identified an optimal treatment strategy of DEX first-line, followed by IR-MPH for treatment failures, followed by ATX for repeat treatment failures. Where DEX is unsuitable as a first-line therapy, the optimal strategy is IR-MPH first-line, followed by DEX and then ATX. For patients contraindicated to stimulants, ATX is preferred to no treatment. For patients in whom a midday dose of medication is unworkable, ER-MPH is preferred to ATX, and ER-MPH12 appears more cost-effective than ER-MPH8. As identified in the clinical effectiveness review, the reporting of studies was poor, therefore this should be borne in mind when interpreting the model results.
Drug therapy seems to be superior to no drug therapy, no significant differences between the various drugs in terms of efficacy or side effects were found, mainly owing to lack of evidence, and the additional benefits from behavioural therapy (in combination with drug therapy) are uncertain. Given the lack of evidence for any differences in effectiveness between the drugs, the economic model tended to be driven by drug costs, which differed considerably. Future trials examining MPH, DEX and ATX should include the assessment of tolerability and safety as a priority. Longer term follow-up of individuals participating in trials could further inform policy makers and health professionals. Such data could potentially distinguish between these drugs in a clinically useful way. In addition, research examining whether somatic complaints are actually related to drug treatment or to the disorder itself would be informative.


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By CEECY NUCKER
Nancy Walter, executive director of the Taube Museum of Art, is taking advantage of her new gallery manager to introduce a novel fundraiser to patrons and the public. Wendy Kimble recently returned to Minot with her Air Force husband, Dale, who is a native Louisianan. Dale has offered to prepare an authentic crawfish boil with "North Meets South, A Taste of Cajun" at the Museum on Tuesday, May 8. The meal includes crawfish, potatoes, corn on the cob and Andouille sausage with other Cajun treats. "Dale will be cooking with our son Britton and friend Larry Olson," said Wendy Kimble
Tickets are $35 for nonmembers and $30 for members, with a limit of 100 tickets available. "Call the Taube quickly if you want tickets," said Walter. "The seatings are at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m." The Taube's number is 838-4445.
Next Thursday, May 10, there will be an artist's reception for Jane Kalmbach, who is showing "A Soft and Simple View" in the main gallery. The reception, which runs from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., takes place at the Taube and is free and open to the public. Kalmbach owns Dakota Blessings Art Studio in Kenmare, and teaches art in area schools through the North Dakota Council on the Arts, using teacher incentive grants.
"She has also worked for a long time with the Ducks Stamps program," said Walter. "She has about 45 pieces here, primarily pastels, but a few odd pieces, like acrylic on bark."
Kalmbach also uses found objects like buffalo skulls or glass windows from an old farmhouse as canvasses for her wildlife studies.
Kalmbach is expected to attend the reception to discuss her work. The display runs through June 9, and in the lower gallery during the same dates there is a special Poster Expo, featuring prints available for immediate purchase. There will be all sizes, all genres, and many different artists, with prices ranging from $24 to $50.
The 5th Annual Small Works Exhibit and Auction is coming up in June, and Walter is soliciting artwork which is original, created within the last two years and not previously entered in Small Works. Deadline for registration into the exhibit is June 5, 2012, and further information and complete guidelines are available with registration forms from the Taube, at 2 N Main St., or by calling 838-4445.

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TRENTON — New Jersey is still considering revamping the way it funds its colleges and universities, but the changes are not coming anytime soon.
The state has been exploring the idea of implementing a performance funding system that would require colleges to meet certain goals to get cash, Rochelle Hendricks, the state Secretary of Higher Education, testified at an Assembly budget committee hearing in Trenton today. But talks about the new system have not progressed much in the last year, she told frustrated lawmakers.
"We have to be very deliberative in how we approach it," Hendricks said.
Higher education and college officials have complained for years that New Jersey's funding system is outdated and illogical. Instead of awarding money based on how many students a college enrolls, state funding is divided up among New Jersey's colleges based largely on how much schools have received in the past.
Last year, Hendricks testified that the state was researching a system that could award part of a college's funding based on performance data, such as graduation rates. But the idea remains in the research stage in New Jersey.
About 25 states use a form of performance funding, Hendricks said. Some of those states initially used the money as a type of bonus, on top of usual state funding, to encourage colleges to improve.
"In those states that have been most successful, they have been able to incentivize the program and move forward," Hendricks said. "We're not in that financial circumstance at this moment."
Hendricks was one of nearly 10 higher education officials and college presidents who testified during today's budget hearing. Lawmakers repeatedly questioned the panel about low graduation rates, rising tuition, high remediation rates and growing student debt.
In March, Assembly Higher Education Committee Chairwoman Celeste Riley (D-Cumberland) and Assemblyman Joseph Cryan (D-Union) proposed a package of 20 bills designed to overhaul the state's higher education system, including one proposal that would tie state funding to a college's performance.
As in previous years, the college presidents used the budget hearing to highlight the drop in state funding to New Jersey's two- and four-year colleges and universities over the last few decades despite rising enrollments.
"Right now, the funding that we are receiving is basically at the 1990s level," said Steven Rose, president of Passaic County Community College, speaking for the New Jersey Presidents' Council, a group of public and private college presidents.
The college presidents were warned at the hearing not to count on the funding numbers in Gov. Chris Christie's proposed budget. Christie said earlier this week an $807 million budget gap will likely force some deep cuts.
Hendricks, the state Secretary of Education, said she has not been given any updated proposed budget numbers for the colleges and universities.
Most of the state's public four-year colleges wait until after the state budget is approved in the summer to set tuition prices for the fall.
• Ready for a $200K bachelor's degree? Tuition at N.J. colleges continues to rise
• Rutgers unveils new long-term plan to take university to 'new levels'


