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The Post-Newtown Witch Hunt
In the aftermath of the horrific Newtown, Conn., school massacre, Americans from all parts of the political spectrum agree that we need to pay more attention to mental health issues. Public death threats and incitements to violence must be taken seriously. The incendiary witch hunt against law-abiding, peaceful gun owners is neither noble nor effective. It's just plain insane.
Over the past week, I've witnessed a disturbing outbreak of off-the-rails hatred toward gun owners and Second Amendment groups. Whatever your views on guns, we can all agree: The Newtown gunman was a monster who slaughtered his own mother, five heroic educators and 20 angel-faced schoolchildren. He ignored laws against murder. He bypassed Connecticut's strict gun control regulations, and he circumvented the Sandy Hook Elementary School's security measures. Every decent American is horrified and heartsick by this outbreak of pure evil.
But tens of millions of law-abiding men and women own and use guns responsibly in this country. The cynical campaign to demonize all armed men and women as monsters must not go unanswered. What's most disturbing is that the incitements are coming from purportedly respectable, prominent and influential public figures.
Consider the rhetoric of University of Rhode Island Professor Erik Loomis. He teaches "U.S. environmental history, the Civil War, late 19th and early 20th century America, labor history, and the American West" in the university's history department. Online, however, Loomis is a militantly unhinged foe of all things conservative.
This week, the nutty professor took to Twitter to rail against law-abiding gun owners and the National Rifle Association. "Looks like the National Rifle Association has murdered some more children," Loomis fumed. "Now I want Wayne LaPierre's head on a stick," he added. (LaPierre is executive vice president and CEO of the NRA.) Loomis was just warming up.
"F**k the National Rifle Association and its policies to put crazy guns in everyone's hands," Loomis tweeted. "You are g*dd*mn right we should politicize this tragedy. F**k the NRA. Wayne LaPierre should be in prison," he spewed. "Can we define NRA membership dues as contributing to a terrorist organization?"
If all that wasn't clear enough, Loomis also re-tweeted the following message from a fellow left-winger: "First f**ker to say the solution is for elementary school teachers to carry guns needs to get beaten to death."
When the conservative group Campus Reform called attention to the craziness, Loomis whined about a "right-wing intimidation campaign." Sane university professors shook their heads. University of Tennessee law professor and blogger Glenn Reynolds explained the anti-NRA syllogism at work:
"(1) Something bad happened; (2) I hate you; so (3) it's your fault. This sort of reasoning has played out in all sorts of places over the past century, with poor results. One would expect a history professor to know better."
Unfortunately, Loomis is not alone. Famed author Joyce Carol Oates also took to Twitter to blame the entire membership of the NRA for one evil-doer's massacre. "Another NRA-sponsored massacre for Christmas 2012," Oates wrote. She then accused any politicians who supported the NRA of "felony homicide." And then she mused hopefully for mass shootings against the NRA: "If sizable numbers of NRA members become gun-victims themselves, maybe hope for legislation of firearms?" Shockingly, actress Marg Helgenberger of the TV show "CSI" cheered her on: "One can only hope, but sadly I don't think anything would change."
In Texas, state Democratic Party official John Cobarruvias threw fuel on the fire. Cobarruvias is the Democratic Party precinct chair in Houston, Texas, and holds a seat on the Texas State Democratic Party's executive committee. On his Twitter feed, Cobarruvias labeled the NRA a "domestic terrorist organization" and called for the assassination of NRA leaders and supporters: "Can we now shoot the #NRA and everyone who defends them?"
So, it's come to this: Advocating beheadings, beatings and the mass murder of peaceful Americans to pay for the sins of a soulless madman. But because the advocates of violence fashion themselves champions of non-violence and because they inhabit the hallowed worlds of Hollywood, academia and the Democratic Party, it's acceptable?
Blood-lusting hate speech must not get a pass just because it comes out of the mouths of the protected anti-gun class.
Michelle Malkin is the author of "Culture of Corruption: Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks and Cronies" (Regnery 2010). Her e-mail address is: [email protected].
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Prince William has grown from cute toddler to dashing prince. Take a look back at the life of the man who will one day be king.
Prince Charles and his sons Prince Harry and Prince William smile during the family ski trip in Klosters on March 29, 2002.
Prince William walks with his father, Prince Charles, Sept. 21, 2001, in Glasgow, Scotland.
Viscount Linley, Prince William, Prince Harry and Peter Phillips follow the body of the Queen Mother to Westminster Abbey during her funeral April 9, 2002 in London. The coffin will be taken from Westminster Abbey in a hearse to Windsor where she will be interred with her husband King George VI.
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Athlete Year of Birth: 1986
Athlete Place of Birth: Johannesburg, South Africa
Athlete Weight: 68kg
Athlete Height: 180cm
Athlete Lives: Brisbane Australia
Website: http://www.jamesseear.com
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I was apparently a full time job as a toddler back in Johannesburg, South Africa where I was born. My day started at about 5 am when I climbed out of my cot and tottered to my parents bedroom and gently prodded my mother's arm until she awoke to go and get me a cup of "junior tea". Having always been a morning person, training for sports seemed like a great way to start my day - the other end of the day hasn't changed much either - rarely am I up past 9.30 pm.
My primary school years were spent in Pennsylvania, USA - a sharp contrast to the African climate - snow and other inclement weather events could stretch out for 6 months. My sister, Maxine, and I joined the local swim team to keep cabin fever at bay and distinctly remember our wet hair freezing on the short walk to the car. Apart from skiing, there wasn't too much to recommend a cold climate. My efforts to stay active during class were not particularly well received either with notes being sent home complaining about my fidgeting and the undoing of nuts and bolts holding my desk together. I have now moved up in the world and I am now dismantling cars and bicycles.
What I thought was serious swim training was nothing compared to our introduction to Australian standards. We arrived here during the school summer holidays and in an effort to meet other kids, were signed up for the Saint Peter's Western Swim Team, at that time coached by Paul "Cowboy" Sansby. It took about one day to realise that we had been doing things at a very leisurely pace, that our lives were about to dramatically alter and my name would be forever changed from James to Jimmy.
Having discovered that I could run from compulsory school cross country events, the idea of a triathlon offered an exciting change to my routine. I've always enjoyed bikes, with or without engines, and so preparation for the Noosa Kids Triathlon in 2001 began in earnest. A swim without a black line beckoned, my trusted old mountain bike tyres were pumped up and shoes and socks at the ready. I haven't looked back since…………..
Triathlon has greatly enriched my life: I have seen many interesting parts of both Australia and the world that I probably wouldn't have otherwise visited; I have met some truly inspirational people; I have witnessed incredible mental and physical strength and resolve; I have friends who are the best in the world at their craft; I have received untold generosity of support and encouragement and I have experienced what it is like to be stuck in a foreign train station all night without a ticket and just my bike for company!
Athlete Sponsors: IOOF, Cervelo, Shimano
Athlete Language: English
Athlete Tri Entry Year: 2002
Athlete Other Sports: Motor racing
Athlete Hobbies: Motor racing
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Startling concerns about race equality
Our shortcomings as a community, blessedly few in number, are for the most pretty benign compared to most places. We can always do better caring for folks without jobs or homes, but we've got resources available. But there is one glaring, egregious and unacceptable exception.
The recent report by the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families, examining multiple findings of disproportionate arrest and incarceration, school achievement and poverty rates for African Americans is startling in its unambiguous conclusion.
"Could a place as prosperous, resourceful, and progressive as Dane County," it asks, "also be home to some of the most profound, pervasive and persistent racial disparities in the country?"
We are the worst folks, the rock bottom worst. That's sickening.
Council spokesperson Bob Jacobson says a comprehensive and coordinated approach to solving this problem is needed and of course it is. The YWCA is a great example of an organization that is working hard on just such an approach.
This is also a problem that requires individual actions by every one of us every day.
