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FMU Activities Camp
Francis Marion University will hold its annual FMU Activities Camp 2012, June 4-29. The camp for boys and girls, ages 5-12, is divided into four sessions and runs weekdays from 8 a.m. until noon.
Each of the five-day sessions, June 4-8, June 11-15, June 18-22, and June 25-29, is $70 per camper. For those who participated in last year's camp, the five-day sessions are reduced to $60 each.
Camp activities will include kickball, soccer, tennis, volleyball, basketball, and swimming. Instruction in the various sports will be by Francis Marion University athletic coaches. Activities will vary from week to week, so as to introduce many different sports.
Campers will be divided into groups by ages. The mission of the camp is to promote healthy and fun activities for children.
Each pre-registered camper will receive an Activities Camp T-shirt.
Enrollment is limited. For more information, contact camp director Mark Bluman at 843-661-1239.
FMU Baseball Camps
Francis Marion University has announced two sessions of its Baseball Camp 2012, an opportunity for young athletes to develop and polish their diamond skills.
The annual camp, for children ages 7-12, will be held June 18-22 and July 16-20 from 9 a.m. until noon each day. Conducted by Francis Marion head baseball coach Art Inabinet and members of the Patriot baseball team, the camps will stress learning basic game strategy and making the most of individual skills.
Inabinet recently completed his 12th year at the helm of the FMU baseball program, and has nearly 500 career coaching victories. He has guided the Patriots to the 2009 Peach Belt Conference Tournament title, seven NCAA Tournament appearances, and the 2006 NCAA Division II College World Series, while the program has consistently been ranked in the national Top 30 poll.
Applications for the camps are now being accepted. The camps will cost $70 per session, if paid in advance, or $80 on the first day of camp. Enrollment is limited. Each camper will receive a T-shirt.
For complete details, contact the FMU Athletics Office at 843-661-1240.
FMU Men's Basketball Camps
The Francis Marion University men's basketball program will sponsor several summer camps starting in the month of June.
Three sessions of the "Four Great Days of Summer" Basketball Camp will be held June 18-21, June 26-29, and July 23-26 for boys in grades two through 10. The 2012 Pee Dee Team Basketball Camp and Shootout will take place June 14-16, and a Summer Elite Camp will be offered July 27-28.
The four-day Individual Camp will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. The cost of the camp is $150 for one session. The fee does not include lunch. A special discounted price of $250 is available for campers who wish to attend two sessions, and $300 for those attending all three sessions.
The camp is designed to provide fundamental instruction in all phases of the game.
For the team camp, squads are guaranteed six games and will compete in a double-elimination tournament on the final day of the camp. The cost of the camp is $475 per team ($425 for a second team) and $80 per player for two nights lodging and six meals (for those interested).
The team camp will be divided into varsity and junior varsity competitions.
The Elite Camp is for Class of 2013 high school graduates. This event is a teaching camp that will offer participants exposure to the FMU coaching staff. The cost is $150 for overnight campers and $110 for commuters.
All campers will receive a T-shirt.
FMU head coach Gary Edwards will direct the camps. He recently completed his sixth season at Francis Marion, a season that saw the Patriots post a fourth consecutive winning record. He has coached at both the NCAA Division I and II levels and has recorded 476 career wins in 28 seasons.
For more information, contact the FMU men's basketball office at 843-661-1247 or 843-661-4626.
FMU Women's Basketball Camps
The Francis Marion University women's basketball program has set dates for its annual Team Camp and Individual Camp for the 2012 summer. A two-day Team Camp will be held on June 12-13, while the four-day Individual Camp will be held July 16-19.
The Team Camp has both a two-day or one-day component. The cost of the Team Camp for both days will be an $80 team deposit and $25 per player ($45 per player for those staying overnight on-campus). For one day, the cost is $40 per team and $15 per player.
Each team will be guaranteed a minimum of three games per day. Play will be divided into varsity, junior varsity, and middle school levels.
The Individual Camp, for players in grades three through 12, will be held from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. each day. The cost will be $150 per camper. Skill development in a small group environment will be offered to improve each player's game. Camp contests will include 1-on-1, 3-on-3, free throw, and hot shot competitions.
FMU head coach Kate Glusko, who recently completed her second season at Francis Marion and who guided the Patriots to the 2011 NCAA Tournament, will direct the camps. She is a graduate of West Virginia University where she played on two squads that advanced to post-season play. Other members of her staff will also assist with the camps.
For more information, contact FMU assistant coach Tim Wilson at 843-661-1803 or email@example.com
Men's Soccer Camps
The Francis Marion University men's soccer program will hold a pair of camps this summer – a Residential Camp for advanced players and a Day Camp for younger players.
The residential camp is set for July 22-26, and is for boys ages 14 to 18, specifically those playing at the high school and select levels. The cost of this camp will be $420 for those staying on campus and $380 for commuter campers.
A high-level training environment will be created to ensure campers improve throughout the camp. Goalkeepers will receive special instruction.
The Day Camp is scheduled for June 18-22, 9 a.m. until noon each day, and is for players ages 7 to 15. The camp will cost $70, if paid in advance, or $80 on the first day of camp.
First-year Francis Marion men's soccer head coach John Campbell is the camp director. He recently came to FMU from Dominican College where he posted an 86-27-20 record in seven seasons and took his squad to four NCAA national tournaments. He has twice earned conference coach of the year honors, and holds an NSCAA National and Advanced National diploma.
For more details, contact Campbell at 843-661-1241 or firstname.lastname@example.com
FMU Tennis Camps
Francis Marion University has scheduled two sessions of its annual Tennis Camp 2012, June 11-15 and July 9-13, for boys and girls ages 8 to 18.
The camp will be held Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. until noon on the Kassab Courts on the FMU campus.
The cost will be $60 per camper. Enrollment is limited. Each camper will receive a T-shirt.
FMU men's and women's tennis coach Garth Thomson is the camp coordinator and instructor. A native of Zimbabwe, Thomson is a graduate of Francis Marion and a former two-time All-American during his collegiate playing career. Five times he has earned Peach Belt Conference "Coach of the Year" honors. The 20th-year coach has led the FMU men to a 284-140 record and 16 NCAA Division II national tournament appearances, and guided the Patriot women to a 263-166 mark and 11 national tournament berths.
For more details or to request a registration form, call 843-661-1240 or contact Thomson at 843-661-1185.
FMU Volleyball Camp
The Francis Marion University women's volleyball program will hold its summer camp, July 12-14. Campers may choose to either commute to camp daily, or reside on campus in the FMU residence halls.
The camp is for players entering the sixth through 12th grades. The cost is $260 per player for residential campers, and $175 for commuting campers. Each camper will receive a camp T-shirt.
The camp is designed to provide instruction for all of the skills of the game of volleyball, in addition to team defensive and offensive systems.
FMU women's volleyball coach Paul MacDonald is the camp director. In his short stint at FMU, he has already guided FMU to an NCAA National Tournament appearance and has earned Peach Belt Conference Coach of the Year honors. He has extensive camp experience, and has directed the Florence Juniors Volleyball Club for many years.
For more details or to request a registration form, contact coach MacDonald at 843-661-1246 or firstname.lastname@example.com