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It's been a while...Yes, it has been a while since I felt the higher energy level from coin collecting. Lately it's been lower dollar coins ( around or under $100) or empty searches for the higher grade sets I'm trying to build....Last night was quite different ! Not only did I get home from work and find out that my internet bids had been enough to land me 2 additions to my Walker collection--- I also sat down and enjoyed the live bidding since I was registered. Watching coin after coin sell for more than the worth of my entire collection is both humbling and jaw-dropping. Bids starting at $2,000 quickly jump into 5 figures...and much of the early gold went for $100,000+....to think that I could destroy my credit and need to re-finance my home were just a mouse click away !! Seriously though, it was exciting even just to watch--especially since I had some " house money" to play with. You see I had consigned some lots that had sold earlier for a little under 5 figures ( total-not each)...I even threw in one bid on a $3 Indian Princess gold Proof for $3000---it eventually sold for around $30,000 so I was never in any danger of actually winning but it was fun to throw in a bid !! Anyhow, here are my 2 wins...a nice 1937 Walker MS66+ and a "lateral" move with another MS66 1943-S but much more attractive and distinctive-- yes, I do even "upgrade" my sets with the same grade on the slab--just much nicer coins. I hope you Walker lovers enjoy these...
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(NAPSI)-Eight-year-old Alex eats, sleeps and breathes hockey. For this determined and energetic young boy, acute lymphoblastic leukemia could not keep him from playing the sport he loves. Last summer, thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation® and Betty Crocker, Alex's wish for a synthetic ice rink in his backyard was granted. Now, not even the summer heat can keep Alex from grabbing his hockey gear and hitting the ice.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation grants a wish every 40 minutes for a child with a life-threatening medical condition. For children like Alex, the Foundation brings life-affirming hope, strength and joy to their lives. This spring, the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Betty Crocker are making it easy to share the power of a wish® through the Stirring Up Wishes program, now in its second year of making children's wishes come true.
Starting in March, join Betty Crocker in raising up to $500,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation to help grant wishes. Just look for specially marked Betty Crocker products at grocery stores nationwide--Betty Crocker will donate 10 cents to the Make-A-Wish Foundation for every specially marked package purchased, with a guaranteed minimum donation of $250,000 and a maximum donation of $500,000.
Throughout the campaign, Betty Crocker is celebrating these special moments at StirringUpWishes.com, where you can read about other incredible wishes stirred up by Betty Crocker and the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and try wish-inspired recipes. Get started now by reading Alex's story and making his favorite Brownie Ice Cream Cake.
Alex's Wish
Over the span of two full days and with help from the Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Hampshire, Betty Crocker and volunteers, a brand-new 24-by-48-foot synthetic ice-skating rink was installed in Alex's own backyard. To Alex's surprise, players from his two favorite hockey teams, the
Now Alex can practice the game he loves so much in his own backyard along with his many friends and teammates. But most importantly, he's feeling strong, healthy and happy. "It feels like a miracle," said Alex's mom, Marcie. "Alex is getting a second chance at life, and we get a second chance to be with him."
Alex's Favorite Brownie Ice Cream Cake
Make a delicious fudgy and frosty ice cream cake and celebrate Alex's wish.
Prep Time: 25 min.
Total Time: 3 hours, 55 min.
Makes: 16 servings
1 box (1 lb, 6.5 oz) Betty Crocker® Original Supreme brownie mix (with chocolate syrup pouch)
Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on brownie mix box
½ gallon (8 cups) vanilla ice cream, slightly softened
1 cup hot fudge topping, warmed if desired
2 tablespoons Betty Crocker® Decorating Decors candy sprinkles
16 red maraschino cherries with stems, drained
1. Heat oven to 350°F. Line 2 (9-inch) round cake pans with foil; grease bottoms only with shortening or cooking spray.
2. Make brownie mix as directed on box, using water, oil and eggs--except divide batter evenly between pans. Bake 22 to 26 minutes or until toothpick inserted 2 inches from side of pan comes out almost clean. Cool completely in pans, about 1 hour. Do not remove from pans.
3. Spread slightly softened ice cream evenly on brownies in pans. Freeze at least 2 hours or until ice cream is firm.
4. Remove desserts from pans. Place on serving plates. Cut each dessert into 8 wedges. Drizzle each wedge with hot fudge topping. Decorate with candy sprinkles and cherries. Store covered in freezer.
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MIAMI -- President Barack Obama said Thursday that extremists used an anti-Islam video as an excuse to assault U.S. interests overseas, including an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.
The president's comments came as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton faced questions from members of the House and Senate about the Sept. 11 attack on the consulate in Benghazi in a series of closed-door classified briefings on Capitol Hill.
Republicans have accused the Obama administration of misreading the assault as the outgrowth of widespread demonstrations in the Middle East over the video. They insisted it was a terrorist attack, a term White House spokesman Jay Carney used on Thursday. Obama did not use the phrase.
"What we do know is that the natural protests that arose because of the outrage over the video were used as an excuse by extremists to see if they can also directly harm U.S. interests," the president said at a candidate forum on the Spanish-language network Univision.
Asked if that meant al-Qaida, Obama said, "We don't know yet."
"We will focus narrowly and forcefully on groups like al-Qaida, the ones that carried out the 9/11 attacks. Those forces have not gone away," the president said.
Clinton also announced that, in line with federal law, she will appoint an independent panel to look at circumstances of the attack in Benghazi that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other employees. The so-called Accountability Review Board will be chaired by retired diplomat Thomas Pickering, she said.
Democrats and Republicans emerging from the briefings provided some details about what the administration is still piecing together -- who was responsible, how much of it was planned and what was the security.
Joining Clinton at the back-to-back briefings were Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter.
Rep. Adam Smith of Washington state, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, said it was "clearly a terrorist attack," but mortars weren't used until six, seven hours into the fight.
"So it seemed like an armed gang that seized an opportunity," Smith said.
Both Smith and Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersburger of Maryland, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said there was no evidence to suggest that the local Libyans at the consulate colluded with the attackers.
Published reports suggested that Sufyan bin Qumu, a former detainee at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who was transferred to Libya in 2007, was involved. Lawmakers asked about Qumu at the briefing.
"But not directly related to the attack, but as someone who's in that region," Smith said. "They're attempting to establish whether or not he was connected to the people who made the attack. He's certainly a person of interest."
Investigators have found no evidence or intelligence to suggest Qumu was at the conflict, leading it or organizing it, according to a U.S. official, speaking anonymously because he was not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly.
Senate Republicans expressed frustration with the information provided at the sessions and disputed the administration's assessment.
"There's increasing amount of evidence that this was a coordinated attack by terrorists," said Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican and member of the Foreign Relations Committee.


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Closeted World Cup Athletes Nudged Out Into The Open
Coming out as a professional athlete takes an enormous leap of faith, but does it have to?
What if all the closeted World Cup competitors decided to come out together, smashing stigmas and uniting against homophobic backlash by finding power in numbers?
Well that's more than a fantasy for U.N. Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay, who encouraged soccer players to come out as the competition is underway in Brazil.
"That's the only way they will find the right to sexual orientation accepted. They are role models, it's important to send this message to their fans as well," Pillay said, adding that it was "a shame, in this day and age", that people "had to hide who they really are.
There's an increasing realisation that combatting discrimination requires more than superficial measures that do not change attitudes or address the root causes of inequality."
Her comments came during a meeting on equality in sports on the sidelines of the U.N. Human Rights Council on Monday.
There are currently a total of zero openly gay World Cup soccer players, which in soccer can be a pretty normal score.
But that hasn't stopped them from appearing on Queerty in compromising positions, of course.
H/t: Reuters
that's CONSIDERING- TOTAL brain fart!
@hotboyvb81: Exactly. The World Cup is, as the name implies, a worldwide event, and there are too many countries where coming out would mean not only an end to their soccer career, but also quite possibly to their freedom and/or life.
I wonder if knowing they and their straight teammates are being sexually objectified and ogled at constantly on gay media sites might be playing a small role in making things difficult for them to comfortably come out. We claim we aren't doing that in the locker rooms, right?
Anyway, it was just a random thought.
That is exactly why I knew I had to go to this year's World Cup. My man and I leave this weekend for Brazil. Being as though I have no intention of going to Russia or Qatar, I knew this would be my last chance to go to the world cup while I was relatively young. Another 12 years and I will be 48, which isn't old, but I won't be able to dip it and do it the way I still can now. I went in 94 and 98 when it was held in the US and France, respectively, but I was only a sophomore in college in 98 and went with my parents. This is my first time going with my partner and as a real adult and I want to be open and free to hold his hand or kiss him if I want without worrying about some Neo-Nazis or Muslim extremists trying to kill me.
Brazil is pretty accepting of gay couples, but in my time there (three months each last two years) I thought it was not good to make a big deal of it one way or another. It just is.
And perhaps as it should be.
The United Nations contains a lot of anti-gay nations.
@Blackceo: Have fun in Brasil!
I hear you. I don't make a big deal of it either way. I'm not huge on PDA but I want to be able to give him a peck on the lips or cheek, or hold his hand while walking on the beach without it being an issue. I know that there will be a time and place for everything as well. I've been to Rio before and that is where we will be staying near Ipanema Beach so all should be fine. It really is ashame that there aren't any openly gay World Cup players, and as was pointed out with the next World Cups in Russia and Qatar, I'm not sure it will happen until 2026. One can hope though.
Thanks…OMG I'm so excited. Will be a test though. Last time I went to Rio I was single and acted quite slutaciously while I was there. Lots of looking but no touching this time, but its all good.


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The Minot State University athletic department broke ground on the third and final phase of the Herb Parker Stadium renovation project Monday afternoon.
MSU Athletic Director Rick Hedberg emceed the event, with university president David Fuller, city council president Jim Hatlelid, student body president Josh Sandy and Terry Hjelmstad of the State Board of Higher Education also taking turns at the podium.
The final upgrades to the university's football facility include a Daktronics scoreboard and video screen and a three-story press box structure that will also feature suites, concessions, bathrooms and space for merchandise sales. The first two phases included the installation of a FieldTurf playing surface, raised berms along the south and west edges of the field, a new lighting system and new bleachers that included a chair-back seating section.
The video board is expected to be completed in August and the press box is scheduled to be finished by the 2014 fall season.
Local firm EAPC Architects and Engineers won a competitive bid process to complete all three phases and construction on phase I began in 2010.
"This is a special day - a day that's been in the works a long time," Hedberg said.
MSU football coach Paul Rudolph said the upgrades will help the Beavers compete with other Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference schools in recruiting. MSU began competing in the NSIC during the 2012-13 academic year.
"That's the big thing - when you get a guy on campus and they see a big-looking, real fine structure, everything right there just warrants that it's important and it's going to be well-attended," Rudolph said. "It puts us right up there with the Joneses in the rest of the league."
Both additions are expected to raise revenue for the athletic department - the video board through advertisements and promotions and the press box structure through suite rentals and concession and merchandise sales.
The $4 million press box is being funded through the community facilities fund, with $1 million to be granted to MSU each year. The $658,000 video board was privately funded through sponsorships.
"Beaver athletes are always giving 100 percent and we're glad to see that our community, that our administration is giving us 100 percent as well," said Sandy, who also competes on the MSU track and field team.