We better start changing a lot of how we think and act in this community because this is just unacceptable.
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Preserving and reinventing tradition
Open season for trout on the upper upper Willow is April 1st through October 15, but the stretch of the upper Willow below the Parkston Bridge and a section of the Beaverkill are open till November 30. A section of the lower Beaverkill below Roscoe and the section of the Willow between Roscoe and Livingston Manor are open to angling all year.
Eight years ago, Evan Lavery bought another long-standing fly shop in Roscoe, The Beaverkill Angler. Founded 40 years ago, the shop features a wide array of equipment, gear, clothing and accessories in addition to flies and tying materials. Evan believes that one of the hidden treasures of the area is "the legitimate two to three months of fall fishing, well into November. While you won't find the proliferation of hatches like the spring, utilizing a variety of tactics, you'll find plenty of voracious trout." At a time when avid anglers are trekking to Montana or upstate to fish for steelhead, there is much less pressure on the streams and you may find yourself alone on an entire run.
Evan advocates using new, or rediscovering old, fishing techniques for fall fishing. "When the fish aren't feeding on the surface, try contact nymphing, popularized in Europe," he says. To this end, he is sponsoring the 2013 Troutoberfest on October 12 and 13. In addition to a two-day fly fishing tournament, which Evan believes leads to innovative new techniques and equipment, there are a series of classroom and on-water workshops designed to improve the skills of all levels of fishermen. George Daniel, author of "Dynamic Nymphing," will lead a class indoors and on-water on contact nymphing. Acclaimed fly tiers from all over will demonstrate their techniques, as will others showing various sub-surface fishing skills. For more information, see beaverkillangler.com/troutoberfest_2013.html.
The Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum (CFFCM) located below Livingston Manor on the Willow has been preserving, documenting and sharing the traditions of fly fishing in the Catskills since 1978. Now with three buildings including a gift shop and museum on more than 50 acres, the CFFCM offers something for everyone in the family.


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As the United States marks the 50th anniversary of National Poison Prevention Week from March 18-24, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is teaming up with product safety counterparts in Canada and Mexico to call attention to the dangers of unintentional poisoning.
CPSC, Mexico's Consumer Protection Federal Agency (Profeco), the Federal Commission for the Protection Against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris), and Health Canada have committed to working together to engage consumers during this week. Consumers need to know how to safely choose, use and dispose of potentially harmful products.
Unintentional poisoning is one of the leading causes of injury to children. Poisoning is a preventable injury. Yet each year thousands of children in the United States and across North America are treated in emergency departments after consuming poisonous substances.
"Fifty years of poison awareness efforts have resulted in thousands of lives saved," said CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum. "However, new and reemerging hazards, such as button cell batteries and chemicals that look like everyday drinks, have renewed CPSC's efforts to raise awareness and encourage poison prevention."
While child-resistant packaging, critical safety messaging and education efforts have contributed to a significant decline in deaths, the North American safety agencies are aiming to reduce even further the number of unintentional poisonings.
CPSC recommends that consumers layer the protection in three key steps:
1. Keep medicines and household chemicals in their original, child-resistant containers.
2. Store potentially hazardous substances up and out of a child's sight and reach.
3. Keep the national Poison Help hotline number, 800-222-1222, handy in case of a poison emergency.
Additional poison prevention steps are:
- When hazardous products are in use, never let young children out of your sight, even if you must take them along when answering the phone or doorbell.
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- If a button cell battery is ingested, immediately seek medical attention. The National Battery Ingestion Hotline is available anytime at (202) 625-3333 (call collect if necessary), or call the Poison Help hotline at (800) 222-1222.
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The Hamlin Garland Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, literary notebooks, photographs, and other memorabilia, by and about the American realist writer (1860-1940).
173 boxes, loose material
The Hamlin Garland Collection consists of nearly eight hundred manuscripts of Garland's writings, dozens of his literary notebooks, many hundreds of photographs and other memorabilia, and parts of Garland's personal library (cataloged separately in the USC Libraries OPAC, Homer). It also contains 8,000 pieces of correspondence, largely unpublished, including many letters from such famous correspondents as James M. Barrie, Joseph Conrad, Thomas Hardy, and A. A. Milne of England, and from Americans such as Walt Whitman, William Dean Howells, Stephen Crane, Gertrude Atherton, and Willa Cather.
Advance notice required for access.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical materials and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
[Identification of item], Hamlin Garland Collection, Collection no. 0200, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
The checklist which makes up this finding aid was originally completed for Hamlin Garland : Centennial tributes and a Checklist of the Hamlin Garland papers in the University of Southern California Library by Lloyd A. Arvidson, originally published in the University of Southern California Library Bulletin no. 9 (1962). In 1999, an electronic version of the checklist was produced, and in 2012, this electronic version was modified to produced this finding aid.
By the terms of his bequest, a large part of Hamlin Garland's library came to the University of Southern California in 1939-40. The author died in March of 1940, and in November the University Library announced the acquisition by purchase of Garland's personal papers and correspondence. Although he had drawn quite close to USC during his final decade, receiving an honorary doctorate from the University in 1935, Garland long held out the idea of placing his papers with an institution in the East or Mid-West, geographically closer to the parts of the country he most closely identified with. He left final disposition of the archive to Mrs. Garland, however, who saw the merit of adding her husband's papers to the USC library's growing American Literature collection.
In the years immediately following, much Garland material which the author had loaned for exhibition was retrieved by USC. His first scholarly biographer, Eldon C. Hill at the the University of Miami (Ohio), also returned letters, books, and manuscripts which Hamlin Garland had placed at his disposal during the writing of Hill's dissertation. The Garland Collection moved out of cartons and file cabinets after 1950, when Professor Bruce E. McElderry (English) assumed the task of describing and analyzing the entire archive. Concurrently, Lloyd Arvidson of the library staff, with particular responsibility for the American Literature holdings, was preparing his Bibliography of the Published Writings of Hamlin Garland; and it became his next goal to draw up the detailed checklist of the Garland Collection, which the library published as a paper-bound octavo booklet in 1962.
Through the good offices of Professor Mark Rocha, an addendum to the Garland Collection was acquired in 1988, consisting for the most part of family memorabilia (photographs, scrapbooks, personal correspondence) belonging to Garland's two daughters.
John B. AhouseAmerican Literature Curator University of Southern California October 8, 1999
Additional information on Hamlin Garland, his life and work, can be accessed at http://libguides.usc.edu/hamlingarland
The collection has been processed at the item level. The numbers preceding individual items in this finding aid are unique item numbers.
Each Garland manuscript here listed is revised in the author's hand unless the entry specifically states that it is a fair copy or is unrevised (unrev.). Revision of manuscripts written by others (series 11, subseries D) is, however, noted. A date or approximate date which has been supplied from sources other than the manuscript described is placed in brackets, with a question mark if it is unverified. When a manuscript has obviously been post-dated by Mr. Garland, this has been noted, since such post-dating is not always reliable. Titles of entries for manuscripts are those of the published work or of the final draft. Variant titles of earlier drafts are placed in quotation marks.
A separate explanatory note for the checklist of correspondence may be found at the beginning of that series.
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The Hamlin Garland Collection is organized into 12 series; each series corresponds generally to a format or a broad subject area. Within each series, items are generally arranged alphabetically by title or subject (when appropriate). Occasionally, as for the Garland notebooks, a chronological arrangement is used. This arrangement was created for the original checklist of the collection.


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A Susan G. Komen grant provides breast cancer patients with an artist in residence program at the Queen's Medical Center.
Click here to see Nana Ohkawa's report.
Lynn Murray signed up immediately when she heard about the program. It's a diversion from the medical treatments she has to go through as a breast cancer patient.
"I have to take chemo now every three weeks, a 4-hour injection every three weeks for the rest of my life," said Murray.