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Brooklyn Philharmonic Announces Revised 2013 Season; Returns to BAM, June 8
The Brooklyn Philharmonic announced today that it is returning to the Brooklyn Academy Of Music (BAM) as part of a revised Spring season for the first time in three years.
On June 8, 2013, in a unique collaboration with four-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Erykah Badu, and actor and emcee Yasiin Bey (Mos Def), the Brooklyn Phil will bring ideas from hip-hop music into the symphonic world at BAM's Howard Gilman Opera House in the 2012-2013 season's headlining event You're Causing Quite a Disturbance.
Badu will collaborate with Brooklyn composer TEd Hearne on a new symphonic work that interconnects colorful and original arrangements of Badu's songs with original music that delves into their musical, social, and political ideas.
The June 8 concert at BAM is the centerpiece of a revised Spring season that replaces the one announced in September. The orchestra's community outreach throughout the borough will continue, however concerts at the Millennium Theater in Brighton Beach and at Roulette in Downtown Brooklyn are being cancelled.
"We are delighted to be returning to BAM, Brooklyn's signature concert hall and the Brooklyn Phil's venue of choice for this very 'Brooklyn' event," said Jack Rainey, Chairman of the Brooklyn Philharmonic Board of Directors. "The strength of our community relationships in Bedford-Stuyvesant and throughout the Borough have made this signature moment possible."
Erykah Badu is Brooklyn Phil's second Artist-in-Residence, continuing a tradition that began with Yasiin Bey (Mos Def), 2011-2012 Artist-in-Residence, during the orchestra's debut "reboot" season under newly appointed Artistic Director Alan Pierson.
Says Pierson: "It's been amazing to delve into Brooklyn's culture with the Brooklyn Phil and with all of our community partners and collaborators. Erykah and Yasiin are doing deep and meaningful work here, and the opportunity to bring them together with great local artists like TEd Hearne and Derek Bermel to create something original for the orchestra is incredibly exciting."
Each Brooklyn Phil neighborhood series-Brighton Beach, Downtown Brooklyn, and Bed-Stuy-is inspired by the cultural traditions and musical history of the communities. Preceding the June 8 show at BAM, students from Bed-Stuy will be invited to have the unique opportunity to see Pierson as he rehearses the orchestra with Erykah Badu and Yasiin Bey (Bey was born and raised in Bed-Stuy) in readiness for You're Causing Quite a Disturbance. Repertoire will include arrangements of songs from Erykah Badu's New Amerykah Part One: 4th World War and other works.
In addition, this Spring the Brooklyn Phil introduces a new initiative called Insider Tours. These are neighborhood-specific events that expose attendees to the wealth of creative, imaginative and entrepreneurial spirits within the communities of Bed-Stuy, Brighton Beach and Downtown Brooklyn.
Scroll down for more details on the Brooklyn Phil's revised 2013 season!
Chamber Concert
Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 7:00 pm
S. Stevan Dweck Center for Contemporary Culture
Brooklyn Public Library Central Library
10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11238
One hundred years ago, the sophistication and scope of musical life in Brooklyn were great enough to place the city at the forefront of musical progress in America. The archives of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reveal the borough's importance in connection with Europe's classical music scene, with frequent visits and performances by European violin virtuosos including Ysaye, Kreisler, Elman and Kubelik.
This violin recital by Brooklyn Phil concertmaster Deborah Buck takes one back to these historic concerts through performances of violin showpieces that were all the rage in the borough at the turn of the century. Joining Ms.Buck onstage will be pianist Molly Morkoski and music historian Maurice Edwards, author of How Music Grew in Brooklyn, who will tell the story of Brooklyn's evolution from leading importer of musical expertise to the home-grown creative hotbed it is today. This performance will be followed by a post-concert Q&A with Maurice Edwards.
The Brooklyn Philharmonic is honored to partner with the Brooklyn Public Library to present this performance.
Deborah Buck, violin
Molly Morkoski, piano
Maurice Edwards, author
George Gershwin, Short Story for violin and piano, arr. Samuel Dushkin
Ludwig van Beethoven, Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, "Spring", I. Allegro
Fritz Kreisler, Caprice Viennois
Jules Massenet, Meditation from 'Thais'
Henryk Wieniawski, Polonaise Brillante No. 1 in D major
George Frederick Bristow, Sonata for Violin and Piano, Mvt. I (World Premiere)
John Corigliano, Violin Sonata: II. Andantino
I. Allegro
Chamber Concert
Sunday, February 10, 2013, 4:00 pm
S. Stevan Dweck Center for Contemporary Culture
Brooklyn Public Library Central Library
10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Tchaikovsky gets personal as acclaimed poet Vera Pavlova and the Brooklyn Phil Chamber Players take an intimate look at the life of a great Russian artist through original poetry, imagery, and music for strings and piano. Born in Moscow, Pavlova is a graduate of the Gnessin Academy of music and has published eighteen collections of poetry in her native Russian in addition to authoring five opera libretti and lyrics to three cantatas. Now living in New York, Pavlova recalls her childhood and coming of age in Russia through the lense of Tchaikovsky's Album for the Young and Piano Trio in A minor. Texts will be presented in Russian with English translations. This free performance will be followed by a post-concert Q&A.
The Brooklyn Philharmonic is honored to partner with the Brooklyn Public Library to present this performance.
Vera Pavlova, poet
Steven Seymour, translator
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, Op. 39
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 - Mvt. 1. Pezzo elegiac
Family Workshop
Sunday, March 3, 2013, 4:00 - 6:00 pm
Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst
7802 Bay Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11214
Russian folk music was born in a rich peasant culture, centuries ago and 5,000 miles away, by artists who created music using whatever resources were at their disposal, from wood blocks to washboards to tablespoons. Lack of proper tools held no sway over creativity of the human spirit! The remarkable and distinctive folk music they created had an enormous impact beginning with orchestral music of the 19th century and expanding on into the music of today. The public is invited to join charismatic teaching artists and Brooklyn Phil musicians in a hands-on discovery of these creative traditions.
Orchestra Concert
Saturday, June 8, 2013, 7:30 pm
BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
Peter Jay Sharp Building
30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217
$35 - $125
Four-time Grammy Award winner and "First Lady of Neo-Soul" Erykah Badu comes home to Brooklyn for a groundbreaking concert that redefines the scope and depth of hip-hop-orchestral fusion.
Pairing Badu with Brooklyn composer TEd Hearne, the Brooklyn Philharmonic will perform an evening of seamlessly integrated new music featuring collaborative arrangements of songs from Badu's 2008 album New Amerykah Part One: 4th World War, amid perspectives from prominent contemporary African-American thinkers on New Amerykah's ideas about identity, hip-hop, and community.
This performance also features Bed-Stuy native and Brooklyn Philharmonic 2011-2012 Artist-in-Residence Yasiin Bey (Mos Def), performing a reprise of selected works from the critically acclaimed performance Yasiin Bey (Mos Def), Lena Horne and the Bed-Stuy Tradition.
A portion of the proceeds from this concert will benefit music education programs in Bed-Stuy public schools.
Erykah Badu, singer-songwriter, Brooklyn Phil 2012-2013 Artist-in-Residence
Yasiin Bey (Mos Def), actor and emcee, Brooklyn Phil 2011-2012 Artist-in-Residence
Erykah Badu, world premiere collaborative arrangements of songs from New Amerykah Part One: 4th World War and other works
Chamber Concert
Sunday, April 7, 2013, 4:00 pm
S. Stevan Dweck Center for Contemporary Culture
Brooklyn Public Library Central Library
10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Charged-up rhythm and strong points of view define the attitude and art of Bed-Stuy. For decades, artists from this neighborhood have opened our eyes through the powerful combination of music and spoken word poetry. Twenty-year-old poet and Bed-Stuy native, Ishmael Islam was named the New York Youth Poet Laureate in 2012, and now he teams up with members of the Brooklyn Phil to take the spoken word tradition into the 21st Century. This multi-faceted concert intertwines selections from Islam's debut collection, Meet at Greene, with contemporary chamber music for strings by Mark Mellits, Don Byron, and Randall Woolf (Blues for Black Hoodies). The performance, a partnership with Urban Word NYC, will be preceded by a slam poetry open mic and followed by a post-concert Q&A with poets and musicians.


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disturbingly, Diamond knows these things, but he does not allow them to spoil his conclusions.
In her debut novel, Anna North shows us a disturbing vision of the future that is disturbingly similar to our present.
Catapulting "Achy Breaky 2" from weird to disturbingly weird is the insane amount of young, naked cyborg flesh on display.
We have known that there is a disturbingly broad reading of section 215 going on for years.
Bradlee is, at times, funny, mordant, surprisingly perceptive and disturbingly naïve.
And there is something so disturbingly immuring and depersonalizing about it!
It seemed so disturbingly quiet that I even forgot about the hat.
Something had died within her at his kiss—something new and disturbingly wonderful had been born in its place.
Now and then the boy looked like his father, astoundingly like, and disturbingly.
He was ridiculously conscious of that tense little figure by the fire with the disturbingly friendly eyes.


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Great find...Huge project.
You're right about the absent collector value , even as is.
However, if performed well, the filler + powder coat or durocoat could return a very attracticve and usefull gun, with an intersting story to boot.
Fortunately, current product offerings provide a wide range of colors and surface fnished to suite any individual's taste.
I believe I'd keep to light field loads though...
Keep us posted.


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It's the movie freak and the movie geek– Find out what to buy, what to rent and what to AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE as Damon talks to local movie reviewer extraordinaire, Sam Hatch from Culture Dogs about this week's new DVD and Blu Ray releases!
The Twilight series may be over, but Stephenie Meyer's newest story The Host hits video this week, along with James Franco's trippy Spring Breakers and more. Get Sam's tips on what you should rent this weekend.
The Host
Upset that the Twilight series is over? Well, Stephenie Meyer's follow up The Host was adapted into a movie, and it hits DVD and Blu Ray this week. The guy that wrote The Truman Show wrote this one, so it's got some pedigree behind it– it's the story of a girl who gets possessed by an alien and refuses to surrender her mind. Saoirse Ronan is in it, and she's amazing, and even though the movie tanked at the box office, it's worth checking out.
Spring Breakers
If you want something more out there, this really cool, crazy flick with James Franco playing this rapper/ gangster/ drug pusher, along with a trashy gang of girls played by actresses like Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens who get into lots of trouble. Despite the cast, this one isn't for tweens, but it's a wild ride, to be sure.
Dead Man Down
Colin Farrell plays a professional killer, and Noomi Rapace plays a crime victim seeking retribution… they end up hooking up and getting into more danger. This one comes from the director of the original Swedish version of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
This is the comedy starring Tina Fey and Paul Rudd, and you have to ask yourself– how could they go wrong? Well, here's the answer– this "meh" movie is about an admissions officer at Princeton, and it's just as exciting as that sounds.
Tyler Perry's Temptation
There's a married woman and a handsome billionaire she may hook up with… Kim Kardashian is in it, too… but this definitely isn't a Madea movie.
The Power of Few
Christopher Walken and Christian Slater star in this movie about smuggling in New Orleans.
The Wolverine Motion Comic
Want to see The Wolverine movie? Well, it won't hit theaters until later this month, but there's a new animated motion comic about Wolverine's origin story.