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(WESH) University of Central Florida officials canceled morning classes Monday as investigators looked into a suspicious death of a student on campus and secured several explosive devices.
Student James Oliver Seevakumaran, 30, was found dead overnight in a dorm room at Tower 1, an on-campus living quarters near the school's arena that houses about 500 students. Officials said they believe Seevakumaran died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Shortly after investigators were called to look into the student's death, several suspicious devices were found somewhere inside the building. An assault weapon, a handgun and a number of explosives were discovered in a bag inside Seevakumaran's room.
"Police found an assault weapon and what appeared to be improvised explosive devices," UCF Associate Vice President Grant Heston said.
At a news conference on Monday, the campus Police Chief Richard Beary said that the material and notes found in the dorm makes it appear that attack on campus was planned.
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90.7's own DJ D-Block will spin some tracks, warming up for local rock bands The Letter 3 and Badstick will performance. Ages 19 and up are allowed to attend.
The cover charge is $5, with all money supporting 90.7's programming. The funds raised will go toward the station's operating budget.
"We rely on fundraising for most of our budget, so, when you pay the cover, you are helping support WVUA's programming," said station manager Chris Dodson.
Station employee Cliff Kyle and the music staff, led by music director Kim Mosher, put lineup together, Dodson said.
Doors open at 9 p.m., and the show starts at 10 p.m.
You can listen to 90.7's live audio stream at www.wvuafm.ua.edu. The station is totally student-operated, with a rock music format and original specialty show programming.
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Saturday, May 30 2009 (about 7 years ago)
Traxxas Wheelie Bar Assembly
This is a Must Have! For looks or for stability. Easy on vehicle adjustments.. forget about it...
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Traxxas Wheelie Bar Assembly
This wheely bar is very durable as the plastic used is very thick in some areas. The only problems are that if you jump off a ramp 1' or higher, the landing will cause the wheely bar to pop off of the clips that allow it to be adjusted. Also, if you plan to use this item hard and at very high speeds, buy the alluminuim wheels for it, it makes a big difference from rolling smoothly on ball bearings and having bolth plastic wheels wear out and slide off the screw.(I'm speaking from experience :)
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Sunday, May 10 2015 (about a year ago)
Traxxas Wheelie Bar Assembly
I Bought this for my ECX Torment, just remove the bumper for the traxxas and bolts line up with the torments bumper :)


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As the cost of cleanup atYoungsville High School and replacement of certain ruined equipment continues to mount — now approaching $1 million — it has become a dramatic testimonial to the......
In the wake of tragedy, we often try to find some resulting good. I wish I could think of anything at all that could be considered "good" as a result of this.
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Thanks for putting my feelings into words. Two weeks later I am still scratching my head about this entire incident. It will be quite awhile before I can forgive and forget.
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WHY? and I most definitely agree that there is no legitimate reason or excuse for what was done. But it seems that everyday we the citizens hear & read about more & more senseless killings & maiming of innocent civilians around the globe, about Wall Street magicians making other peoples money dissapear, while they get super rich, and then get nearly a trillion $$$$ more of taxpayer guaranteed monies to fix the problem that they created and then they don't, and still no arrests for any of those responsible! But when a average citizen who has never harmed anyone gets caught for the smallest crime, his name is immediately published, then again at arrainment,full name& usually age, home address, and all charges even before being found guilty! then after sentencing for a crime where no one was harmed, again and this time, all who read are told he's in jail, so maybe his home is unprotected. Why is this done when so many who are elevated in office or money and who do harm m
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So basically, it seems that a lot of people enjoy destroying or helping to hurt others. Lead by example.
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After reading the headline I thought this article was going to be about maintaining 4 high schools so we can graduate classes of less than 40 students.
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Or about the State investigation into Streetscape(r) and GROWarren?
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Does anyone else think it's a bit strange that all the pictures in the paper and on tv erie, shows all those workers cleaning up the corrosive mess at $700,000, None were even wearing a simple dust mask or any protective clothing??? Future lawsuits for hazardous exposure or??
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Tired 1, this is a LOCAL paper that is why. And this is certainly NOT the "smallest crime", considering we are approaching 1 million in damages!! Not only does it affect our school, it affects the entire community and rest of the school district. I am not sure how 3 boys vandalizing has anything at all to do with killers, "Wall Street magicians" or politicians so I cannot at all relate to the point you are trying to make here.....
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By FRANK SOUSA
One things about the ocean, if you miss the first serving, others will follow.
Rene Lariviere tooled our boat, the Char-Jo out of Sesuit Harbor in East Dennis and turned the bow immediately table where reports indicated that indeed the forerunners of the striped bass migration were feeding on schools of silversides, mooneyes and herring.
We no sooner hit waters outside Barnstable Harbor than the baitfish showed on our fish finder and grandson Sammy Corbitt let out a yahoo.
Within moments we played out our line with lead jibs wearing Hoochee skirts with Mario's squid tails.
We whipped the rods in a sweeping motion causing the skirts to twitch and the tail to wiggle, an action that would make a hula-hula dancer jealous.
We landed and released several fighting bass an inch or two under the minimum size, fat fellows that will chub out swiftly and will be legal game soon.
I had two big fish on that nearly caused the tip of my rod to get caught in the reel and lost both of them, not to mention losing the hoped for fish dinner that evening.
Rene wanted to catch the low tide to do some raking. That is raking for clams not lawn. If it was the latter I would disown him.
So we reeled in early and scooted back to harbor with our twin teams of 75 horses each, leaving a wake that could serve as a wedding train for the marriage of Mother Nature and Father Time.
Well like all old little boys who played in the outdoors in the fresh air, I took a nap.
It was Rene who woke me.
He had a sack full of cherrystones and quahogs for our dinner that night. So wife Char and I enjoyed a dinner overlooking the ocean whose first stop would be Europe, unless you deviated a bit off course and hit Nantucket.
The clams were accompanied by our son Doug's homemade blackberry and elderberry wine. Both Rene and Doug go into the will on those donations.
This carrot on a string bit seems a little crass but a man can't get enough cherrystones and homemade wine.
One thing about fish and game harvested by your own hand holding a rod or gun, it doesn't come any fresher and there is definitely a vast upgrading in taste.
Meanwhile, as the migrating Pilgrims of stripers were landing on Plymouth Rock and Barnstable Bay, the explosion of both bass and blues are hitting the Watch Hill, R.I., area.
A call to Capt. Billy Brown, who charters out of Watch Hill, said that not only did all of his charters limited out on stripers but that they were taken on the surface on light gear. It just doesn't get any better than that.
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FREE FISHING DAY: You can fish today without a license as part of a program to get new fishermen into the sport, as well as to remind former fishermen how much fun they have been missing.
BASIC SHOTGUN COURSE: Ray Smith reminds interested persons that the Basic Shotgun Course is held each month at the Ludlow Fish and Game Club.
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE: June is Massachusetts "River Month" and 170 events are planned on the state's larger rivers and shorelines. It appears there is something for everyone from kayaking, picnicking, fishing contests, fly fishing lessons, hiking, canoe races, river cleanups, overnight camping, white water rafting, nature walks and more.
The MassWildlife sponsored events are on the Fish and Wildlife Massachusetts Rivers Month Calendar. Check it out under
JACK KNIFE JERKS: Can you believe there is a movement afoot to disallow the ownership of folding jackknives!
Why not at the same time disallow kids from being kids, enjoying the outdoors, Scouting, carving a fuzz stick to start a campfire, making your own kid bow and arrow.
Are these 52 cards short of a full deck, leaving only the jokers, these people trying to turn our youth into TV watching, computer worshipping zombies!
What next? Ban the butter knife? Slice your turkey with a sharpened fore finger? We have to be careful, we can't poo-poo the coo-coo early stages..
Can't believe I've turned into such a grump at age 39 (and holding).
DON'T UNDERESTIMATE COYOTES: I do not get upset easily, a characteristic that has both saved me as well as put me in deep jeopardy. But I am upset with people who represent the coyote as harmless.
My opinion is that coyotes in Forest Park need to be up there on the Public Enemy list, and that their potential to do harm to the small, the defenseless, is a very real thing. I for one do not want to be counted among those who state coyotes are shy and harmless creatures. But please do not consider me of the "sky is falling'" family either.
It is just that coyotes claim to certain country needs careful consideration.
The listing of coyote attacks on humans handed out to the public are grossly lacking.
No mention has been made on an attack of an elderly man in Northboro last year. He was walking with his young grandson when a coyote leaped on him, knocking him to the ground. The man held the animal close to his body so it could not bite his face while the child ran for his father.
The coyote was only driven off after repeated whacks with a two by four.
A coyote that had a child trapped on the top of his slide attempted to climb the slide but slid backwards as the child's mother finally drove it off.
One local farmer told me that a coyote bumped his two young grandchildren after it attempted to escape from inside his barn. Another said that several years back he had set his young son by the side of the field he was plowing and that later he spotted a large coyote stalking the child. He drove it off.
In California last year coyotes attacked children three times in five days and dragged off a two-year-old by the head until the mother frightened it off.
Back a decade or so two children, one a baby, were killed in greater Los Angeles by coyotes.
Even the size reports are wrong. Forty pounds was given as the average weight for a male. That is true except for the coyotes that bred with northern wolves as they migrated here from the west. These hybrids are larger. Much larger are the wolf-coyote off spring that mate with similar hybrids.
It is time to get coyotes to want to reside in the woods, not yards and parks.
One report indicated they feed on mostly mice and such. Tell that to the people who have lost their cats and dogs and other pets right in their yard. Or to our hill town farmers who have lost sheep and calves including one that was ravaged as it was giving birth.
Not a pretty picture? It isn't meant to be.
With me, it's kids first, before all of us.
There is a place in our world for the animal, but in the life chain children come before coyotes.
MassWildlife describe coyotes as opportunistic feeders, meaning they will eat that which is easiest to obtain.
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The stay in this hotel is very nice. Friendly staff, clean room, centrally located, clean rooms and a very good breakfast.
- M. Fisser
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The room was of a high standard, beds comfortable, Hotel lovely and warm and was very quiet at night. Friendly, helpful staff, lovely breakfast and Hotel was very close to the centre of town. All in all a very pleasant stay and a Hotel I would recommend to friends.
- Deborah Green
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Another lovely comfortable stay at the beautiful Jan Brito. Thank you. The Jan Brito is always our first choice of accommodation when staying in the lovely city of Brugge. Just wished our stay was longer. All the members of staff are welcoming, very helpful and friendly. They are a credit to the hotel. Please do not change. We will be back
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David Carr, veteran newspaperman and indie-film star (Page One), can't quite remember the year he started his career at The Twin Cities Reader in Minneapolis (it was 1982), but he can say with confidence: "This backpack contains more firepower than the entire newsroom that I walked into" back then. To prove it, he unpacked. (For more on Carr's backpack, click here.)
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ALABASTER, Alabama -- Papa Saia's Pizza and Sports Grille, an Alabaster sports bar for the past 12 years, will relocate to Helena in March. According to Keegan Bunn, manager, the restaurant will move into the old Incahoot's building on Buck Creek off Alabama 261. It is currently in the Colonial Promenade, Alabaster.
Papa Saia's serves pizza, burgers, calzones, wings, salads and other items, Bunn said. It will operate seven days a week with hours yet to be determined.
"We're looking forward to the move to Helena," Bunn said. "We really like the community and the building."
Papa Saia's is expected to have about 20 to 30 employees, Bunn said.