A cancer survivor herself, art teacher Jocelyn Cheng, has a deep connection with the patients.
"I think art helps the soul recover and heal. There's a joy they find in making art which is the fun part," said Cheng.
It's fun. There's no pressure to share stories. The women say nothing's forced.
Instead, it's a time they can lean over and talk about medical treatments, how they feel or their painting -- whatever they want.
"I'm an only child. I don't have brothers or sisters and no one close to me has gone through breast cancer. So this is a great resource for people like me who, I'm from California, so I don't have an ohana here. This is my ohana," said Murray.
"One of the real reasons I think it's so wonderful that we have Susan G. Komen and the American Cancer Society because they give us support in these kinds of supports," said breast cancer patient Nolyn Blanchette.
Blanchette discovered how creative she can be. The class, she says, revives her spirit.
"It gives people hope because no matter what's going on in my life, look, I can create this beauty and if you can create beauty in your life, you can apply it to many things," said Blanchette.
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Susan "Sue" Plumbo Murdock
Susan "Sue" Plumbo Murdock, 51, of Parkersburg, died on Monday, June 17, 2013, at her home.
She was born Aug. 22, 1961, in St. Paul, Minn., to the late Raymond Joseph and Karla (Manders) Plumbo. Sue attended North Parkersburg Baptist Church, where she was very involved with the music and drama ministries. She was an active member in the Actors Guild in Parkersburg and the Mid-Ohio Vally Players.
She is survived by one son, Alexander R. Murdock; one daughter, Karaline E. Murdock; two sisters, Gina M. Fisher of Burnsville, Minn., and Mary K. PLumbo of St. Paul, Minn.; one brother, Joseph R. Plumbo of St. Paul, Minn.; and many friends.
The family would like to extend a special thank you to Dr. Kelli Cawley, M.D.
Memorial contributions may be made to North Parkersburg Baptist Church, the Actors Guild, or the American Cancer Society.
The funeral service will be Thursday, June 20, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at North Parkersburg Baptist Church, with Pastor Mike Towner officiating. Visitation will be Wednesday, June 19, from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. at Leavitt Funeral Home, Parkersburg.
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Urban and regional planning
The influx of rural migrants to urban areas has created severe strains on the fledgling infrastructures of developing nations and has resulted in congestion, pollution, unemployment, lack of housing, and deteriorating transport. As a Peace Corps Volunteer in urban planning, you work closely with local planners and administrators. You may provide technical assistance to address issues such as: housing, potable water systems, sewage disposal, zoning, and land-use controls. You may also assist in developing accurate data for decision makers, conducting a community assessment, analyzing resources, and providing alternate models if applicable. Other Peace Corps projects that improve the quality of life include self-help housing, infrastructure planning, economic development, municipal management, and urban community development. The exact goals of your project will vary according to the type of project, your qualifications, and the location of your assignment. In collaboration with local government officials and community leaders, your responsibilities may include:
- assisting in creating initiatives for local economic development;
- assisting in developing appropriate environmental planning regulations;
- conducting a community assessment to identify strengths and needs;
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- assisting in planning and implementing affordable services that ensure safe drinking water, sanitation systems, and solid waste management;
- determining how to use available energy resources and preparing proposals with relevant supporting data.
In addition to your primary duties, you coordinate other activities depending on community interests and skills. For example, you may teach English to your co-workers or help create income-generating projects with a women's group or with youth who are considered at risk. Urban planning is new to many developing countries. It is vital that you understand not only the myriad of technical problems, but also the cultural views and social and political context in which you operate. Your assignment may have little or no established structure or schedule. You continually define your role in response to the needs of the local people. Your creativity, flexibility, self-motivation, and self-discipline may be vigorously challenged as you establish credibility and adapt to your new environment. You need to have a variety of organizational, communication, and consensus-building skills and an ability to formulate action plans to help deal with complex problems and scarce resources. You must also keep in mind that your role is that of an advisor so that the organization will continue to sustain itself even after your departure. Your can-do attitude and your willingness to work with your hosts to find appropriate solutions will help people to help themselves.
Since regaining its independence in 1991, Lithuania has been experiencing an economic and political transformation. Peace Corps Small Enterprise Development Volunteers collaborate with the Ministry of Economics to aid in the transition to a market economy. Volunteers provide support to Lithuania's privatization efforts and help create regional economic development plans. They also conduct workshops to: encourage more efficient local and regional governmental planning; provide hands-on financial and management assistance to local governmental entities; provide organizational development expertise to non-governmental organizations; provide training in the development of brochures, informational booklets, and other materials on industrial development, social services; and serve as a resource to other business Volunteers. Volunteers help counterparts develop a long-term sustainable capacity to continue to provide similar services even after their departure.
Rapid urbanization is causing a shortage of skilled human resources, funds for basic services, and an alienation of the vast majority of grassroots constituents. Peace Corps Volunteers are assigned to municipal/city or provincial governments and responsibilities include: general public administration (budget preparation and planning); research on local government laws and legal advocacy; physical planning (land-use, zoning regulations, road/transport systems, water works and sewage, low-income housing); pollution control (environmental impact assessment, solid waste management, research on environmental laws); networking with non-governmental organizations; and community consultation on public interest issues.
Ivory Coast
The Peace Corps' Urban Environmental Management project encourages grass-roots initiatives for community-based urban services. Volunteers work as part of a team of at least four members, including two Volunteers and two Ivoirian colleagues. Their work combines planning, engineering, and construction with environmental/health education and serves to reinforce existing infrastructure or services while teaching the population about health hazards. Volunteers focus on the organization and development of municipal sanitation systems: low-cost and no-cost erosion control, latrines, road maintenance, and garbage collection systems.
A. BA/BS or MA/MS Urban/Regional Planning, OR B. MA/MS Public Administration or Public Policy with Urban Planning emphasis, OR C. BA/BS Architecture, Urban Studies or Geography AND one year Urban Planning experience, OR D. BA/BS any discipline with five years professional experience (3 years directly related to urban planning).


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Indian Creek tops Harrison Central, 46-42
CADIZ – The main objective in a basketball game is to put the ball in the basket.
That is something Harrison Central didn't do down the stretch Tuesday night in dropping a 46-42 Buckeye 8 boys' basketball decision to visiting Indian Creek inside the John W. Stephenson Center.
The home fans were on their feet after Nick Pelegreen drained a three-point goal to put the Huskies (11-4) ahead 30-29 with 2:49 remaining in the third quarter, but little did anyone wearing Black, Silver and Royal Blue know, that was the last basket the hosts would make until 19.4 seconds were left.
In that span, which lasted a dreadful 10 minutes, 20 seconds, the Redskins (11-4) took a lead they never relinquished. During that time, Harrison Central misfired on numerous 'good' looks at the basket. It also failed to capitalize on free throws when the clocked was stopped.
"Not making a field goal for that long and then missing free throws isn't a good combination when you're trying to come back," said Harrison Central head coach Justin Clifford. "Defensively, we're playing our rear ends off and giving ourselves a chance to win, but we just can't put the ball in the hole at the other end of the court.
"Give Indian Creek credit because they do that to a lot of teams, but they aren't the only team we haven't put the ball in the hole against. Sometimes you take a bad shot and it goes in, and sometimes you take a good shot and it doesn't. That's basketball."
Following Pelegreen's trey, Indian Creek went on a 6-0 run to end the third panel leading 35-30. The Redskins scored eight of the first 12 points in the final chapter to lead 43-37, but the Huskies wouldn't go away.
Senior guard Fletcher Watt drove to the basket and converted the layup – Harrison Central's first bucket since Pelegreen's bonus bomb – while being fouled to make it 43-39 with 19.4 seconds left. His free throw bounced off the rim, but Pelegreen pulled it down and put it back up off the glass for a 43-41 reading as Clifford called timeout with 16.1 left.