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The last couple weeks i have been starting my engine and there was a rattlting sound every few seconds just for a seconds and then it would go away. If it is freezing outside it doesn't make the sound, and also after the engine warmed up the noise stopped. There was no performance loss, and the engine light never came on. Some info about the car is i bought the car with 110,000 miles on it, and the clicking was not there in the beginning. The clicking sound seems to be coming from the down pipe, im pretty sure, i have heard it could be the pistons or the water pump, but the sound comes from around the downpipe, not the front of the engine.
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Does chlorine bleach kill climbing ivy? It has taken over my house and growing into the basement
can Chlorine bleach kll growing ivy..........
I'm not so sure about that. Did you read that somewhere?
Most Ivy can be cut back, and then Round-up (Glyphosate) applied to the cut ends. Make sure to clean up ALL clippings, as each of them can start their own roots.
I had out of control ivy on my chimney and vinyl siding. I found that Round Up would slow it down a bit, kill a few leaves, but leave the plant intact and still growing.
What I had to do was cut the ivy at the ground--it was as thick as a small tree trunk in a few places, then I dug down and pulled all the roots out using straps, come-alongs and my car as an anchor point.
After I did that the parts that were on the house/chimney died within days and I was able to pull it down.
A word of caution--
You will never be able to get the "suckers" out of the wood, vinyl, chimney... it's been 2 years and I'm still looking at them even after spending days that first summer scrubbing... It would take me about 10-15 mins to clear a 1'x1' patch of vinyl... the brick required a wire wheel brush and after hours I just gave up. Now I wish I had left it up but done a better job of containing it... in fact I often consider replanting some to send it back up the chimney.
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Events for May 29, 2014
Think Globally, Gather Locally, Iliff Community Event
May 29, 2014 4:00pm-6:00pm
Description: Iliff Alumni and friends are invited to join the Iliff community at "Think Globally, Gather Locally" at The Pioneer, south of the Iliff campus at University and Wesley.
Mark your calendars and stop by for drinks and appetizers from 4-6 p.m. to have conversations with Iliff faculty, staff, alumni and friends. Hosted by the Iliff Alumni Association Board, this event is just two blocks south of Iliff on University Blvd. & Wesley.
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CHAPEL HILL --- No. 1 North Carolina returns to the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center Saturday to host Winthrop and East Carolina in a non-conference doubleheader. The Tar Heels will face Winthrop at 11 a.m. with the match against the Pirates to follow at 3:30 p.m.
Carolina (10-1) opened Atlantic Coast Conference play Wednesday afternoon in Winston-Salem, N.C., with a 7-0 win over Wake Forest. No. 19 Whitney Kay and No. 25 Caroline Price both scored straight-set victories to continue undefeated spring seasons for the Tar Heels.
Winthrop is 5-6 on the year after three straight wins, while East Carolina is 7-2 on the season.
Admission is free at live scoring will be available for both matches on GoHeels.com.


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Mr. TONKO. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Colorado for yielding time.
I would hope that the order of business on this floor is guided by priorities, the most essential priorities that are calling for this body to respond to the people of this great Nation, and in these difficult economic times to do it with a degree of urgency. But what is our order of business here today on the floor? Fixing a typo. That's what we're doing here this morning. We're fixing a typo in an election-year driven, politically motivated bill. But we are really wasting time and playing games. You see, our families and businesses are calling out for compromise, for confidence and for certainty. And this body has utterly failed to answer that call.
Just yesterday, the other Chamber passed a bill to guarantee the current tax rate for our middle class. If this bill fails to pass, taxes will go up on nearly everyone in this country.
But instead of passing the Senate bill, an extension of tax rates that nearly every single Member of this body supports, our order of business is an attempt to pass a rule on the underlying bill for a second time. Why? So that we can continue to hold the extension of middle class tax cuts hostage to enable the richest amongst us to get another Bush-era style tax handout.
Make no mistake. There is but a single roadblock in the way for the middle class right now--and that's the majority in this House. The other Chamber passed a bill. The President said he will sign that bill. And if just one of every 10 Republicans in this body stands with our side of the aisle, we can ensure certainty and confidence for our middle class.
Instead, it looks like we are heading down the road of yet another manufactured crisis. From government shutdowns to debt ceiling debacles to highway bill holdups, this body has consistently fallen short over the past year and a half.
So let's quit these games on the underlying bill. This is about more than a typo. It's about priorities, and it's about values. And right now, we must prioritize middle class tax cuts and provide the certainty and predictability that our American families so desperately deserve and need.
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Dr. Sanjit Mitra of the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering has been named the recipient of the2013 IEEE Gustav Robert Kirchhoff Award for outstanding contributions to the fundamentals of filter design and signal processing.
Established in 2003, the award is sponsored by the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, and honors important contributions to any aspect of electronic circuits and systems that has a long-term significance or impact. Recipient selection is administered through the Technical Field Awards Council of the IEEE Awards Board.
The award is named for Gustav Robert Kirchhoff, a physicist who made important contributions to the theory of circuits and black body radiation, and will be presented at the International Symposium on Circuits And Systems (ISCAS) to be held in Beijing in May 2013.
Dr. Mitra is presently the Stephen and Etta Varra Professor in the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering. He has published more than 700 papers in the areas of analog and digital signal processing, and image processing. He has also author or co-author twelve books and holds five patents.
More details of Dr. Mitra's biography are at (hot link to http://ee.usc.edu/faculty_staff/faculty_directory/smitra.htm)
Alexander "Sandy" Sawchuk, Systems Chair of the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering, said: "our Department and faculty congratulate Sanjit Mitra as the recipient of the 2013 IEEE Gustav Robert Kirchhoff Award and its recognition of his many accomplishments in circuit theory and signal processing."