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Giants general manager Jerry Reese talked Thursday about possibly keeping his starting quarterback off the field until training camp. He didn't mention that Manning was already doing some running and taking drops three weeks after ankle surgery.
Those magical Eli healing powers are apparently at it again. He wasn't supposed to be running for six weeks. But according to this video posted by Steiner Sports, which was posted Thursday, Manning appears ahead of the game. In fact, he sounds like a player who expects to be on the field with his teammates some time soon.
The Giants' biggest obstacle this obstacle this offseason may not be learning and installing a new offense. It may be to slow their quarterback down and making sure he's as healthy as possible come training camp.
Manning has never missed a game because of injury in his 10-year career. He injured his ankle in the season finale against the Redskins and had an ankle procedure – the first major surgery of his football life – on April 10.


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With a winter storm warning and heavy snowfall predictions for tomorrow, South Jersey postal officials today announced modified collection times and Post Office retail hours for Wednesday. All Post Offices in southern New Jersey will close at 4 p.m.
Mail collection from official postal collection boxes and other postal locations will follow the posted morning (AM) collection schedule. All other collection boxes with a posted afternoon/evening (PM) collection time will be collected by 12 noon. The Zip Code areas affected by this change are: 080, 081, 082, 083, 084, 085, 086, 087, and 077.


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The South Whidbey High School boys basketball team built a small first-half lead and then erupted in the fourth quarter to vanquish rival Coupeville 54-32 Friday in Langley.
After taking a one-point first-quarter lead, 10-9, the Falcons outscored Coupeville 15-7 in the second to go up 25-16 halftime.
The Wolves narrowed the margin to four, 25-21, on Nick Streubel's three-point play midway through the third period, then South Whidbey slowly rebuilt its advantage, finally reaching double figures, 37-26, when it hit two free throws as the third quarter ended.
From there the Falcons (2-8, 4-13) steadily pulled away.
The Wolves had a hard time slowing the South Whidbey inside tandem of Nick French and Parker Collins, who finished with 19 and 14 points and helped the Falcons dominate the boards.
Aaron Trumbull led Coupeville with 10 point but missed time because of fouls. Fouls were a problem for Coupeville, and the Falcons hit 14 of 21 free throws to only six of 13 for the Wolves.
South Whidbey used full-court pressure to create turnovers and limit the offensive opportunities for the Wolves.
Coupeville finished with 21 turnovers. Coach Anthony Smith said, "That's good for us, but still too many."
The Wolves shot 32 percent (11-for-34).
Streubel finished with seven points, Ben Etzell six, Caleb Valko three and Morgan Payne two. Valko grabbed seven rebounds and Streubel six.
Smith said South Whidbey hurt the Wolves with transition buckets and praised the Falcons for their intensity: "They play hard; they go for every loose ball."
Coupeville (0-10, 1-15) finishes a string of six away games when it goes to Sultan (6-4, 7-9) at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22.
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Aren't these cute!!! Almost as cute as the recipients!! My cousin's twins turned 2 a couple of weeks ago, and these were their gift bags. The price of gift bags at paper stores is so expensive, then add the card, matching tissue paper, you can pay as much for packaging as you do for the gift. I now prefer to purchase kraft & plain white gift bags in bulk, tissue paper in bulk and add my own decoration. These were make with the Perfect Pennants die and Serif Essentials Alphabet die.
Aidan's features the Big Top Birthday designer series paper and quick accents. The tag is made from the Two Tags die, Under the Big Top stamp set Big Top quick accents and the to & from come from the Dear Santa stampset from the holiday mini – I hope it comes back in the new catalog.
Lila's features the Flirtatious Specialty designer series paper. Her tag also uses the Two Tag Die and Hello Doily background stamp and Word Play stamp set.
Hope you enjoyed them!!! Happy Stamping!
Stamps: Word Play (W-120308 / C-120651), Hello, Doily, Under the Big Top (W-122875 / C-122877), Dear Santa (unavailable)
Ink: Basic Black; Wisteria Wonder, Melon Mambo
Paper: Big Top Birthday DSP; Daffodil Delight; Peach Parfait; Real Red; Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive; Whisper White; Flirtatious Specialty DSP; Pretty in Pink; Melon Mambo; Wisteria Wonder
Big Shot Dies: Perfect Pennant, Two Tags; Serif Essentials Alphabet
Other: Big Top Birthday Quick Accents; 1 1/4″ Striped Grosgrain Ribbon – Pretty in Pink; 1 1/4″ Striped Grosgrain Ribbon – Old Olive (retired); 1/8″ Taffeta – Daffodil Delight; Hemp Twin; Sticky Strip; Dimensionals