Frankie Kamarec was quickly fouled and sank the first of a two-shot opportunity. His second chance was off the mark and Watt rebounded before time was called with 8.8 showing.
With the hosts setting up for a game-tying trey, veteran Indian Creek head coach Joe Dunlevy had his troops immediately foul, which they did, sending Austin Kowalski to the stripe.
Kowalski made the first to make it 44-42 with 5.6 left and Clifford called his final timeout.
When play resumed, Kowalski intentionally missed the shot, but in the process failed to hit the rim, giving the Redskins the ball out of bounds. The ball was inbounded to Shane Winland who sealed the deal by knocking down both charity tosses.
"These games are always like this," Dunlevy said. "These kids have been playing against each other since junior high, so each team knows the other pretty good.
"I love the Buckeye 8. This league is tough. There are five pretty good teams in there."
Dunlevy singled out the play of senior guard Blake Roar, who came up with a pair of big steals in the fourth quarter when Harrison Central was making a charge.
"His doesn't get much publicity because he doesn't score 20 points a night, but without his two huge steals, we don't win this game."
Alex Young led Indian Creek with a game-best 20 points. Kamarec added eight. Young also grabbed seven rebounds.
Pelegreen paced Harrison Central with 15, two more than Watt. Rashaen Mitchell added eight. Mitchell also pulled down a game-leading eight rebounds as the Huskies held a slim, 27-26, edge off the glass.
Indian Creek 46, Harrison Central 42
INDIAN CREEK (11-4): Kamarec 1 6-10 8; Furda 2 0-1 4; Roar 2 1-2 5; Young 8 4-6 20; Winland 0 2-2 2; Sullivan 2 1-2 5; haught 0 0-0 0; Durbin 0 0-0 0; Anderson 1 0-0 2; TOTALS: 16-33 14-23 46. 3-pointers: none.
HARRISON CENTRAL (11-4): R. Mitchell 3 2-4 8; K. Mitchell 0 0-0 0; Watt 5 2-3 13; Kowalski 0 3-4 3; Pelegreen 4 6-9 15; Olmstead 1 0-0 2; Evans 0 0-0 0; Rutter 0 0-0 0; Miser 0 0-2 0; Totals: 13-41 13-20. 3-pointers: Watt, Olmstead, Pelegreen.


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Lincoln Domm was appointed chairman of the anatomy department at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine in 1952 and held that position until 1967, when he became professor emeritus. Domm authored and co-authored 160 research articles, principally on endocrines and the physiology of reproduction. He was concerned with the effects of the sex hormones estrogen and androgen, particularly on chickens. Domm was a pioneer in the study of steroids. He received his Ph.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Chicago in 1926. In 1979, North Central granted him an honorary doctorate.


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PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Sept. 25, 2013)If you haven't done so, be sure to visit the current exhibit in the Mosely Gallery, "Points of View," featuring the varied art of faculty members at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. The free show closes on Oct. 4 making way for a Comic Show Oct. 11 through Nov. 8.
Eight faculty artists display artworks in various styles and media, including drawings, paintings, sculptures, photographs, ceramics and mixed media. The "Points of View" ascertained from the works show the artists' motivation from creating art, Gallery Director Susan Holt, said.
"The annual faculty art show allows students to see how artists—their mentors—explore different perspectives and themes," Holt said. "It allows the student to start cultivating their artist expressions."
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Dennis Wentz received a M.D. degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and graduated from the Program for Health Systems Management at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration and has enjoyed an extraordinary career. He is chairman of the research committee of the Association of American Medical Colleges, a member of the standing committee on multi-media programs at the Southern Medical Association and secretary of the Public Service Satellite Consortium. He is also a member of the governing council of the Alliance for Continuing Medical Education and chairman of the committee on health for the University of the World. Wentz retired from the American Medical Association in December 2003 and formed a new company called Wentz Miller and Associates. Today, he serves on many cultural and educational boards and holds membership with several professional organizations.


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Not sure I'd even consider Carmelo and Amar'e a duo. Chris Duhon is a part of one of these options so I might go with him.
Who are the worst two players that played on the same roster in New York Knicks history? Over the past decade I have came up with a few.
Shandon Anderson/ Howard Eisely
Moochie Norris/ Clarence Weatherspoon
Eddy Curry/ Jerome James
Eddy Curry/ Zach Randolph
Jalen Rose/ Steve Francis
Chris Duhon/ Al harrington
Carmelo Anthony/ Amar'e Stoudemire
Humility is a virtue and pride is a vice.
Not sure I'd even consider Carmelo and Amar'e a duo. Chris Duhon is a part of one of these options so I might go with him.
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Steve Francis and Stephon Marbury no doubt
This depends on how it is classified. If you are talking worst in terms of disappointment based on potential, Stat and Melo have to be high up there, but if you are talking crappiest talent, obviously that aren't, you would just go through the years and pick the 2 worst players on the roster over most of these combos, so it depends wording. Obviously Amare and Carmelo aren't the crappiest two players we've had, it's just that they are far below the expectations we had for the duo. On the flip side of that, Moochie Norris and CSpoon were not a terrifying duo for opponents, but did we really expect them to be?
"Tough times don't last forever, tough people do"
Marbury and Francis would still take FatMelo and Retardemire to school
With that being said, im giving a slight edge to Duhon and Harrington over Stat and Melo
Can we put Carmelo Anthony's Skill/Carmelo Anthony's Personality as an option of the worst duo?
Curry and Randolph, but Anthony and Stoudemire are a close second.
Jeremon Linbury
I am a little ambivalent looking at these names just because the worse case (and most likely) answer to what should be done can be seen in the past.
The knicks have been down this role before. They had Eddy Curry who was a scoring Center and put him next to Zach Randolph who was a black hole and boom they couldn't work and the knicks we're trapped with an out of shape eddy so they moved the still viable Zach.
The lesson of that was the Knicks should of course never signed Curry to that deal. But Lets say Curry had some interest around the league instead of only at the Burger Kings drive thru? The Knicks should of traded Curry and kept Zach. Zach was a blackhole but his game was there and he improved upon it while curry disappeared and regressed as a player. In time Zach has become a very important piece for the Grizzlies.
Anyhow what I am getting at is After D'antoni goes Amare. Shoot to be honest I wouldn't be surprised if say Phil Jackson becomes the coach in the offseason Amare is moved for some pieces. Teams would still take him most noticeably the 76ers.


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Help Parents Make Informed Choices
At its heart, public school choice is about giving parents a choice. Parents can ask themselves which school their child should attend with the expectation that their child can attend the school they choose. Under NCLB, districts are required to allow parents to move their child from a Title I school "in need of improvement" to a school that is meeting standards. In districts with choice programs, parents may regularly have a choice among schools with distinctive instructional programs, either within or outside their neighborhoods.
For choice to be effective, parents need information about the schools that are available to them, the characteristics of those schools, how the enrollment process works, and the transportation available. Ultimately, parents will want to think about which school would be best for their child, given a range of educational and personal considerations.
Districts have a responsibility to communicate with parents clearly and fully about school options and to help them make informed choices.
First Steps
Communicate Clearly About NCLB Choice Options
Mailing a letter home to parents is the most common way to let them know about public school choice under NCLB. Such a letter is a legal requirement of NCLB, and its purpose is to be user-friendly and help parents consider their options based on clear information. This is easier said than done.
Districts naturally face a conflict in communicating about schools in need of improvement. They want to support the schools to improve; in fact, schools must have improvement plans and tell parents about them. On the other hand, districts need to clearly set out parents' option to transfer their child to a school that is already meeting standards. Direct and specific information should explain what the school is doing to improve and what's available in other schools. In the end, it's up to the parents either to give the current school another chance or to transfer to a school that they believe will better meet their child's needs.