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Rain and hail drown carnival parade
Heavy showers dampened the floats and the participants' spirits as the eagerly-anticipated carnival parade had to be cancelled because of bad weather yesterday.
The organisers were "devastated" as the floats, which had taken months of painstaking preparation, could not even make it to the capital due to the strong gusts of wind they would have encountered while been driven up Ġlormu Cassar Avenue towards Auberge de Castille.
The heavy downpours soaked through the papier mâché floats, rendering them unstable and unable to safely support the dancers.
"We've had to call it a day. At the moment, we're all trying to make merry in the rain," the president of the Carnival Participants Association, Jason Busuttil, said dejectedly.
"The bad weather has been affecting us since last week when we were assembling the floats. Today, the floats did not even budge from the Granaries. They would have ended up at the Waterfront had we attempted to take them up the hill," Mr Busuttil said.
He stressed the importance of having adequate warehouses that could be used to quickly store the floats in the event of bad weather. Parts of the floats are constructed and painted in stores but the whole thing is assembled outside because the stores are not big enough to take the entire structure.
The issue of storage has bothered participants for years and, last November, the Malta Council for Culture and the Arts announced that the planning authority had granted a permit for the construction of a carnival village at Corradino. It will be composed of 21 workshops that are expected to be completed in time for next year's carnival.
"Having adequate stores similar to those found abroad is an absolute priority. The floats have sustained thousands of euros in damage. A lot of money and hard work is being absolutely wasted. We desperately need these stores because Malta's carnival is slowly being destroyed," Mr Busuttil said.
Holger Camilleri, a member of the Ċiċċo Carnival company, said he felt lost when discussing when to hold carnival. "Carnival is a centuries-long tradition. Carnival is always followed by Ash Wednesday, which heralds Easter. In other countries, carnival is always held during this particular period.
"On the other hand, it is costing us a lot of money. We are not as well-equipped as other countries. Viareggio in Italy, for instance, has stores close to where the défilé is held. Looking at our fully made-up dancers in their foam costumes who are soaking wet and at the stationary float, which we could not even light up, is devastating. This float took us eight months to build. Competition becomes tougher now as we only have two days instead of three.
"Let's hope the weather is forgiving in these final two days."
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From the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (Dr Simoff), the Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit MI; the Department of Radiation Oncology (Dr Lally), University of Miami, Miami, FL; the Oxford Center for Respiratory Medicine (Dr Slade), Oxford, England; the Henry Ford Health System (Ms Goldberg), Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Josephine Ford Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI; the Department of Medicine (Dr Lee), National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore; the Yale School of Medicine (Dr Michaud), Winchester Chest Clinic, New Haven, CT; the Duke University Medical Center (Dr Wahidi), Durham, NC; and the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (Dr Chawla), New York, NY.
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Many patients with lung cancer will develop symptoms related to their disease process or the treatment they are receiving. These symptoms can be as debilitating as the disease progression itself. To many physicians these problems can be the most difficult to manage.
A detailed review of the literature using strict methodologic review of article quality was used in the development of this article. MEDLINE literature reviews, in addition to Cochrane reviews and other databases, were used for this review. The resulting article lists were then reviewed by experts in each area for quality and finally interpreted for content.
We have developed recommendations for the management of many of the symptom complexes that patients with lung cancer may experience: pain, dyspnea, airway obstruction, cough, bone metastasis, brain metastasis, spinal cord metastasis, superior vena cava syndrome, hemoptysis, tracheoesophageal fistula, pleural effusions, venous thromboembolic disease, depression, fatigue, anorexia, and insomnia. Some areas, such as dyspnea, are covered in considerable detail in previously created high-quality evidence-based guidelines and are identified as excellent sources of reference. The goal of this guideline is to provide the reader recommendations based on evidence supported by scientific study.
Improved understanding and recognition of cancer-related symptoms can improve management strategies, patient compliance, and quality of life for all patients with lung cancer.
2.13.1. In patients with lung cancer who experience chronic pain, it is suggested that thorough assessment of the patient and his or her pain should be performed (Grade 2C).
Remark: A patient-reported pain scale should be the principal tool to assess their pain.
Remark: Visual analog scales (VASs), numerical rating scales (NRSs) and verbal rating scales are also suggested tools for rating pain.
2.13.2. In patients with lung cancer who experience chronic pain, the use of the World Health Organization (WHO) analgesic ladder to plan treatment is suggested (Grade 2C).
2.13.3. In patients with lung cancer who are being treated at all stages of the WHO analgesic ladder, it is recommended that acetaminophen and/or a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug (NSAID) be prescribed unless contraindicated (Grade 1A).
2.13.4. In lung cancer patients with chronic pain who are taking NSAIDs and who are at high risk of gastrointestinal bleeding it is recommended that they take either misoprostol 800 mcg/day, standard dose proton pump inhibitors, or double-dose histamine H2 antagonists (Grade 1A).
2.13.5. In patients with chronic neuropathic pain due to cancer, treatment with an anticonvulsant (eg, pregabalin, gabapentin or carbamazepine) or a tricyclic antidepressant (eg, amitriptyline or imipramine) is recommended (Grade 1A).
2.13.6. In patients with chronic pain due to lung cancer, the use of ketamine, lidocaine 5% plasters, and cannabinoids is not recommended (Grade 1A).
2.13.7. In lung cancer patients with mild to moderate chronic pain (score 3-6 on a VAS or NRS), it is recommended that codeine or dihydrocodeine be added to acetaminophen and/or NSAID (Grade 1C).
2.13.8. In lung cancer patients with severe chronic pain, oral morphine is recommended as first-line treatment (Grade 1C).
2.13.9. In lung cancer patients with severe chronic pain, oxycodone or hydromorphone are recommended as alternatives when there are significant side effects or lack of efficacy with oral morphine (Grade 1A).
2.13.10. In lung cancer patients with severe chronic pain who are able to swallow, transdermal fentanyl is not recommended for first-line use (Grade 1C).
2.13.11. In lung cancer patients with stable, severe, chronic cancer pain who have difficulty swallowing, nausea and vomiting, or other adverse effect from oral medications, transdermal fentanyl is recommended as an alternative to oral morphine (Grade 1B).
2.13.12. In lung cancer patients with severe chronic pain, it is suggested that the prescription of methadone as an alternative to oral morphine be confined to a specialist in palliative care units with experience in methadone prescription, because of difficulties with dose prediction, adjustment, and drug accumulation (Grade 2C).
2.13.13. In lung cancer patients with severe chronic cancer pain, treatment with systemic strong opioids is recommended (Grade 1C).
Remark: The oral route of administration is recommended on the grounds of convenience and cost.
2.13.14. In lung cancer patients with severe chronic cancer pain treated with systemic strong opioids who cannot swallow or who suffer excessive nausea and vomiting, the parenteral, transcutaneous or transmucosal route of administration is recommended (Grade 1C).
2.13.15. In the management of pain in lung cancer patients unable to take oral opioids, it is suggested that the subcutaneous route to administer continuous infusion of strong opioids, is equally effective as the intravenous route (Grade 2C).
2.13.16. In lung cancer patients with severe chronic cancer pain treated with systemic strong opioids, dose titration using either immediate release or sustained release oral morphine is suggested (Grade 2B).
Remark: The recommended starting dose is oral morphine 30 mg/24 h in patients not previously treated with opioids, and 60 mg/24 h in those already taking an opioid at step 2 of the WHO ladder. Where immediate release oral morphine is used, the four-hourly dose is used to treat episodes of uncontrolled pain and in this context may be used up to hourly. The total dose administered in 24 h is used to calculate ongoing opioid requirements. Where sustained release morphine is used, the total estimated daily dose is prescribed as once-daily or twice-daily oral morphine.
2.13.17. In lung cancer patients with severe chronic cancer pain treated with systemic strong opioids who experience breakthrough pain, parenteral morphine or transmucosal fentanyl citrate are recommended (Grade 1B).
Remark: Oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate, fentanyl buccal tablet and transnasal fentanyl spray are all effective formulations for breakthrough pain.
Remark: In patients with severe chronic cancer pain who experience a lack of effective analgesia, or uncontrollable side effects, or both, it is appropriate to switch to an alternative strong opioid, or route of administration, or both, though evidence of benefit from this approach is lacking.
4.1.1. In lung cancer patients with inoperable disease and symptomatic airway obstruction, therapeutic bronchoscopy employing mechanical debridement, brachytherapy, tumor ablation or airway stent placement is recommended for improvement in dyspnea, cough, hemoptysis and overall quality of life(QOL) (Grade 1C).
5.4.1. In all lung cancer patients with troublesome cough, evaluation for other treatable causes of cough in addition to cancer-related etiologies is recommended (Grade 1C).
5.4.2. In all lung cancer patients with troublesome cough without a treatable cause, it is recommended that opioids be used to suppress the cough (Grade 1B).
5.4.3. In all lung cancer patients with troublesome cough attributed to chemotherapy or radiation-induced pneumonitis, anti-inflammatory therapy with corticosteroids is recommended (Grade 1C).
Remark: Macrolides can be considered as steroid-sparing agents.
6.7.1. In patients with lung cancer who have pain due to bone metastases, external radiation therapy is recommended for pain relief (Grade 1A).
Remark: A single fraction of 8 Gy is equally effective for immediate relief of pain and more cost-effective than higher fractionated doses of external radiation therapy.
6.7.2. In patients with lung cancer who have painful bone metastases, bisphosphonates are recommended in addition to external beam radiation therapy for pain relief (Grade 1A).
6.7.3. In patients with lung cancer who have painful bone metastases to long and/or weight bearing bones and a solitary well-defined lytic lesion circumferentially involving > 50% of the cortex and an expected survival > 4 weeks with satisfactory health status, surgical fixation is recommended to minimize the potential for a fracture (Grade 1C).
Remark: Intramedullary nailing is the preferred approach, especially for the femur or the humerus.
Remark: Radiotherapy should follow the orthopedic management 2-4 weeks later.
6.7.4. In patients with lung cancer who have vertebral compression fractures causing pain, vertebral augmentation procedures are recommended to reduce pain (Grade 1A).
7.6.1. In patients with lung cancer who have symptomatic brain metastases, dexamethasone at 16 mg/day is recommended during the course of definitive therapy with a rapid taper as allowed by neurologic symptoms (Grade 1B).
7.6.2. In lung cancer patients with significant brain edema, neurologic symptoms, or large space occupying brain metastasis (> 3 cm), surgical resection is recommended if they are surgical candidates (Grade1B).
7.6.3. In lung cancer patients with 1 to 3 brain metastases, stereotactic radiosurgery alone is the recommended initial therapy (Grade 1A).
Remark: With a low burden of disease, the benefit gained by delaying whole brain radiation therapy outweighs the potential risk.
7.6.4. In patients with 5 or more brain metastases, whole brain radiation is the recommended therapy (Grade 1A).
8.4.1. In patients with lung cancer that have new onset of back pain, sagittal T1-weighted MRI of the entire spine is recommended (Grade 1C).
8.4.2. In patients with lung cancer and epidural spinal cord metastases, who are not symptomatic, prompt treatment with high-dose dexamethasone and radiotherapy is recommended (Grade 1B).
8.4.3. In lung cancer patients with symptomatic, radiographically confirmed epidural spinal cord compression and good performance status, it is recommended that neurosurgical consultation be sought and, if appropriate, surgery should be performed immediately and followed by radiation therapy (Grade 1B).