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I got this email from Dan, who writes:
Donnie - Please let whomever is putting the "S" decal on the helmets that they need to pay attention to detail. I see some of the "S" decals are an inch away from the earhole on some helmets and 3 inches away from the earhole on others. It looks bush league.
So I took Dan's comment to equipment manager Kyle Fetterly, who writes:
Donnie - Thanks for the info. We have already addressed it and reapplied the "S". We put them up the night before the first practice and we had some new freshman managers that need to be taught how to place the "S". Last week we had another helmet session and you'll see that they are uniform in their placement. I suggest that the photos that people are seeing are the ones taken from the first few days of camp before we had a chance to make the correction. Hey, it's new to us too, after 25 years of just a blue stripe, it's something that we have to get used to. Our managers take a lot of pride in how our helmets look out on the field and I am going to be personally inspecting each one on Wednesdays after we clean, buff and restripe them. I appreciate people's comments on our appearance. We want to be first class and professional each and every time we take the field.
Thanx much to Kyle.
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DOTHAN, Alabama -- Dothan police are searching for a man who attacked an employee and robbed a Ross Clark Circle nursery on Wednesday afternoon.
Sgt. Maurice Eggleston said the suspect walked into White Produce at 1210 Ross Clark Circle on Monday and, at first, acted like he was going to buy something.
When the cashier went to the register area, the suspect, who had a knife in his hand, followed behind her and told her to give him the money, he said. He grabbed her, and when the cashier started to struggle he threw her on the ground.
The cashier was shaken but not injured, Eggleston said.
The suspect is described as being a black male, 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighting approximately 170 to 190 pounds. He was wearing a dark-colored hat with a "Lexus" symbol on the front, dark -colored jacket with a white tank-top underneath and black pants. He was last seen running out the business towards Ross Clark Circle.
Police consider the suspect armed and dangerous.
Anyone with information on the suspect is asked to call the Dothan Police Department at 334-615-3000.
Community members wanting to assist anonymously can either call the Crime Stoppers Tip Line at (334) 793-7000 or text the word 'DACS' and your Tip to CRIME (274637).


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Breast-feeding advocates are riding the A train from the Bronx to Brooklyn to call attention to a mother's right to nurse her baby.
The activists want New York lawmakers to pass legislation that would require health care providers to tell pregnant women about the benefits of breast-feeding before and after delivery.
State Sen. Liz Krueger's office says the bill also would ban commercial interests from pressuring new mothers into using formula.
Forty-year-old Valerie Roman was one of the nursing mothers who participated in today's demonstration. She says she's breast-fed all three of her kids, ages 17, 10 and 7 1/2 months.
"It's the healthy way to go," she said.


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PennDOT puts new weight restrictions on many bridges
PennDOT is posting new weight restrictions or reductions in the amount of weight allowed on hundreds of structurally deficient bridges throughout western Pennsylvania.
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In District 11, which covers Allegheny, Beaver and Lawrence counties, 46 state-owned bridges will be posted with a new or increased weight restriction. The list includes the Liberty Bridge, the Elizabeth Bridge and several smaller bridges.
(Go to the PennDOT website and click on "Bridge Information" for a full list of bridges throughout the state.)
The goal is to slow down the deterioration of those bridges and preserve their safety until the state passes new transportation funding for repairs.
"PennDOT has pretty much moved all of our resources away from capacity; building new roads, new capacity type products; to focusing on maintaining existing infrastructure and we still clearly don't have enough funds," said Dan Cessna, PennDOT District 11 Executive.
Pennsylvania has nearly 4,500 structurally deficient bridges, more than any other state. PennDOT has regulatory oversight over all bridges in the state.
Proposals to increase taxes and fees to raise money for highways, bridges and mass transit have stalled in the state Legislature.
Cessna said that by adding weight restrictions, they are hoping to put off repairs.
"We need to be sure that we can ensure the safety and integrity of the bridges," Cessna said.
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By Monetta Harr
JACKSON, MI -- Sara Pierce bounded into the Indian grocery store one weekday afternoon, a toddler in her arms and three older children at her side.
"Who would have thought, an Indian place finally in Jackson," said the Jackson woman, as she stood at the counter looking over a take-out menu.
Pierce said she learned to cook Indian food from friends, and she has to travel to Lansing to buy ingredients. Daughter Isabelle, 11, proclaimed her mother's talents for making Chicken Masala and other foods "awesome."
"My kids have begged me to come in here and see what this is all about," she added.
What Lazeez -- an Indian word for delicious -- Flavors of India is all about is a woman's dream.
About Lazeez
Lazeez Flavors of India, an Indian grocery store, is located at 3634 McCain Road, in a strip mall at the corner of McCain and Robinson roads. Group cooking classes are offered on Saturdays, and individual classes during the week. A take-out menu currently includes eight offerings, from a Paneer Roll (organic spinach, paneer, cucumbers and lettuce on a whole wheat flat bread) for $6.25 to Pani Poori (semolina puffs served with chickpeas, mashed potatoes and sauces) for $4.50. The store is open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1 to 8 p.m. Saturday. For more information call the store, 513-3041.
Sangeeta Awan, 47, was raised in a family of cooks and caterers in Calcutta -- now Kolkata -- the same area where Mother Teresa did her work. She and her daughter, Mehr, 18, moved to Jackson 11 years ago and, "I started from scratch, learning the culture of this city and this country."
Awan worked many part-time jobs -- even stocking ambulances at Jackson Community Ambulance with medical supplies -- before she landed what proved her turning point job, as a cashier in the dining commons at Spring Arbor University.
"Many students are from out of state and other countries and they were lonely," Mehr said. "They would talk to my mother and if they didn't have enough money to buy a meal, my mother would swipe her own card so they could eat."
Gradually a friendship developed and Mehr said their home became the place where students would hang out, playing board games, talking and eating.
"They were never disappointed with what I served, and every time I asked, they said change nothing," said Awan, seated at a round table in the back of the store where she offers cooking classes.
She wanted to open a restaurant but that is yet to come. She rented the only available space in a strip mall, at 3634 McCain Road, and opened April 29.
"It was God's vision, the rest is history," said Awan, a nearly constant wide smile on her face.
Spices, prepared foods, some of which are frozen, are stocked there. But almost immediately from customers who came in as well as on the store's Facebook page, there was demand to offer cooking classes, as well as take-out meals, which Awan prepares each day.
"Indians already know how to cook so they just buy ingredients here. It is Americans who are learning how delicious and healthy Indian food is who are coming to classes," she said.
Group classes are offered each Saturday, but Michele Fugate of Brooklyn opted for private lessons. She was there one weekday and was just finishing up eating Stuffed Paranthas -- flat bread stuffed with potatoes -- and Bakodas, something like a deep-fried appetizer.
"I love Indian food and wanted to learn how to prepare it," said Fugate, who finished her second lesson and arranged for a third.
Awan said many Americans think all Indian food is doused with curry but that isn't true at all. Instead, it is a blend of flavors and Awan teaches how the cooking and tasting process changes depending on the order in which ingredients are added to a sauté pan. For instance, a trio of fresh garlic, chopped onion and ginger will taste and smell different depending on the first ingredient in the pan, then the second and finally the third.
It is vegetarian cooking with protein and fiber-packed meals thanks to a heavy emphasis on lentils, rice and flat bread.
Her daughter said Lazeez differs from nearly every other Indian grocery store because in those, a man sits behind the counter and doesn't say a word.
"So people buy things they don't know what they are buying," Mehr said. "Here, my mother and I explain recipes, we even open packages so people can smell what is inside and we offer free samples of food to taste. People learn when they come here."