Some districts, like Milwaukee, have learned the advantage of breaking the information up into multiple communications and sequencing their release in digestible, user-friendly parcels (see figure 5). This strategy, recommended for communication with the media, can also support clear communication with parents. Notice how Milwaukee's steps are sequenced:
Figure 5. NCLB Communication Steps in Milwaukee
Over the year, the district communicates information about NCLB to parents in a variety of ways, first by being clear about the difference between enrollment for choice options independent of NCLB and enrollment related to NCLB. The district also communicates parents' rights under NCLB and the district's obligation to parents. These communications occasion three separate letters:
Source: Information from district interviews.
- General communication about NCLB and accountability,
- School communications about improvement plans, and
- Notification of "needs improvement" status and choice options.
Knowledge about NCLB has begun to spread in districts and communities around the country. Media reports as well as district communiqués and the school report cards required by NCLB itself have all funneled information to parents. But it is a complex law, with new terminology and options for parents, so diligent communication is important. Surveys suggest that parents may not know if their child's school has been identified as "in need of improvement."9 And it is low-income parents, those most targeted to benefit from NCLB's accountability provisions, who most depend on communication from the school or district, along with informal networks.10 Fortunately, parent-friendly resources about NCLB, along with resources about school choice in general, are increasingly available (see appendix C).
To make it easy for parents to understand their NCLB choice options, Milwaukee, for example, provides a frequently-asked-questions document, "My School & the Title I Enrollment Option," in addition to the letter and enrollment form they send to parents whose children attend schools required to provide choice under NCLB (see figures 6 and 7 for excerpts from these documents). Because Milwaukee has a variety of choice options, the district makes an extra effort to clarify how the NCLB choice options fit with others.
Milwaukee's experience adjusting the language it uses to communicate withparentss is also instructive. The first year that the district sent parents a letter describing their NCLB choice options, the letter contained legalistic language. The next year it did not. Milwaukee revised the letter to parents to make it more readable, simplifying the language and increasing the type size. Other districts as well have worked to make their communications more parent-friendly. Many districts translate their communications into multiple languages. Miami-Dade, for example, reaches parents in Spanish, English, and Haitian Creole. In Mesa, the district provides schools with a two-column format: English on the left and Spanish on the right, for parallel communication to parents in both groups.
In these letters, one feature that might be emphasized clearly is which schools are eligible as receiving schools. Milwaukee found that parents frequently made invalid choices (selection of a private school, a school outside the transportation zone, or a school itself in need of improvement). Similarly, the Massachusetts survey found that parents expressed interest in a variety of public and private schools and that "a remarkably high percentage" selected other underperforming schools, which were higher-achieving than their own school and more demographically balanced but also in need of improvement.11
Other key features that might be included are details about the application process itself and the deadline by which applications must be received. A survey of 41 districts that belong to the Council of the Great City Schools indicates that parents generally are given at least three weeks to respond, often four or more.12 This was true for the five districts in this study as well. Liberal deadlines anticipate possible delays in parents receiving the information and the logistics of providing the help they may need in making a decision.
Many districts take extra steps to be sure that parents get the basic NCLB choice information they need. They send repeat mailings from the district or individual school site, and they give students follow-up notes to take home. Automated phone calls are another option districts have used to communicate with parents directly. Additional common communication tools include parent meetings, Web sites, and advertisements. (Other tools for reaching parents are described in the section on developing a multifaceted communications strategy, page 12.)
Provide Personalized Follow-Up
Even in the initial stages of reaching parents, the districts in this study added a personal component, having learned as Milwaukee did that "personal contact is the most effective means of communication." Several of the five districts took advantage of existing parent outreach centers. In Cambridge, parents who wanted to pursue choice were asked to call the Family Resource Center so the liaison could talk directly with them and explain their options more fully. Miami-Dade asked parents to come in to one of the six regional parent access offices.
Districts also reached out proactively. In Milwaukee, Parent Center representatives called or visited those parents who made choices that were not valid or who submitted incomplete forms. Parents were appreciative of the calls and visits, and the district's proactive approach generated greater parent involvement and buy-in.
Figure 6. Excerpt from Milwaukee Frequently Asked Questions
My School and the Title I Enrollment Option
Questions and Answers 2002-2003
|The highest priority for the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) and your child's school is to improve student achievement. We have a firm belief that all children can learn and will achieve. The school district is currently engaged in special efforts to improve performance in a group of federally funded Title I schools. Principals, teachers, parents, and staff are working hard to make Improvement for next year and to institute additional educational services and programs in these schools. If your child is enrolled in one of the schools identified for improvement by the state, you have the option of keeping your child enrolled in the current school or seeking enrollment in another public school for the 2002–2003 school year.
What is my child's current school doing to improve?
MPS has invested significant resources in your child's present school to help improve its academic programs and services. The programs and services now being offered at your child's present school are included in a letter sent to you from the principal.
What is the Title I Enrollment Option, and what does it mean for me?
The Title I Enrollment Option is designed to comply with a provision of a new federal law, entitled the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The law provides parents in certain federally funded Title I schools with the option of either keeping their children enrolled in their present school or seeking enrollment in other public schools. This option is only available where the child's present school has been identified as a school in need of improvement by the state, which means that the school has not demonstrated two consecutive years of adequate progress in student academic performance. Almost all MPS schools are Title I funded schools.
Will my child's current school always be in this program?
Not necessarily. The principal, teacher, parents, and staff at your child's school are working hard to improve the academic performance of students. If the school demonstrates that its students are making adequate academic progress for two consecutive years, then it will be removed from the program.
How were we identified for this program?
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction identified certain federally funded Title I schools on the basis of lack of adequate progress in student academic achievement, as evidenced by student scores on the Wisconsin Student Assessment System.
How do I apply to enroll my child in another school?
To request that your child be enrolled in another school, parents must complete a Title I Enrollment Option Request Form, which was recently mailed to parents. Additional copies are available at your child's current school. Forms must be completed and returned to the Division of Student Services by September 27, 2002. Please note that no applications will be accepted after September 27, 2002.
If I complete the form, what school would my child attend?
Depending on space availability, even if you request to enroll your child in another school, your child may stay at the current school in the 2002-2003 school year. If you make a request and your request is granted, your child will attend a school in your transportation zone that has space available. You were sent a list of schools that may be available in your child's transportation zone. If you request a transfer, there is no assurance that your child will be selected to attend one of these schools. This is the group of schools from which MPS will attempt to make seats available to meet transfer requests from your child's current school.
Figure 7. Milwaukee Parent Letter and NCLB Transfer Request Form
In Desert Sands, the timeline was particularly difficult, as summer notification may have missed parents who left the desert to escape the heat. So, teachers called parents at the end of the summer to be sure they had received and understood the NCLB choice information.
The timelines for NCLB choice are driven by each state's release of accountability data-often in the summer, sometimes even later. 13 For regular choice programs, districts typically have winter or spring enrollment periods for the following fall. NCLB requires districts to set up additional, special enrollment periods later in the year.
As noted, to get ahead of the curve, Milwaukee established a series of communication steps, beginning with general information about NCLB (see figure 5). Cambridge uses a "nuts and bolts" pamphlet created by the Title I Dissemination Project from state information and also provides the U.S. Department of Education publication, No Child Left Behind: A Parents Guide.
In Miami-Dade, the district even notifies parents about the possibility that a school will miss AYP for two years in a row. The district sends a letter to parents in the spring that prepares them and asks them to make tentative plans for selecting another school. This early notification offers another opportunity to contact and work with parents, and it helps streamline the transfer process should parents want to transfer their child.