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Itching from chlorine is a common problem for people who swim in chlorinated pools. Some people have described this as "chlorine jock itch" chlorine itchy skin", "bromine itch", "rash from chlorine", "rash from chlorine in swimming pools." We have noticed people searching on Google for information about "chlorine rash symptoms", "swimmers chlorine rash", or "chlorine rash treatment".
Unfortunately there seem to be several different causes for what people commonly call chlorine itch. In many cases the itch or burn is caused by chlorine. Sometimes this is bad enough that swimmers' report chlorine sensitivity or chlorine allergy. But, in some cases the cause of the itching can be something else, such as microorganisms that live in a hot tub or pool. To know for sure, you should see a dermatologist.
The good news is that often the "chlorine itch" can be caused by chlorine's reacting with your skin. Pool chlorine is a salt of hypochlorous acid, i.e., a "hypochlorite" salt, which is added to pool water to keep it healthy for swimming. That chemical reacts with the molecules that make up your skin: Your skin is make from proteins and fats/oils and those compounds are susceptible to reacting with chlorine. The chlorine reacts with the nitrogen atoms in the molecules to make chloramines. Chlorine's chemical reaction with your skin can cause irritation, such as itching or burning.
Another problem is that chlorine is extremely hard to wash off of your hair and skin. Because chlorine bonds to your hair and skin, it gets stuck there and does not wash away in the shower. Not with soap. Not with shampoo. Not with body wash. Those products do not break chlorine's bond to your skin. For this reason, many people report smelling like chlorine all the time. It seems obvious but you smell like chlorine because you are still covered in chlorine.
If the chlorine is bothering your hair and skin, the obvious solution to the problem would be getting the chlorine off of your skin -- Don't leave the chemical that bothers you on your skin all day long. Fortunately, you can get all the chlorine (or bromine) off of your skin quickly, safely, and easily with SwimSpray. SwimSpray uses a patent-pending vitamin C formulation to completely eliminate chlorine. You will notice immediately that you don't smell like chlorine anymore.
I'm on the swim team and I swim 3 hours a day for 5 days after school and always during the swim season whenever I sweat from other physical activites I get itchy my skin gets red in certain areas and I smell like chlorine!!!
I do water aerobics 3 times a week. I have itching through the groin are only. I also do the dream room and sauna after aerobics then shower.W what can I do for the itch. If I stay away from the water for a week it goes away
ok so i was at my uncles house and he has a pool as soon as i got to the bathroom it was a real deal cus i hate itching and it was painful
I didn't have this Problem until a few weeks ago. I take benadryl when I know I don't have to drive. I don,t want to gain
've up my pool time. What can I did other tha giving up the pool which I really enjoy but this itching is crazy making
Moistening cream has helped a little but not much. I swim only 2-3 times a week. I itch on my legs and back the most, but also some on my torso and arms. I have scheduled an appt. with an allergist because only Benadryl helps at night and it tends to increase your blood pressure. I have used the whirlpool on occasion and wonder if that also might be the culprit.
I do aquajogging six times a week for an hour each time and my asthma has worsened and at night I get really itching. Thought it might have been my electric blanket until I read this article. Would moisturing cream at night help?


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No, I now prefer XS big dots.....
This is a discussion on Adjustable Sights on your EDC? within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; What are you opinions on adjustable sights on you EDC. I mean aren't pistols supposed to be "point of aim, point of impact" with fixed ...
What are you opinions on adjustable sights on you EDC. I mean aren't pistols supposed to be "point of aim, point of impact" with fixed sights. Once you set those adjustable sights, do you really ever need to change the setting?
Anybody who has adjustable sights on your EDC, please weigh in with the pros and cons of them.
"I'd rather have my gun and not need it, than need it and not have it"
No, I now prefer XS big dots.....
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
I think adjustable sights are a bad idea on a carry gun.
"Just blame Sixto"
I reserve the right to make fun, point and laugh etc.
As long as the firearm shoots to point of aim with fixed sights that's all you need,most adjustable bomar type sights can snag on clothing when drawing from concealment and one less thing I need to worry about if I need to employ my gun rapidly
"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country,"
--Mayor Marion Barry, Washington , DC .
Not at all necessary on a combat gun. If you ever use your gun to save a life, I'll bet you don't remember even seeing your sights!
ALWAYS carry! - NEVER tell!
"A superior Operator is best defined as someone who uses his superior
judgement to keep himself out of situations that would require a display of his
superior skills."
Most fixed sights will hit point of aim, or close enough not to worry about it. Adjustable sights are nice for a range gun, but they can get bumped out of alignment, and if your relying on your sights being on that can be a deadly mistake. Of all my guns, the only 2 with adjustable sights are my Ruger GP100 and my Ruger Mark II.
The only adjustable sights on my carry guns are the CTC Laser grips.
Sights bumped out of alignment? Snagging on clothes? I've carried a lot of guns with a lot of different sights, I've never had an adjustable sight get bumped out of adjustment or hang on clothes.
Have you guys ever heard of that actually happening? I've been to a lot of schools on shooting and I've never heard of a sight getting bumped out of alignment - well that wouldn't have bumped a fixed sight out as well.
My G34 has adjustable sights; I don't think you could possibly hang it on clothes. Revolvers, I'm thinking of the S&W model 19, mine came with an adjustable rear sight and I don't ever recall hearing that it could be bumped out of adjustment.
I took my 686 with adjustable rear sight through Gunsite's Advanced Tactical handgun course (5 days, over 1000 rounds) and it never once got out of adjustment or hung on anything.
So if you know of a case where something happened to an adjustable sight that would not have happened to a fixed, dovetailed sight, I need/want to know about it. I may need/want to reconsider carrying adjustable sights.
I'm too young to be this old!
Getting old isn't good for you!
What Tangle said! The snagging, bumped out of alignment schtick has been regurgitated for years, but I've never heard of it happening - I'm just glad that someone with some (a great deal it sounds like) practical experience has weighed in on the subject.
The up-side of adustable sights on your carry gun is that many of the hyper-velocity defensive rounds achieve that velocity by using very light bullets. Fixed sights on firearms are regulated for common bullet weights for a given caliber; i.e. 230 grns for .45 ACP / 147 grns for 9 mm, etc. and when using the light bullets they will shoot well below POA. At combat distances it may be a moot point, but I prefer my guns to shoot where I point them.
Pizza Bob
Fixed sights for me thanks. Adjustable is for my AR.
Regards, T Bone.
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety". Benjamin Franklin
I like fixed sights on my carry weapon for the reasons listed
A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father.
If it happens to have Adjustable sight then OK but I don't go out of my way to find them.
"If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking" - George S. Patton.
I've had a set of adjustables move a bit on a Glock, and also on a 1911.
"Just blame Sixto"
I reserve the right to make fun, point and laugh etc.
Adjustable sights on a carry gun are about as useful as the flashlight rails they put on the majority of plastic compact guns these days - STUPID.
I'm too young to be this old!
Getting old isn't good for you!