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By JIM SMITH
CANTON, Ohio – In a game filled with numerous scoring streaks, double-double efforts by four players and overtime, the Springfield Armor opened the NBA D-League season with 94-91 win over the Canton Charge at the Civic Center Saturday night.
Christian Polk began the overtime by sinking a 3-pointer to provide Springfield with a lead it refused to relinquish. The Armor outscored the Charge 9-6 in the extra time.
Canton's Antoine Agudio launched a 3-pointer successfully from the corner at the buzzer to force overtime.
Springfield's James Mays posted a double-double for the with a 23 points and 11 rebounds. Ben Uzoh (16 points), Willie Reed (14), Polk (14) and Carleton Scott (13) also connected for double figures in scoring.
Kevin Jones had a game-high 31 points for the Charge (0-2).
A first quarter highlighted with each team having unanswered scoring streaks, a seven-point run for the Armor and a 13-point run for Canton ended with the Charge ahead 21-16.
Canton took advantage of shooting 7 for 7 from the foul line in the first quarter while the Armor missed their only two attempts.
Neither team shot particularly well from the field in the first quarter – Charge (38.9 percent) and Armor (33.3 percent).
Scott led the Armor first-period scoring with eight points. Jones led all first period efforts with 12 points and 5 rebounds for Canton.
Early in the 2nd quarter the Charge, using quick, accurate ball movement, expanded their lead to 10 points at 6:30.
Following a time out called by Armor coach Bob MacKinnon, Springfield rattled off 11 unanswered points to take a 1-point lead.
Canton halted the Armor barrage on a basket by Arinze Onuaku followed up by a 3-pointer at the shot clock buzzer by Jones with 1:44 remaining in the period.
At the half the Charge had built up a 5-point lead 47-42, behind Jones' 21 points and 10 rebounds earning him his second double-double in his first two games this season. The Armor were led by Scott's 11 points and Willie Reed's 10. Uzoh had 5 assists by halftime.
In the opening five minutes of the third quarter Canton managed to build a 9-point margin that was answered by an Armor effort to whittle the lead to 2 points with 3:32 remaining.
After exchanging baskets for several transitions, and aided by a technical foul called on Reed for grabbing the net, the Charge rebuilt a seven-point lead 74-67 at the end of three periods.
Mays opened the final period by scoring six unanswered points to cut the Charge lead to one. Canton managed to keep a lead until the 2:27 mark when Uzoh's floating runner tied the game at 82.
Polk's bucket followed by Uzoh connecting on one of two free throws gave the Armor a 3-point lead with 13 seconds remaining before Agudio forced overtime.
James Mays leads Springfield Armor to OT win against Canton Charge in season opener
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Mixtape Monday [18/06/12]
Last week saw a few highly anticipated mixtapes dropping from the US, with the long-awaited debut tape from 16-year-old Brooklyn sensation Joey Bada$$, the latest mixtape from Warner Bros. signee XV and the new collaborative project from Canadian rap veteran Kardinal Offishall and producer Nottz Raw, as well as some less expected projects from a few up-and-comers and the first vocal mixtape from Wolverhampton up-and-comer Heckz…
Joey Bada$$ – 1999
Since Joey Bada$$' 'Survival Tactics' (featuring fellow Pro Era crew member Capital STEEZ) went viral a few months ago the 16-year-old emcee has been the talk of the NY rap scene. With many comparing the newcomer to Nas' classic debut, Illmatic the young rapper has some giant kicks to fill with this debut mixtape, 1999 which the hype has been building around. Full of 90's influence, jazz samples and quick-witted New York rap, we are sure that while this perhaps doesn't live up to the impossibly high standards many were pushing it towards, this is a refreshingly young modern boom bap record that continues the current revival of quality New York rap.
Tito Lopez – The Hunger Game
Despite having garnered the attention of Dr. Dre who co-signed the Atlanta representing rapper last year, Tito Lopez hasn't took the route of working with tonnes of collaborators on hugely hyped up releases, and instead remains low on the radar releasing quality original projects such as this one with very little in the way of big name features or producers. With his lyricism, word-play and interesting song concepts, we are confident that Tito is set to blow very soon.
Heckz – History
After the success of his two Hecstrumentals volumes as well as various Youtube freestyles, Wolverhampton MC and producer Heckz offers up his first vocal mixtape entitled History which features standout cuts Left Right, No Fatigue and I've Been Working.
ANTHM – Joy & Pain EP
Short and sweet, seven tracks of electro-fuelled hip-hop from German born, northern VA raised, Ethiopian MC, ANTHM, who prides himself on making moves without the use of a co-sign. The project, however, does include a few well selected features; Blu, Freddie Gibbs and upcoming singer-songwriter Janelle Kroll.
Troy Ave – Bricks In My Backpack 3
The third instalment of Brooklynite Troy Ave's Bricks In My Backpack series, showcasing his own brand of the classic coke-rap genre. This time around standout contributions come courtesy of Action Bronson, Fabolous and Chase N Cashe and the tracklist includes the previously leaked and well received Chiddy Chiddy Bang Bang, Merlot pt. Deux, Cokemania and Free Base.
Kardinal Offishall x Nottz Raw – Allow Me To Re-Introduce Myself
Serving as a re-introduction to Kardinal who has been out of the game for a few years, the Canadian rap veteran decided to return in style with an album-quality project and all for the low price of Free! Doing so purely over the crisp drums of production from Nottz Raw, the underrated genius behind tracks from the likes of Kanye West, Busta Rhymes and Asher Roth, was a very welcome bonus.
XV – Popular Culture
After last year's Zero Heroes, we were highly anticipating the latest offering from Vizzy who didn't disappoint with this new project which, as the title suggests, draws influence from a huge range of popular culture including everything from Willy Wonka's lift (Wonkavator featuring Emilio Sparks) and Inception (The Kick – our personal favourite). The Awesome Sound handles the majority of production this time around, as well as contributions from Xaphoon Jones (of Chiddy Bang), DJ Tech-Neek, TNGHT and The Odd Couple, with notable features from Slim The Mobster, SchoolBoy Q and B.o.B amongst others.
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In today's Alabama business news: Open bids for a bankrupt grocer, open season for hiring and wide-open jet manufacturing for Airbus, an open discussion about boosting healthcare in rural Alabama, a Meridianville family opens up about its Food Network experience, Leeds is opening up land for the long-planned Grand River, and open containers are coming to Birmingham.
Associated Wholesale Grocers started the day as the stalking horse and ended the day in the winner's circle in the auction for bankrupt Birmingham grocer Belle Foods.
Airbus added some key hires as it moves toward airplane production in Mobile and the aerospace giant said the industry is growing to require $4.4 trillion in new investment over the next two decades.
The owners of the family business saved by "Restaurant Impossible" and later sold looks back at the experience.
Leeds annexes 700 acres, paving the way for Daniel Corp.'s Grand River.
The Birmingham City Council made open containers in some districts possible with a decision today.