Among the districts surveyed by the Council of the Great City Schools, nine informed parents about their options for 2003-04 before the end of the previous school year, and all of them, including Miami-Dade, were districts that had an open enrollment or "controlled choice" plan in place and made an educated guess about who would be eligible to transfer to a different school.14
Going Deeper
Develop a Multifaceted Communications Strategy
- advertisements in the Yellow Pages of the
- phone book,
- articles and ads in local newspapers,
- ads on billboards and buses,
- public service announcements on radio and TV,
- a brochure that profiles the district's schools,
- individual school newsletters or brochures,
- a pamphlet that describes the enrollment options,
- movie theater advertisements,
- refrigerator magnets,
- community or townhall meetings,
- school open houses,
- booths at local malls,
- an exposition sponsored by local businesses,
- a choice fair, and
- participation in ethnic fairs.
The New York City Department of Education has posted first-class mail and placed automated phone calls in 10 languages, sent flyers home, convened regional information sessions, involved some 20 community-based organizations in reaching parents, provided materials at local PTA meetings, established a hotline, set up a special Web site, and placed ads in community newspapers.15
Marketing is an important adjunct to the magnet program being implemented in Desert Sands. The district recruits students for its three new magnet schools, paying special attention to achieving racial and economic diversity. The marketing creates radio spots, movie theater and television commercials, brochures, and other items in both Spanish and English (see figure 8). Every other Saturday during the enrollment period, staff go to malls in the district's primarily Hispanic neighborhood to meet prospective students. Other marketing events include activities at designated receiving schools, school tours, parent-to-parent communication, and sessions at designated sending sites, which help parents understand that the programs offered to their children are free as is the transportation to attend them. People with the necessary language skills are on hand to respond to parent questions at every event. The marketing team also participates in the area's two business expositions. Business leaders help by communicating about the magnet program to their employees and to the community as a whole.
Figure 8. Desert Sands Movie Theater Advertisement
Community-based organizations are essential partners in communicating with parents about the school choices available to them. People often receive and trust information more readily when it comes from their networks and those they know. Faith-based organizations, civic groups, business partners, local education funds, affinity groups, and the like can all help get the word out. Not only district partnerships but also individual school partnerships should be tapped.
Figure 9. Community-Based Support for NCLB
Several organizations received federal grants to enhance their support of communication about NCLB, especially the choice and supplemental educational services provisions. These and other organizations network to increase information flow:
Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO) – http://www.baeo.org
Project Clarion, a communications and media campaign, is designed to educate parents about NCLB, especially in cities with high concentrations of low-income black families and schools in need of improvement as identified by the state education agency (Detroit, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, and Dallas).
Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options (Hispanic CREO) – http://www.hcreo.org
Project CREO is designed to reach out to five urban communities in three states with high concentrations of Hispanic students (Miami; Austin, Dallas, and San Antonio; and Camden, N.J.). The project will establish parent, community, and school resource operations, and will develop Spanish-language communications tools and disseminate the information through Spanish-language communications outlets.
Greater Educational Opportunities Foundation (GEO) – http://www.geofoundation.org
GEO assists with parent outreach and communication about NCLB, especially in Colorado and Indiana.
In Milwaukee, for example, the Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO) sponsored radio ads and operated a telephone hotline when NCLB choice was first introduced. (See figure 9 for more about such community resources.)
In Miami-Dade, a coalition of private companies funded a parent guide about the district's various programs and choice options. Printed in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole, 500,000 copies of the 72-page guide have been delivered to almost every household in the district.16
As challenging as it is to get basic choice information to parents, it's an even greater challenge to help them think through what the choices mean to them and how to evaluate what's best for their child.
As noted, both Cambridge and Miami-Dade ask parents to contact the district resource center if they are interested in exercising their NCLB choice option. The districts reason that if parents can talk over their questions with someone knowledgeable, they will make better choices for their children.
It is important to balance support for more deliberate decision-making with ease of access. If parents have to go somewhere or do something that they see as a burden, then these steps can become a barrier to exercising choice. Districts should work to build parents' familiarity with and trust in these assistance providers and monitor parents' reactions to the resources that are provided. Sometimes a simple and direct approach is most effective.
As part of its regular choice enrollment process, Cambridge goes deeper, and encourages parents to take tours of the schools, observe carefully, and ask questions. For parents of prospective kindergarten students who may not know what to look for, the Family Resource Center has created a checklist of things to observe and questions to ask (see figure 10). These questions are intended to be parent-friendly and are specific to visiting Cambridge kindergarten classes. Other information about school achievement, teacher quality, and the research basis for instructional programs would also be of interest to parents.
Parents considering school options may find help in a booklet from the U.S. Department of Education, Choosing a School for Your Child. This planner includes brief descriptions of different types of schools and a checklist of questions to guide the search, school visit, and decision-making process. This booklet will be available beginning in June 2004 from ED Pubs, the U.S. Department of Education's distribution center. See page ii for contact information.
Educators understand that parents make school choices based on a number of factors. Studies confirm that all parents want an environment in which their children can learn well.17 They consider academics and then factors like size, safety, location, and the desire to keep siblings together while meeting their individual needs. Many parents prefer to keep their children close by; others may find greater safety in sending them out of a dangerous neighborhood. Parents may be influenced by both their individual experiences with the present school and the choices they are offered. A study of early NCLB choice in Montgomery County, Maryland,18 found that the number and demographics of receiving schools were important factors.
For some parents, the NCLB remedy of supplemental educational services (SES), such as free tutoring, makes it more attractive to keep their child at a school in need of improvement than to choose a new school. (Given the isolation of some rural schools, SES may be the only feasible option.) [Supplemental educational services is the subject of another forthcoming guide in this series, Creating Strong Supplemental Educational Services (SES) Programs.]
Summary for Help Parents Make Informed Choices
|First Steps
|Going Deeper
Figure 10. Cambridge Kindergarten Tour Checklist


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- Lima, Rogerio S.; Karthikeyan, Jeganathan; Kay, Charles M.; Lindemann, J.; Berndt, C. C.
- Abstract
- The cold-spray process was used to prepare nanostructured WC–Co coatings. The coating microstructural characteristics and phase composition were analyzed via optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The morphology and microstructure of the nanostructured WC–Co powder were also analyzed by SEM and XRD. A 10 μm thick coating was achieved. The powder particles and coating microhardness were also evaluated and compared. The results show that there is no degradation of the WC–Co powder during the cold-spray process and well bonded and phase pure WC coating can be produced by the cold-spray process.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Thin Solid Films, Vol. 416, no. 1-2 (Sep 2002), pp. 129-135
- Publication year
- 2002
- Keyword(s)
- Coating; Cold-spray; Crystal microstructure; Microhardness; Microstructure; Morphology; Nanostructured coatings; Nanostructured materials; Nanostructured WC-Co; Phase composition; Scanning electron microscopy; Sprayed coatings; Thermal spray; Tungsten compounds; X-ray diffraction analysis; XRD
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- 0040-6090
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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Going Squirrely?…You Can Get in Early
I still can't stop thinking about Salt River Fields at Talking Stick.
I keep thinking woulda, coulda, shoulda.
It doesn't help that Dan and Emily just got back from a week in Scottsdale a few days ago, Mike got back yesterday, Geoff is back and Robert has been there since the first game.
All I can say is next year I'll have more time and now I sort of know the ropes. Look out!
I try not to set my goals too high as life has it's own share of built in disappointments and I don't need to add to it..But, living in the mountains gives you lots of time to ponder stuff.
Below is a list of things I'd like to accomplish in 2011. None of them may ever happen but a guy can dream.
Goals and Dreams for 2011
More than anything on this big blue earth I want to catch my first live game home run during the regular season.(4th year's a charm). It's got to happen, nobody can come so close so many times and not eventually snag one right?
All I can figure is there's a master plan out there and my first homerun catch is gonna be a monumental one. Believe it or not I dream about this and in the dream it's Todd Helton who homers to me.
Have the opportunity to rub up a few baseballs with Lena Blackburn's mud that will then be used during the game.
Throw out the first pitch of any game.
Take batting practice with the Rockies, hit a few maybe field a few.
Snag 50 BP baseballs in 40 games.