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Pumpkin Rollers in No Man's Land
We drive a Smart to Oklahoma's Panhandle and become an object of vast and lingering amusement.
In the Panhandle's northwestern corner stands Black Mesa, offering a panoramic view into New Mexico and Colorado. At 4973 feet, it's the highest point in Oklahoma and is easily the most scenic, a region of mesas and buttes and volcanic boulders as big as Winnebagos—a setting for a John Wayne movie, dotted with cactus, juniper, and pinyon pine. Within two miles of the town of Kenton, whose principal attraction is the Tell-A-Tale Diner, we saw meadowlarks, magpies, bluebirds, lark sparrows, ravens, quails, two prairie chickens, at least 20 male pheasants, and a lone roadrunner. At Black Mesa's base, there's a sign that warns: "Prairie rattlesnakes have the most toxic venom of all the poisonous snakes in Oklahoma. If bitten, stay calm. Medical assistance is in Boise City." But Boise City was 45 minutes away.
Then we headed south to Wheeless, which certainly was. "Is it free of wheels," Jarem asked, "or free of whee?" In fact, we could locate no living soul to confirm that the town was uninhabited, yet it contained one firehouse, a white clapboard Baptist church, a one-room schoolhouse, a red limestone garage, and a graveyard. We tried to walk to the cemetery but were stymied by six inches of mud. In the schoolyard lay toys that might have been dropped 30 years prior. Wheeless appeared to have been abandoned one day at about 2 p.m. and no one could think of a reason to return. As we departed, the Smart hit a tumbleweed the size of a dishwasher. "That really cheered me up," said Jarem.
In a bone-chilling rainstorm, we drove into Felt, on the edge of the Rita Blanca National Grasslands, where we spotted an abandoned '58 Ford Country Squire wagon and a '49 Chrysler Windsor coupe that Jarem wanted to buy. As we climbed out to examine the Chrysler, its 70-year-old owner screamed at us from a nearby cinder-block garage. When he realized we weren't vandals, he sauntered out to study the Smart.
"You guys must be Martians," he said.
He pointed to his car's license plate, scoured unto brilliance by blowing dust.
"Last time I registered this was in '72," he informed. "But cars here are okay sitting outside. We average five-percent humidity." Then he pointed to the dimples in the Chrysler's black roof. "That was 1988," he said. "Hailstones four inches in diameter. Bounced off the ground and busted all the windows outta my house. Killed all the birds, turned 'em into mincemeat. One hailstone flew through the window of my son's schoolroom. Landed on the chalk tray. Put a dent in it."
He told us he sold potato diggers, but, he added, "For the last two decades, you can't make no money here." Then he spit a brown stream that dripped off his own car's bumper. Neither he nor his son asked what Jarem and I were doing in Felt, Oklahoma—never asked our names or occupations or where we came from or why we were driving a car he'd already described as "a plastic go-kart." It made me wonder if Panhandlers are much interested in the outside world.
That night, at the Pop-A-Top lounge in Guymon, the Panhandle's largest town, a bartender named Wendy Ward told us, "This is the most judgmental place in the U.S. We have harsh opinions of everyone." I asked her the Panhandle's population. "Don't know, don't care," she shot back. Then a man we'd never met before walked up and showed us a rock he'd found a few years prior. It was shaped like an item of female anatomy. "It's not for sale," he cautioned, although we hadn't asked.
In the town of Straight—a church and an elementary school—Jarem said, "I think I know how they voted on gay marriage in Straight." And on entering the town of Goodwell, home of the Oklahoma Panhandle State University, a state trooper pulled me over for going 52 in a 45 zone and for driving an apparently insane car. But he was polite and cheerful and explained he'd recently graduated from OPSU—whose campus stood deserted 100 yards to our left—and he eagerly directed us to Goodwell's No Man's Land Museum, which he guaranteed we'd enjoy.
It took three 10-hour days to hit every berg and hamlet in the Panhandle. It was never boring. We finished in Slapout, whose eight residents live opposite the town's only business, a gas station. Two cowboys ran out to greet us, eager to lay hands on the Smart. They grinned at first, then smiled, then laughed until they were emitting wet pig snorts and their faces turned red. The taller guy took off his cowboy hat and began beating it against his thigh, as if putting out a small fire. Then they took turns photographing each other in front of the car. "Proof," one said, "for Friday beer night."
"At the Pop-A-Top in Guymon?" I asked.
" Guymon?" he asked in reply, saying it as if he'd never heard of the place, as if it might be a town in eastern Romania. "For beer we drive to Texas."


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Summer Shorts 2013: Series A & B. 59E59 Theaters (see Off-Off Broadway). By Various writers and directors. With ensemble casts. Running time: 1hr 40mins. One intermission.
Summer Shorts 2013: In brief
This festival of new American playlets shows a little leg by harnessing established talents like Tina Howe and (natch) Neil LaBute to debut short works alongside relative newcomers like Lucas Hnath and Marian Fontana.
Summer Shorts 2013 Series B: Theater review by Jennna Scherer (four stars)
Apparently, 59E59 was saving the best for last. After a decidedly rough first installment of its Summer Shorts series, the second half of the six-play sequence feels like a breath of fresh air, featuring three drama-tinged comedies by two big names (Paul Weitz and Alan Zweibel) and one medium-sized one (Marian Fontana).
"Why did I become a writer? It's like having a paper due the rest of your life," grumbles Lee (Kendra Mylnechuk) at the start of Falling Short. Though it's a fairly typical pitfalls-of-dating comedy, Fontana's semiautobiographical script is full of enough of these kinds of witty observational beats and grounded character moments to be consistently entertaining.
Screenwriter Weitz (About a Boy, In Good Company) has fun with drugs in Change, the night's second offering. Built around a quick and nasty turn of events, this trouble-in-surburbia three-hander knows just when to drop in and when to get out. By the doozy of a last line, I wasn't sure whether to laugh or shiver.
Series B rounds out with Pine Cone Moment, penned by classic-era SNL scribe Zweibel. The tender-hearted slice of twilight-years romance is sweet but not cloyingly so, thanks in large part to character actor Camille Saviola's turn as a brassy ghost.
There's nothing earth-shattering about these three one-acts, but they're all tightly scripted and built on solid plot foundations—and for an off-season short-play festival, that's kind of a big deal.—Theater review by Jenna Scherer
Summer Shorts 2013 Series A: theater review by Jenna Scherer (two stars)
In the inevitable postshow ladies' room line after Series A of Summer Shorts 2013, I overheard two women discussing the trio of playlets we'd just watched. "Well, you can't tell a whole story in one act!" one of them remarked. If this is how low our expectations have become, then I'm starting to understand why playwrights seem to be content to toss out one-acts based on the smallest platform of an idea.
The evening opens with Good Luck (in Farsi), a comedy from Neil LaBute that is exactly what you would expect a LaBute quickie to be. Two aspiring starlets meet in a casting waiting room, act petty and jealous, obsess over their looks and stab each other in the back. It's predictable, hollow and blithely offensive.
About a Woman Named Sarah is the night's best offering, in which Lucas Hnath accomplishes the monumental task of casting shoots-wolves-from-helicopters Sarah Palin as a sort of tragic hero. It imagines the initial meeting between Palin and McCain, with their spouses playing interference. Director Eric Hoff never fully grasps the script's stylized rhythm, but the play is an affecting and well-acted package.
Though it's penned by the venerable Tina Howe, Breaking the Spell seems to have been written by a confused kid who ate too much candy after rentingThe Princess Bride. This fairytale about a cursed princess is aggressively silly and makes almost no sense. It also features two nonactor musicians, who play a killer saxophone and piano, respectively, but are befuddled when they have to speak. But, whatever. You can't tell a whole story in just one act, right?—Theater review by Jenna Scherer
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Don't know how "blythe" and "offensive" can be use to any effect to convey how awful Neil LeBute continues to be, but at least the reviewers seem to be on board with how just plain mean and empty his work is, and has always been. (As one who refused to perform in his women-hating "Criminal Minds" serial killer graduate work back in his NYU days..)
Have been going to see this series for the past few years now. Always pleasantly surprised and impressed with the new work being produced here. Smart & really entertaining. A great evening of theater!


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Hudson — The Summit County Public Health Department and Hudson school district are investigating a "suspected" case of measles at Evamere Elementary School.
"We have had a suspected, not confirmed, case of measles in an Evamere student," Hudson schools communications manager Sheryl Sheatzley said May 6. The district advised 18 students who have not been vaccinated to stay home, but the school remains open.
The health department notified the district May 5 after being told by a doctor of the suspected case. It takes about four to five days for measles to be confirmed, Sheatzley said.
"This is not a cause for panic, but awareness of symptoms will help parents seek medical attention more quickly if necessary," according to the Summit County Health District. "Measles, (rubeola or 9-day measles) is a highly contagious respiratory illness caused by a virus."
Symptoms of measles can appear 10 to 12 days after exposure and include a fever greater than 101 degrees, a cough, runny nose, and/or conjunctivitis (pink eye).
For details and a fact sheet on measles, call the Communicable Disease Division at the Summit County Public Health at 330-375-2662.


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Breaking down the Packers' 24-15 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars, with help from the guys over at Pro Football Focus.
Injuries to several key players hamstrung the Packers offense Sunday, turning a dominant unit into one forced to use a vanilla, Jaguars-like gameplan.
The Jacksonville Jaguars cut WR Jarrett Boykin back in early May. Now, they are likely planning on seeing him Sunday as a part of the Packers offense.
The Green Bay Packers welcome the Jacksonville Jaguars to Lambeau Field for a Week 8 matchup. Here's some things to watch and a prediction.