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In a crucial game in the Shore B South division, Wall, No. 20 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, will meet its chief rival, Point Pleasant Boro, for the third time this season on Friday.
In the first meeting between these two teams, Wall won 6-4 on Dec. 19, as Jeff Morgan scored twice in the final 1:45 of the third period to vault Wall to the victory. Point Pleasant Boro had come back from a two-goal deficit to tie the game in the third period.
The last time these teams met, it was in the final of the Winding River Holiday Tournament and the game went into a shootout. Wall senior Matt Marabetti was the third shooter and scored to give Wall the tournament title.
Since then, Wall has been decimated by not having a full roster and has experienced some injuries. The team currently stands at 12-5-3 on the season. Wall defenseman Tom Panico has been playing with his club team, Comcast AAA and has missed some games. Morgan plays in the North American Prospects Hockey League and has missed a few games. Luke Stohrer has been playing with the Habs junior team and Jess Haviland returned from injury this week, to name a few of the things Wall has had to endure these past few weeks. But Wall should be near full strength for Friday's game.
Point Pleasant Boro, on the other hand, has won five of six games since the loss in the Winding River final and is 11-2-1 coming in. Steven Kovaleski and Carter Klotz are currently ranked second and sixth in the state in points with 54 and 46 respectively. Owen Harrington has chipped in 29 points on the season. If Point Pleasant Boro can get a victory, its lead would be up to three points with just two division games to go for each team.
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Born Valerie Helen Koliski in Somerset, Pa., she moved to Manhattan in 1939. She met Thomas Lavin on her lunch break in Battery Park and the couple fell in love; they wed in December 1944 and settled in Prince's Bay in 1947.
Mrs. Lavin worked for several years at the Infant Home of the former Mount Loretto Orphanage in Pleasant Plains.
She was a Girl Scout troop leader at Our Lady Star of the Sea R.C. Church, Huguenot, and had received the Juliette Lowe award for Girl Scouting.A member of the Staten Island Garden Club and a past president of the South Shore Garden Club, Mrs. Lavin was accredited by Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J., in horticultural design and was recognized as a horticultural judge by the National Federation of Garden Clubs. With her husband, she traveled to England, Europe and South America, where she participated as a judge in international garden shows and visited many renowned gardens.
She was an active parishioner of Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, where she served as a lector and Eucharistic minister, and altar lady. She decorated the church with floral arrangements year round and for holidays, but especially loved doing so at Christmas. She also was a member of Court Veronica, Catholic Daughters of the Americas.
Thomas, her husband of 69 years, died in January.
Surviving are her sons, Patrick and Thomas; her daughters, Constance Lindsey and Mary Anna Donohue; her sister, Mary Koliski; eight grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be Saturday from the Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home, Tottenville, with a mass at 10 a.m. in Our Lady Star of the Sea Church. Burial will follow in Resurrection Cemetery, Pleasant Plains.


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Flowserve (NYSE: FLS ) is expected to report Q3 earnings on Oct. 29. Here's what Wall Street wants to see:
The 10-second takeaway
Comparing the upcoming quarter to the prior-year quarter, average analyst estimates predict Flowserve's revenues will expand 3.5% and EPS will grow 2.5%.
The average estimate for revenue is $1.16 billion. On the bottom line, the average EPS estimate is $2.07.
Revenue details
Last quarter, Flowserve recorded revenue of $1.18 billion. GAAP reported sales were 5.0% higher than the prior-year quarter's $1.13 billion.
Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Dollar amounts in millions. Non-GAAP figures may vary to maintain comparability with estimates.
EPS details
Last quarter, EPS came in at $1.98. GAAP EPS of $1.98 for Q2 were 13% higher than the prior-year quarter's $1.76 per share.
Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Non-GAAP figures may vary to maintain comparability with estimates.
Recent performance
For the preceding quarter, gross margin was 32.5%, 30 basis points worse than the prior-year quarter. Operating margin was 13.6%, 150 basis points better than the prior-year quarter. Net margin was 9.1%, 30 basis points better than the prior-year quarter.
Looking ahead
The full year's average estimate for revenue is $4.74 billion. The average EPS estimate is $8.51.
Investor sentiment
The stock has a five-star rating (out of five) at Motley Fool CAPS, with 836 members out of 857 rating the stock outperform, and 21 members rating it underperform. Among 187 CAPS All-Star picks (recommendations by the highest-ranked CAPS members), 186 give Flowserve a green thumbs-up, and one give it a red thumbs-down.
Of Wall Street recommendations tracked by S&P Capital IQ, the average opinion on Flowserve is outperform, with an average price target of $145.00.
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the 1-year maintenance of the efficacy of desvenlafaxine 100 mg/day (administered as desvenlafaxine succinate) established on week 12 in a 1-year, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial in postmenopausal women seeking treatment of bothersome vasomotor symptoms.
Methods: Primary efficacy endpoints were changes in hot flush (HF) frequency and severity on weeks 12, 26, and 52 in an efficacy substudy population (≥50 moderate and severe HFs per week at baseline). Secondary endpoints were Greene Climacteric Scale, Patient Global Impression Symptom Rating, and Patient Global Impression of Change scores (weeks 12, 26, and 52) for the main study efficacy population. Safety was assessed throughout the trial.
Results: The mean baseline HF frequency (efficacy substudy population, n = 365) was 12 moderate and severe HFs per day; the mean baseline severity score was 2.4. At 1 year, women treated with desvenlafaxine maintained the efficacy established on week 12. Desvenlafaxine reduced HF frequency by 7.47 moderate and severe HFs per day on week 12 (adjusted mean difference from placebo, −2.48; 95% CI, −3.47 to −1.50; P < 0.001) and by 7.70 moderate and severe HFs per day on month 12 (adjusted mean difference from placebo, −2.86; 95% CI, −4.14 to −1.57; P < 0.001). Desvenlafaxine reduced the mean severity score by 0.63 on week 12 (placebo, −0.30; P < 0.001) and by 0.75 on month 12 (placebo, −0.44; P = 0.003). Reductions in Greene Climacteric Scale total score (main study efficacy population, n = 1,950) were significantly greater for desvenlafaxine than for placebo on months 3, 6, and 12 (all P < 0.001). Treatment-emergent adverse event rates were 84% for desvenlafaxine and 79% for placebo (P = 0.006). Full safety results are reported separately.
Conclusions: The treatment efficacy of desvenlafaxine 100 mg/day achieved on week 12 in postmenopausal women with vasomotor symptoms is maintained for 1 year.
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Prendergast in Italy (Part of An American Season)
Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building
February 14 - May 9, 2010
Encounter five exhibitions by four intriguing artists during "An American Season" at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The work of Maurice Prendergast, John Singer Sargent, Alice Neel, and Charles M. Russell comes together in a uniquely American gathering of paintings, drawings, sculptures, and more. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) presents the exhibition Prendergast in Italy (Part of An American Season), on view Sunday, February 14 - Sunday, May 9, 2010 at the Audrey Jones Beck Building. This exhibition brings together for the first time the unparalleled bodies of work that American Impressionist Maurice Prendergast (1858—1924) produced during two trips to Italy, in 1898 and 1911.
For centuries, aspiring artists flocked to Italy to study the art and architecture of the ancient world and the work of the Old Masters of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. In the 19th century, American artists were especially attracted to what writer Henry James called the "time-mellowed harmonies" of Italy, and of Venice in particular. For Prendergast, the sites of Venice provided a spectacle of color and pattern that he transformed into stunning and bold modernist artworks, catapulting him into the front ranks of American artists.
Prendergast in Italy will feature approximately 70 watercolors, plus monotypes and related oils, sketchbooks, letters, and Japanese prints, drawn from a number of public and private collections, as well as from the Williams College Museum of Art (home of the Prendergast Archive and Study Center) and the Terra Foundation of American Art (the second-largest repository of Prendergast holdings). The presentation will demonstrate Prendergast´s ranking in American art as a technically superb watercolor artist. The vivid palette and liveliness of his work disguise the rigor and bold aesthetic approach to his subjects in works that continue to charm new generations of museum goers.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue, published in English and Italian by Merrell Publishers in London.
Prendergast in Italy is curated by Nancy Mowll Mathews, Eugénie Prendergast Senior Curator of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Art, Williams College Museum of Art; and Elizabeth Kennedy, Curator of Collection, Terra Foundation for American Art. Emily Ballew Neff, Curator of American Painting and Sculpture at the MFAH, will organize the Houston presentation of the exhibition, following its showings at the Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) July 18 — September 20, 2009, and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, October 9, 2009 — January 3, 2010.
Pictured: Maurice Prendergast, Grand Canal, Venice, c. 1898—99, Williams College Museum of Art, gift of Mrs. Charles Prendergast.
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Phone: 713-639-7300
Free outdoor parking is available in the street-level lot directly across from the Law Building at 1001 Bissonnet Street.
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By John I. Todor, Ph.D., author of Get with it! The Hands-on Guide to Using Web 2.0 in Your Business. (www.TheWhetstoneEdge.com)
My sources within the financial services industry say they are very interested in doing business with baby boomers and they think customer relationships are very important.
Here's the perception of the other side (source AARP magazine, Jul/Aug 2008):
60% of 50+ Americans say they don't read financial literature because it is too hard to understand.
41% of 50+ Americans are turned-off by financial jargon.
54% of 50+ Americans think an Internal Revenue Service tax form is easier to understand than a mutual fund prospectus.
Why do financial-service professionals and companies use complicated jargon instead of plain English? Here's what 50+ Americans think:
63% say it is to make a product or service seem more impressive.
50% say it is to distract people from focusing on the fees they will be paying.
50% say it is to make consumers feel less confident about handling their own finances.
One group wants customers with money. The other group has money and they want help. Where is the problem?
I did a very informal survey of some financial advisors about the situation and the most common response was, "we are not responsible for the jargon, the companies are."
Once again, what an opportunity! Financial advisors should advise. But people don't like taking advice from people they don't trust. A first step in building trust is helping clients understand what they don't understand.