Have an opportunity to take game pictures in the media section right next to the Rockies dugout.
Try again to get Jason Giambi's autograph on my Spring Training homerun of his from last season.
Interview one of the Baseball Authenticators that secretly inhabit Coors Field.
Make new friends and increase the Rant's following with the goal of making the Rockpile Ranter a household name in Colorado.
Be part of one of Tom Helmer's "Tom on the Town" segments along with the Rantics :)
Find a way to make baseball a full time job rather than my hobby🙂.
The Rantics are an intense group of loyal Rockies baseball fans. A Rantic is someone who would do almost anything for their team at a moments notice. If that describes you and we've never met, I want to meet you.
Every other blog entry or so this season I'd like to profile a new Rockies fan. I plan to take a picture of them and ask a variety of questions and I'll post it on the blog. That is how I built the Rockpile Rant, one reader/friend at a time.
Give me three minutes of your time, I'll make ya famous🙂
If you want to get a sneak peak of your Rockies before opening day you might want to pick up a couple tickets for the "Rockies Workout for Charity" on March 31st.
Tickets are six bucks and all net proceeds benefit the Rockies Foundation.
With your six dollar ticket you will receive a voucher for a complimentary ticket for select April and May home games, subject to availability.
Gates open at 1pm. The Rockies will be signing autographs at 1:30 for twenty minutes along the first baseline. Similar to Autograph Sundays I presume.
The Rockies will take the field at 2:10 and will go through a full workout lasting about ninety minutes.
It will be cool, you'll get to walk around Coors Field and check out all of the new stuff that was added, snag a few autographs and if we're lucky get in a round of batting practice.
I'm "D" The Rockpile Ranter and I'm ready for some home cooked food and some live baseball.
Wont you join me?..Go Rockies…D
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I am witha on these goals. I will work the D-Fence in BP for ya!!!! Give me three minutes of your time, I'll make ya famous🙂 I have tried this line before it doesn't work to well! And for everybodt check out the Roxaddict Blog, roxaddict.mlblogs.com. Shameless plug.
MIKE-Thanks, hopefully we won't have to resort to blocking for each other, but nice to know it's there if the situation warrants it :)…D
OK, I'll work on the one goal of yours that no one else can. Why don't you stop by wardrobe sometime after BP and before the game starts? The authenticators begin and end their days in my department.
I worked at the ballpark tonight, it felt good to be back in it's confines! See you next Saturday! (I can't work Opening Day, but will be there all weekend.) Seven more days!!! -Geri
QUEEN GERI-For sure, I'll take you up on that offer early this season thank you…D
I prefer the title "Rockaholic", but those aere awesome goals for the season: especially catching a Helton homer. I want to catch a home run one day, eventually, but … I also want to travel to a few MLB parks while the Rox are playing, but also don't see that happening this year.
Realistically, I want to get Tulo to sign my jersey. I want to get on TV with a sign. I want to save up my cash to buy World Series Tickets.
Also, if you would like to interview me via email, that would be cool. I like "getting famous" : ) I believe you have a pic of me from the Ticket Sale. Just let me know.
PRETTY IN PURPLE-Rockaholic…I like it. I like your goals too. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks there will be a World Series in Colorado this season. I be honored if you would be my first fan interview of the season. I do not have a great pic of you…So either send me one or I'll have to get another of you. When is your first game??…D
Sure, I'll email you. Sounds great!
Taking my parents to Opening Day…so excited!
Hey D,
Sorry for the absence but have been working on house renovations!
OMG!!!!! The season starts in just 2 days!!!!!!!! I can't wait! It's been a long winter and I'm so ready for the Boys of Summer to get back on the field!!!
So, there is some interest in getting the regular posters on the Rockies message board to get together for a game. I'm thinking with your help and Tom Helmer's involvement, this could be an event of epic proportions! Thinkin' this would increase the # of Rantics as well.
Ill be working on scheduling this but would appreciate any help I can get.
What's your schedule for games? We've got to plan on getting together at Coors Field! Been a long winter.


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In another discussion area Marcia asked me ....
One question ...you mention previously how you use a plastic bag liner in your extruder. Could you remind me how exactly you did that. It made sense when I read it a year or 2 ago.
The answer is to take a plain plastic grocery type bag, fill with clay and shape it into the size of the barrel of your exteuder. Then cut out one of the bottom corners and place that corner over the extrsion opening. Fold over the top of the bag and extrude as usual. When done simply pull out the whole bag and you only have to clean up the opening.
Lazy me!
Plastic bag in extruder
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Posted 29 December 2012 - 05:20 PM
Chris Campbell
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Posted 29 December 2012 - 05:26 PM
The slim plastic bags newspapers are delivered in work really well, too . . . and they are shaped more like extruder barrels. Just cut out the closed end. Cut them in half for multiple pugs. And don't forget to recycle them when done.
Posted 29 December 2012 - 05:26 PM
Thank you Chris. Some things can be so obvious but you "can't see the forest for the trees". And bciskepottery
thanks. I get two of those per week
Thanks again.
thanks. I get two of those per week
Thanks again.
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Posted 30 December 2012 - 01:08 AM
Wish I could do this in my pug mill..
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Cvac as Maintenance Treatment in Patients With EOC in Complete Remission Following First-Line Chemotherapy or Second-Line Treatment (CANVAS)
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The purpose of this study is to determine if an investigational cell therapy called Cvac can help EOC from returning when administered to patients who are in complete remission after surgical removal of their tumor followed by standard first-line or second-line chemotherapy.
Following remission, patients will undergo leukapheresis for manufacture of the study agent. After completion of chemotherapy and confirmation of remission, patients will enter the treatment phase of the study.
Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
Biological: Placebo
Biological: Cvac
Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|CANVAS: A Randomized Trial of Cvac (Autologous Dendritic Cells Pulsed With Recombinant Human Fusion Protein [Mucin 1-Glutathione S Transferase] Coupled to Oxidized Polymannose) as Maintenance Treatment in Patients With Epithelial Ovarian Cancer (EOC) in Second Remission
- Overall survival (OS) [ Time Frame: Participants will be followed from randomization until the date of death from any cause or end of study, whichever comes first, assesessed every 24 weeks. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Assess Cvac as compared to placebo or Standard of Care (SOC) for overall survival
- Progression-free survival (PFS) for maintenance treatment of patients with EOC in complete remission following first-line chemotherapy or second-line treatment [ Time Frame: From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression, date of death from any cause, or end of study, whichever comes first. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]PFS is defined as the time from randomization to the date of radiological scan used to determine PD, evaluated every 12 weeks after baseline.
- Assessment of safety and tolerability of Cvac as compared to placebo or SOC [ Time Frame: 10 - 12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]Evaluated by AEs, laboratory test results, ECGs, physical examinations, and vital signs
- Assessment of health-related quality of life questionnaires(QoL) [ Time Frame: From baseline and throughout PFS. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Quality-of-life data will be derived from the quality of life questionnaires according to the corresponding scoring manuals and will be summarized for each treatment group. Patients' health states will be derived from the EQ-5D-3L questionnaire. Data will be summarized by treatment group and analyzed using descriptive statistics.
|Study Start Date:
|January 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|April 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|February 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Placebo Comparator: Placebo (Part A - First Remission)
Part A is closed to recruitment
Biological: Placebo
Study agent dosing will be administered as an intradermal injection every 4 weeks for the first 3 doses, then every 12 weeks for 3 additional doses, for a total of 6 doses over 44 weeks.
Active Comparator: Cvac
Cvac as compared with placebo or SOC for the maintenance treatment of patients with EOC in CR following first line remission (Closed to recruitment) or Second-line remission (Open to recruitment).
Biological: Cvac
Study agent dosing will be administered as an intradermal injection every 4 weeks for the first 3 doses, then every 12 weeks for 3 additional doses, for a total of 6 doses over 44 weeks.