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Mary therefore, when she came where Jesus was, and saw him, fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, and said, Where have ye laid him? They say unto him, Lord, come and see. Jesus wept. John 11:32-35Jesus knew, as he approached the tomb where his friend Lazarus had been laid, that he was going to rai … [Read more...]
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On Thursday night, Russell Martin let us in on a little secret: He's not rooting for his team's number one rival to make the playoffs.
"Anything to get the Red Sox out would be awesome for me," he told reporters on Thursday night. Why? "Because I hate the Red Sox."
Martin's sentiment wasn't surprising and the Yankees don't seem too concerned, despite the fact that his comments have garnered press attention. Manager Joe Girardi said, "Boys will be boys" and GM Brian Cashman compared Martin to Thurman Munson in terms of his play, his toughness, and his attitude.
It's Martin's word choice that was jarring. Really, Russ, hate?Can you even imagine a seasoned Yankee like Derek Jeter, who is in fact friendly with David Ortiz and Kevin Youkilis, ever using such strong language? Maybe the catcher was having a little fun with reporters, or he was just trying to fire up his teammates and fans. Perhaps his feelings are related to his past dealings with Boston; Martin was pursued by the Red Sox last offseason (he clearly doesn't regret signing with New York, though).
Regardless of what may have been behind Martin's statement, he certainly makes an interesting point: The Yankees could play a significant role in determining which team snags the AL wild card. The Bombers have six regular-season games left: three against the Sox this weekend and three against the Rays next week. Currently, Boston leads the wild-card hunt, with the Rays 2.5 games back and the L.A. Angels 3.5 games back.
Now that the Yankees have clinched their division, no one would fault them for resting their stars and giving their young call-ups a chance to play, not even Terry Francona. On Friday, WFAN's Mike Francesa asked the Red Sox manager what he expected to see from the Yankees this weekend. Francona responded: "Now, they have the right to do what they want. You know, whether they want to play their team or not, that's their luxury."
So, will the Yankees take advantage of this luxury against Tampa, but play their best team against Boston, as Martin implied? Not necessarily. True, these games could affect Boston's chances; however, despite what the catcher said, New York doesn't have a vested interest in which team wins the wild card. Cashman, who was also on WFAN on Friday, said, "Whether it's Boston if they get in…it's gonna be a nightmare…all these teams in the American League have a chance to run the table..and we want to be that team to run it but we also know we have our work cut out for us."
The Rays and the Red Sox are both capable and tough opponents. Tampa Bay, a gritty team with outstanding pitching, is surging to the finish line. Despite their play this past month, the Sox have owned the Yankees this season. New York is not naive enough to forget 2000, when they themselves slumped in September and went on to win the World Series.
Ethics aside, any effort by New York to influence the wild-card race would be futile for many reasons. For instance, the Yanks don't have the ability to impact the Angels or the other games that Boston and Tampa Bay will play in the next week. Sorry, Russ, but the Yankees' focus is elsewhere.
Playin' for Bigger
For the Rays and the Red Sox, their series against the Yankees are potential vehicles to the playoffs. For the Yankees, these games serve a different purpose: to position the team for victory in the postseason. New York has four primary goals this week:
(1) Clinch the best record in the AL. Securing the best record in the AL would guarantee the Yankees home-field advantage throughout the AL playoffs. Girardi has emphasized the importance of home-field advantage several times; it goes without saying that playing in front of New York fans in the long-ball friendly cathedral is preferable in any high-stakes game. I expect the Yankees to play hard until they clinch best record; their magic number is currently two. Girardi did post his regular lineup for Friday's game against Boston, which ended up being postponed due to rain.
(2) Give players a little rest. The Yankees announced this week that ace CC Sabathia will not pitch until Game 1 of the ALDS (he'll likely also pitch Game 4, if necessary, on three days rest). Key players like Alex Rodriguez, Nick Swisher and Martin have missed games recently due to injury, and could benefit from a more relaxed schedule in the coming days. Girardi stated on Friday that he planned to sit one to two starters per game, "just to make sure that our team is ready to go next Friday."
(3) Keep the momentum going. Girardi also said, "Our guys need to play…they need to be sharp." As much as A-Rod might benefit from resting his thumb, he must work to get back into his groove after missing so many games. MVP candidates Curtis Granderson and Robinson Cano are swinging hot bats; too much rest could be detrimental to their games. Girardi will have to balance resting guys with making sure they play enough to stay "sharp."
(4) Determine the Yankees' postseason roster. With Francisco Cervelli likely out for the year, which catchers will the Yankees carry besides Martin? Jorge Posada made a great case for himself with his AL-East clinching pinch hit on Wednesday. Jesus Montero has proven his offensive power, but is he a sufficient backup catcher? As for pitching, Sabathia and Ivan Nova have clearly secured their spots, but who else will start? Should the postseason roster include another lefty reliever in Raul Valdes? The Yankees will use the games this week to answer those roster questions, among others.
Therefore, while Martin's aim might be to play spoiler this week, the Yankees clearly have different objectives. Does New York want to beat the Sox for the sake of possibly knocking them out of wild-card contention? No. Do they want to beat the Sox for a host of other reasons, such as clinching best record and building momentum? Yes.
On Friday's show, Francesa asked Cashman about the Yankees potential role in determining the AL wild card. Cashman responded: "We're playin' for bigger." And he's right.
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Villa missed Spain's European Championship victory this summer with a broken leg, but scored in the friendly win over Saudi Arabia this weekend.
"It's obviously a special day to be able to return to the national team after so much time out, great for me, especially being back alongside my team-mates, because I've missed them both in matches and training," he said.
"There's no need to look back now and I can look forward to enjoying myself again."
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Summer 2016 is set to be a very exciting time for football fans, as this is when the long awaited Euro 2016 tournament kicks off.


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I often remind our TDC team how difficult it can be for clients to make that first telephone call to our office. The decision to speak with a Massachusetts divorce lawyer or divorce mediator is generally not made lightly. We are empathetic to the various feelings and stress clients experience, including, anxiety, anger, fear, sadness, shock, disbelief, disappointment, guilt and heartbreak. These are all normal emotions felt during a separation and divorce. During this time, knowledge is power. To ease any anxiety, I want to give you a sense of what to expect during the initial telephone call to our office.
1. Confidentiality. We want you to feel at ease calling our office, we do not disclose to your spouse or anyone else for that matter (barring an emergency of course) the fact you even called us.
2. We will ask your name and the name of your spouse. We may even ask the name of your spouse's attorney if applicable.
Why do we ask this information? One of the first things law firms do when a new potential client calls is conduct what is referred to as a "conflict check." There are many examples of what may constitute an ethical conflict for a lawyer, including but not limited to, personal knowledge of the parties involved, a business relationship with the other party, former or current representation of the other party, or a conflict of interest with the other attorney involved in the case.
In the unlikely event there is a conflict, we will let you know right away. However, we cannot divulge the exact nature of the conflict. Conflicts are rare and only occur a few times per year so do not worry!
3. We will ask where you reside. Our main office is located in Medway, Massachusetts but we have the ability to meet with clients in Bedford, Burlington, Hingham or Westborough so we want to make sure we offer you a meeting in a location convenient to you.
4. We will ask how you heard about us, i.e., internet, our web site (divorcecollaborative.com), the newspaper, a friend, referral, another lawyer, etc. We like to keep track of our marketing efforts but if you prefer not to disclose this information to us, that's fine!
5. We will then discuss the type of legal assistance you need. Are you calling for information on an initial Massachusetts divorce? Or a modification of an existing Massachusetts divorce agreement? Perhaps you are interested in enforcing the terms of an existing divorce agreement? You may have questions about child custody, child support, alimony in Massachusetts, property division in Massachusetts, guardianships or adoption proceedings.
If you decide to schedule an initial consultation with one of our attorneys, our initial consultations are an hour and a half long. In addition to appointments during regular business hours, we can offer early morning, night and weekend appointments. The fee for an initial consultation is $200.00. The fee for a weekend consultation is $300.00.
6. If you are calling for an initial divorce, our staff will briefly explain the different process options available to you. At your initial consultation, the attorney you meet with will discuss these options in more detail and help you determine which might work best for you.
Briefly, they are the following (please refer to our learning center on divorcecollaborative.com for more information):
i. Litigated/Contested/Court Based Divorce
Under this process option, generally each person hires his/her own attorney and the case is placed on the Probate and Family Courts contested court track (14 month track). If your spouse has already filed for divorce in court, this is typically the process option you would be seeking. In cases where one spouse is not willing or able to explore alternative dispute resolution, or situations where there are safety issues, substance abuse, child neglect or abuse, serious concerns over hiding of assets, etc, this process is often needed. In other cases, clients simply don't feel comfortable with selecting alternative dispute resolution and choose to select this process option.
ii. Divorce Mediation
Some couples decide to handle their divorce amicably and privately and choose to hire one neutral mediator to assist them develop a lasting resolution of all matters, including property division, alimony, child custody and child support, etc. Please note, our divorce mediators (although attorneys) do not represent either (or both) parties, rather they serve as a professional neutral. Mediation clients are encouraged to have legal agreements reviewed by their own outside attorney. We are happy to provide both parties with referrals. Divorce mediation is a voluntary and confidential process. At the end of the process an uncontested divorce is filed with the court and the couple appear for a brief uncontested hearing in the Probate and Family Court.
If your spouse and you have already decided this is the process option you would like to select, then we recommend scheduling a mediation initial consultation. It is recommended that both parties come to the mediation consultation, which generally lasts one hour. The fee for a mediation consultation is $200.00. The mediator will explain the mediation process to the couple, the confidentiality rules and get a sense from the couple what issues they need to work through and how many sessions they might require.
iii. Collaborative Process
In a collaborative divorce, each party agrees to resolve all outstanding issues outside of court. They do this by each retaining an attorney who has specialized training in the collaborative method. They agree to resolve their issues through a series of meetings with both lawyers present. In some cases, the parties agree to hire a financial neutral (to assist the parties with the property division and support), or a child specialist (in situations where child custody or parenting plans are in dispute). At the end of the process an uncontested divorce is filed with the court and the couple appear for a brief uncontested hearing in the Probate and Family court.
We look forward to assisting you determine which process option works best for your particular situation. To schedule your initial consultation with The Divorce Collaborative, please call (508) 346-3805.
Colleen E. Cunnally is the owner of The Divorce Collaborative. She is a divorce and family lawyer and mediator with The Divorce Collaborative of Franklin, Massachusetts.
If you have questions about a Massachusetts Divorce, alimony, child support, or child custody in the Franklin, Medway, Medfield, Milford, Norfolk or Wrentham area, please call The Divorce Collaborative to schedule an appointment with one of our experienced family law attorneys or mediators. (508) 346-3805.
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How do we know what we know?
This project uses case studies to examine how scientists construct a functional understanding of the world by gathering, assessing, and making use of scientific evidence. Examining the nature of evidence is a critical part of science literacy and a key to understanding our own process of knowledge acquisition.
New Digital Media and Public Engagement in Science: Promises, Challenges, and a Joint Education Research Agenda
On October 9, 2008, 66 participants representing federal agencies, science organizations, and informal science and communications researchers from across the country gathered in Arlington, Virginia, to participate in a project-sponsored forum titled "New Digital Media and Public Engagement in Science: Promises, Challenges, and a Joint Education Research Agenda." The forum was designed to examine the possibility of enhancing collaboration between formal and informal science organizations in their research, dissemination, and interaction with the public. Click on the links below to see the complete documentation from this program.
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How Do We Know What We Know? Resources for the Public Understanding of Scientific Evidence is made possible by a grant from the National Science Foundation, with the additional generosity of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, The Jim Clark Endowment for Internet Education, and the McBean Family Foundation.