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In today's continuing tale of strange bedfellows, the indie game that won the reality show competition held by Rupert Murdoch's IGN is now officially out. Washington's Wig managed to come out on top of IGN's The Next Game Boss (an event that pitted various indie devs against each other) about three months ago, which netted them a spot at IGN's Indie Open House and licenses to various engines (the latter may not sound too impressive, but engine licenses can cost quite a bit, even for small games). The game is now purchasable on XBLIG for the low, low, price of 80 MS points.
The game itself- developed by brother duo Team2Bit– is a 2D platformer where you play as George Washington's dog- Dogsworth McFreedom- trying to return Washington's wig to him as he crosses the Delaware river. Here's the release video of the 8-bit styled title:
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MOBILE, Alabama -- Now that the 25th annual American Cancer Society Chili Cook-off is in the books I can say this: I was skeptical about the committee's decision to pick up stakes and move the whole thing about 15 miles to the west.
I, like a good many others, felt the move from the city center to just outside the city limits of Mobile was a dicey proposition. You don't just uproot a successful event and relocate it without at least some repercussions.
But now that the event is finished and all the chili cleaned up, I can say with some authority that I think the move was a rousing success. Here are my thoughts on this the first year a new, completely different locale.
It was much more open and despite the large crowd (estimates are more than 15,000 people showed up) it never felt crowded. The expanded kid's area was a nice plus (now that I have a grandson this is especially important) and the parking was free and abundant.
As a participant the new venue was especially nice. We were able to drive to our spot on Friday, drop off our gear, set up and decorate and return on Saturday with the only chore being to cook. That was very nice.
What, you ask, gives me the right to pass judgment on an event that has been successfully raising money for the past 25 years in the fight against a killer disease? For one thing, I've been in attendance, either as a participant or a judge, at 20 of those events.
So you could say that I bring to the table a bit of context.
This cook-off actually had its roots in Midtown. The first three or four were held in the small parking lot behind the now defunct Lumberyard Café and Convention Center (a moment of silence for this legendary watering hole). The first year they had six teams and raised almost $500.
I didn't go to those first few. I'm not sure why, but I just didn't.
No, my first year as a competitor the event had just moved to Cathedral Square where a shade more than 20 teams took part and organizers were thrilled at the participation. Our efforts failed miserably and has been documented in the past we returned home with most of the chili we cooked. It was, in a word, horrible.
We competed in that cozy venue for a few years before organizers picked up and moved east a few blocks to the larger confines of Bienville Square. I admit now that the curmudgeon in me opposed the move; I liked it in Cathedral Square where it was comfortable we held a home field advantage (the square is situated at the back door of our old Government Street office).
But there, underneath the stately oaks of Bienville square, the event flourished and by 2009 when we (ahem) won the event outright there were nearly 125 teams competing.
That was about as many teams as they could comfortably jam into the square, and that as after the city closed of two streets to try and spread the event somewhat. In short, the cook-off was bulging at the seams.
So the committee made the admittedly painful decision to try and grow the fund-raiser by moving to larger quarters and that meant finding a suitable location. The Grounds (formerly the Gulf State Fairground) was a natural choice.
This year only 76 teams took part, down 25 or so from the 2013 event's last year in Bienville Square. Some teams chose not to make the move west.
I admit now that I was immediately skeptical about the decision, but I vowed publicly to reserve judgment. (As my wife will attest I'm not a big advocate of change almost to the point of distraction.)
I pledged to wait a year to before offering my insights. The cook-off is not perfect. (I'm still perplexed by how a seafood gumbo win an award in one of the categories, but that's just me.)
As a longtime observer of this event, I can only hope that these folks who opposed the move and didn't take part will reconsider next year and come on out to the new digs.
The scenery may have changed but the event is essentially the same as it ever was and that is about raising money to fight a horrible disease that affects millions of people. And that is really all that matters.
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"Chargin" Charles In Charge At Canyon Speedway Season Opener
Cody Morris, PEORIA, ARIZONA (3-24-2012) – Delayed a week due to inclement weather, the 2012 ASCS Canyon Region campaign fired into action Saturday night at Peoria, Arizona's Canyon Speedway Park for round 1 of 24 scheduled events, with approximately half of those held at CSP confines.
Two-time ASCS Canyon Region champion (2009,2010) Charles Davis Jr. led all 30 laps in the main event to take an early edge in the seemingly perennially battle with reigning three-time Canyon Region Champion (2007,2008,2011) Jeremy Sherman.
While Davis wired the field, the final lap proved the toughest, as a slight bobble would bring Phoenix native RJ Johnson alongside for a photo finish, but Johnson would fall about 3 feet short and settle for runner up honors with Sherman advancing from his outside 3rd row starting spot to nab the show position.
Peoria's hometown favorite Josh Pelkey crossed the finish line with Hard Charger honors, improving 7 spots from his 11th place starting spot, with Phoenix native Bruce St. James rounding out the top 5 running order.
RJ Johnson, Dalten Gabbard, and Jeremy Sherman took heat race victories over the 24 car field, with Thomas Ogle taking a winner's transfer in the 12 lap B Feature.
Josh Castro held off a tough field of cars as he beat Dustin Cormany and Josh Shipley to the stripe to take the first ASCS2 Micro win of the year.
Jake Johnson held off CSP X-Mod Champion Jason George taking top honors in the 15-Lap feature while Tony Martin was victorious in Southwest Modlite competition.
Full Results: http://www.canyonspeedwaypark.com/?page_id=8
Canyon Speedway will celebrate Easter in grand fashion with the 2nd Annual Easter Eggstravaganza featuring the double header of IMCA Modifieds and the ASCS Wing Sprint Cars. The season debut of the highly anticipated Challenge Cup Non Win Sprint Cars and the return of the CSP Pure Stock's will be joined by Bomber Mania and Dwarf Cars for a full night of Easter fun. The Easter Eggstravaganza will get hopping when general admission tickets go on sale at 5pm for only $15 for adults, Senior and Military $13, Juniors 7-12 $6 and CHILDREN 6 and UNDER are free. Racing will begin promptly at 7:00pm.
Season and Suite Access Passes will allow race fans to get all the action at an unheard of low cost. Season Passes are on sale for only $249 and $199 for Seniors, Students and Military thus dropping admission prices to under $10 per event. Suite Access Passes will allow race fans the opportunity to enjoy the races from Canyon Speedways VIP Suites for only $349
Discounted season passes are available by calling the Canyon Speedway office at 602-258-7223. 2012 Season Ticket Packages can be viewed on line at http://www.canyonspeedwaypark.com/?page_id=796
To keep up on all the latest news and happenings please sign up for Canyon Speedway E-News. The track update registration can be found at the top of the home page: www.canyonspeedwaypark.com
The full 2012 Canyon Speedway Schedule can be previewed online at: http://www.canyonspeedwaypark.com/?page_id=6
Canyon Speedway Park is located in North Peoria off Lake Pleasant Parkway, then 1.3 miles West on Carefree Highway. For more information please, contact the track at 602-258-RACE(7223) or additional information regarding Canyon Speedway Park can be found at www.canyonspeedwaypark.com