No Intervention: Observational Standard of Care
Part B - Second-line Remission
Detailed Description:
This study proposes a nontoxic immunotherapeutic approach to extend the overall survival in patients in complete remission.
Most patients with ovarian cancer achieve complete clinical remission after optimal debulking surgery and first-line platinum-based chemotherapy. However, most patients, despite high response rates to first-line treatment, will relapse and undergo subsequent lines of chemotherapy. Generally, the progression-free interval between treatments becomes shorter with each relapse, and the patient eventually dies of the disease.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Part A - First Remission: Closed to Recruitment
Part B - Second Remission: Open to Recruitment
Inclusion Criteria (Part B):
- Females ≥ 18 years of age at screening with a confirmed diagnosis of epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or peritoneal cancer
- Underwent standard cytoreductive surgery and first-line chemotherapy containing platinum before first relapse and were in complete remission for at least 6 months prior to relapse
- Relapsed once and then underwent standard platinum-based second-line chemotherapy (at least 3 cycles is required) with or without a second bulk-reducing surgery
Second remission defined as:
- No definitive evidence of disease (NED) on CT or MRI of the abdomen and pelvis;
- CA-125 ≤ upper limit of normal (ULN) or 90% reduction in CA-125 since start of second-line chemotherapy;
- Negative physical exam (i.e., no clinical signs)
- Life expectancy ≥ 3 months in the opinion of the investigator
- Signed an informed consent form (ICF)
- Willing and able to complete study procedures within the expected study timelines
- Mucin 1-positive tumor as determined by central immunohistopathology
- Histologically documented EOC, fallopian tube, or peritoneal cancer (patients with pseudomyxoma, mesothelioma, unknown primary tumor, sarcoma, or neuroendocrine histology, with borderline ovarian cancer, i.e., patients with low malignant potential tumors, and with clear cell or mucinous histology are excluded)
Adequate end-organ and hematological function as defined by:
Adequate bone marrow function: white blood cells (WBCs) ≥ 3.0 K/µL, absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 × 109
L, hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL, and platelets
≥ 100 × 109
- Adequate renal function: serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 × ULN
- Adequate liver function: serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase/aspartate aminotransferase (SGOT/AST) and serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase/alanine aminotransferase (SGPT/ALT) ≤ 2 × ULN and serum bilirubin ≤ 1.5 × ULN
- Generally well-controlled blood pressure with systolic blood pressure ≤ 140 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure ≤ 90 mmHg prior to randomization (antihypertensive medications are permitted). Low-dose chronic hormonal or steroidal treatments are also permitted.
- Not pregnant, and if of childbearing potential, agrees to use a highly effective method of birth control (implanted, injectable, or oral combination hormonal method alone or in possible combinations, intrauterine device, vasectomized partner, or abstinence) prior to study entry, for the duration of the study, and for 3 months after the last dose of study agent. Male partners of a study patient must use a condom in addition to the acceptable method of contraception for the female partner as specified above
- ECOG status of 0 or 1 (applicable at the baseline visit only).
Exclusion Criteria (Part B):
Patients are to be excluded from the study at the time of screening and the baseline visit (defined as the visit within 2 weeks of the first dose) for any of the following reasons:
- More than 2 previous lines of chemotherapy for EOC, fallopian tube, or peritoneal cancer
- Primary platinum-refractory or platinum-resistant disease (i.e., patients who progress prior to cessation of induction therapy [platinum refractory] or recur within 6 months after cessation [platinum resistant])
- Treatment with any investigational product (for any condition) within 4 weeks of screening. Enrolled in or has not completed at least 28 days (prior to screening) since ending another investigational device or drug treatment, or currently receiving other investigational treatments
- Concurrent systemic treatment with steroids or other immunosuppressant agents at a dose considered by the investigator to be higher than a standard physiological dose
- Evidence of severe or uncontrolled cardiac disease, including myocardial infarction or unstable angina within 6 months of screening, congestive heart failure, or ventricular arrhythmias requiring medication
- Diagnosed immunodeficiency or autoimmune disorder
- Infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV), or active and infectious hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection
- Pregnant or lactating
- Evidence or history of central nervous system metastasis
- Known hypersensitivity to any of the components of the study agent
- Any unresolved persistent toxicities from prior systemic therapy that are either Grade 3 or Grade 4 (except alopecia) per the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4.0
- Intent to treat patient with both an anti-angiogenesis therapy (such as bevacizumab) and a PARP inhibitor as part of maintenance therapy. Only one or the other are permitted while the patient is on study and must be started between the baseline visit and Visit 1 if it will be used as part of the patient's maintenance therapy regimen.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01521143
|United States, California
|LAC-USC Medical Center
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033
|United States, Florida
|Collaborative Research Group
|Boynton Beach, Florida, United States, 33435
|Sarasota Memorial Hospital
|Sarasota, Florida, United States, 34239
|United States, Georgia
|University Gynecologic Oncology
|Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30342
|United States, New Jersey
|Women`s Cancer Center
|Morristown, New Jersey, United States, 07962
|United States, Washington
|Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
|Seattle, Washington, United States, 98109
|Greenslopes Private Hospital
|Greenslopes, Australia
|Royal Brisbane and Women`s Hospital
|Herston, Australia
|Responsible Party:
|Prima BioMed Ltd
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01521143 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|January 17, 2012
|Last Updated:
|April 1, 2015
|Health Authority:
|United States: Food and Drug Administration
Keywords provided by Prima BioMed Ltd:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Ovarian Neoplasms
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Ovarian Diseases
Adnexal Diseases
Genital Diseases, Female
Genital Neoplasms, Female
Urogenital Neoplasms
Endocrine System Diseases
Gonadal Disorders
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
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Laurier Professor Jason Roy wins OUSA teaching award
Apr 3/13| For Immediate Release
Jason Roy, Assistant Professor, Political Science Department
Kevin Crowley, Director, Communications, Public Affairs & Marketing
WATERLOO Jason Roy, an assistant professor in Wilfrid Laurier Universitys Department of Political Science, is the recipient of a 2013 Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) Award for Teaching Excellence.
This award recognizes educators who go above and beyond the textbook to inspire their students to learn. It is awarded annually to professors from each of OUSAs member campuses as selected by students as examples of teaching excellence.
Jason continuously strives to find ways to use innovations in his teaching and improve the learning environment for students, said Pat Rogers, Lauriers associate vice-president, Teaching and Learning. "Being the recipient of an award sponsored by students is truly a recognition of teaching excellence, and Jason is a most deserving recipient.
Roy, who has been teaching at Laurier since 2010, specializes in teaching courses in political behaviour, public opinion, and the challenging Research Methods courses for undergraduate and graduate students.
Many of my students come into the research methods course thinking its all about statistics, and if they didnt do well in math in the past they think its going to be a terrible course that theyre going to dread, said Roy. Instead I try to get students to look at the course in terms of how best to do research with statistics being one of a number of tools that may be helpful in the process.
Roy says his teaching philosophy is to help students think critically and look beyond to the bigger picture. One way he facilitates learning is by taking a question such as whether university graduates earn higher salaries than non-university graduates and leading his students through the exercise of building a mini-research project to help answer the question.
Its not simply about just being able to understand statistics. Its being able to wander down the street one day and see something interesting and say, I wonder how that works, or I wonder why that is the case, and then to build a whole research project around that simple question.
He also promotes student participation and discussion through in-class activities, encouraging students to take an active role in their education. Outside of class, Roy encourages students to participate in an online discussion board where they can post questions anonymously, or to meet with him one-on-one to discuss class content or assignments.
Roy said he is honoured to win the 2013 OUSA teaching award.
Its very rewarding to know students enjoy my teaching style, he said. Id like to thank the students for nominating me for this award, and for putting up with my bad jokes.
The OUSA teaching awards will be presented April 3 in Toronto.
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