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Welcome to the website of Professor Schubert's research team. We are part of the Institute for Environmental Decisions (IED) with key research interests in behavioral economics related to environmental and energy-related topics. We aim at explaining observable behavior of individuals and groups, at identifying impacts of this behavior and at recommending interventions to improve individual and global well-being in the short as well as in the long term.
Furthermore, our group is dedicated to developing and applying innovative teaching and learning technologies including modern electronic devices. Our goal is to enhance students' capabilities as critical thinkers.


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Makes 8 servings
North Carolina slaw is made with mayonnaise—no surprise—but also with vinegar. This slaw goes well with any summer meal, from burgers to chicken, and makes the perfect topping for a North Carolina Pulled Turkey Barbecue Sandwich.
1 cup low-fat mayonnaise
(1 fat gram per tablespoon)
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
1 tablespoon clover or other mild honey
1 teaspoon celery seeds
1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
1/4 teaspoon fresh-ground black pepper
1 head (about 1-1/2 pounds) green cabbage, finely shredded
3 scallions, white and green parts, chopped
1 carrot, peeled and coarsely grated
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, vinegar, honey, celery seeds, salt and pepper. Add the cabbage, scallions and carrot and stir until coated with the dressing. Cover and chill before serving.
Nutritional information per serving: 86 calories (26.8% from fat), 2.6 g fat (trace of saturated fat), 2.5 g protein, 16.1 g carbohydrate, 0 mg cholesterol, 439 mg sodium.
Cooking Tip: To keep the slaw crisp when making it in advance: Sprinkle the cabbage and carrot with 2 teaspoons kosher salt or 1 teaspoon regular salt and toss. Place in a colander and put the colander in the sink. Set aside for 1 hour or up to 4 hours, or until the cabbage wilts. Rinse under cold water and spin-dry in batches in a salad spinner. Proceed as directed.
Salt Sense: Omitting the salt reduces the sodium to 305 mg per serving.
A Guy's Guide to Great Eating
Big-flavored, Fat-Reduced
Recipes for Men Who Love to Eat
By Don Mauer
Houghton Mifflin Company
Paperback, $17.00
350 pages, June 1999
Recipe Reprinted by permission.
This page created June 1999
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It's no secret Microsoft was hoping HD DVD would win the format war - its Xbox 360 console came with an HD DVD add-on and even since Blu-ray came out on top talk of support out of Redmond has been noticeably silent, but this may mark the turning point...
Details have arisen of the 'Windows Feature Pack for Storage' - a kit for XP, Vista, Server 2003 and Sever 2008 which will bring a number of storage functionality improvements to the platforms including, most noticeably: an updated image mastering API for Blu-ray allowing the discs to be burnt without third party software.
Well done Microsoft, it must've been a bitter pill to swallow.
Away from this headline feature are two other key technologies: ' Active Storage Platform' which will enable the Windows platform to restrict access to portable devices (such as a USB Flash Device) via a certificate or password authentication based on the IEEE 1667 standard specification. Secondly, 'Smart Card Driver', which provides support for new form factors, such as ICCD/CCID.
The public beta testing for the Windows Feature Pack for Storage is expected to begin imminently but if you're not a fan of toying with pre-release software don't worry this one should be seeing a final release sooner rather than later.


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The Business — June 2015
The Business section from the June 2015 issue. Download the PDF. Includes: Hemisphere GNSS Releases Next-Generation GNSS RTK Engine CHC Introduces LT500 Handheld Apple Buys Coherent Navigation Forsberg Acquires StarLink Products Trimble Module Combines GNSS, MEMS Airbus A350 Airliner Comes EGNOS-Capable Briefs Events read more


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As many of you know, it's Social Media Week. (That deserves a 'Yay!') But the growth of social media is too large to handle in one city, so all across the world conferences and presenters will discuss the ever-growing presence and trends of the social Web. We also want to learn more about what's going on across the sea, and, really, what's more social than a blog swap?
For the second consecutive year, we will work with our partner, Johnson King – a European technology PR agency headquartered in London – to discuss the major Social Media Week events in London and New York City. Enjoy, and check back for regular installments from our friends in London. And you can see our thoughts on the New York City events at the Johnson King blog.
Social Media Week 2011: Affect Strategies' Regina Nisita talks about how social media has impacted the gaming world.
The start of Social Media Week 2011 in New York City yesterday included a panel on how social dynamics are changing the gaming industry. Social gamers are considered a new breed of gamer, which marketers are very interested in attracting but few have succeeded. Although many in the gaming industry suggest marketers proceed with caution, many agree that social gaming is changing not only the gaming industry, but advertising strategy as well. Read more about this panel discussion on the Johnson King blog.


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i've recently picked up this lovely coupe, seems to have been looked after in it's past life so i'll try to carry on the good work.
it's my first BMW but it truely is a lovely car and it doesn't look like it's aged one bit.
i've had to put some new discs and pads on so far but i'm more than happy with that.
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Swedish skip Anette Norberg suffered a few early miscues but her side fought back to win 7-6 in the extra end after Bernard blew chances in the final two ends to seal a home victory in front of a boisterous crowd.
"We got nervous after the fifth end and we got shaky, and she (Bernard) got shaky in the last two ends," Sweden's Cathrine Lindahl said. "We thought it was over. I'm so happy."
Sweden retained their title and became the first team to win two golds in Olympic women's curling.
With Canada leading going into the 10th end, Bernard failed to nail her last rock, allowing Sweden to score two and tie it up at 6-6. It was Bernard's final throw in the subsequent end that ended her dream of gold on her Olympic debut.
The 43-year-old had to throw her rock hard and accurate enough to blast two Swedish stones out of the house.
It cleared one but did not have sufficient angle or strength to clear the second, leaving the Swedes to celebrate a win which minutes earlier had seemed unlikely.
"I rubbed it and I missed," a crushed Bernard said. "It was so close. "It was one of those shots I will not forget."
Norberg said she knew something was amiss as soon as the rock left Bernard's hand and her team mates jumped to action.
"I heard them sweeping all the way down so I understood that it was curling a lot, and the spot where it curled wasn't where it was aimed," she said. "Suddenly I understood that maybe she wasn't going to do it."
Sweden's victory, with the country's King Carl Gustaf looking on, robbed Canada of one gold on which they were banking.
The Olympic hosts won all but one of their qualification games on the strength of Bernard's accuracy.
She also had the backing of an uncharacteristically noisy curling crowd, some of whom yelled "We love you, Cheryl!" before she made her throws.
The Swedes gathered steam throughout the tournament, winning their last three games. Norberg, 43, showed little emotion on or off the ice. She said she was unaffected by the crowd because she was in her "own bubble" when playing well.
She needed that early in the match to block out heckling by fans when she prepared her throws.


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Laws, Regulations & Annotations
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Property Taxation
Part 4. Levy of Tax
Chapter 3. Reimbursement for Costs Mandated by the State
Article 7. Governmental Reorganization: Effect on Maximum Property Tax Rates* †
Section 2295
2295. "Governmental reorganization." As used in this article "governmental reorganization" means any formation of, annexation to, detachment from, consolidation of, dissolution of, or other territorial adjustment in the boundaries of, a local agency. "Governmental reorganization" includes those boundary adjustments of local agencies which are not subject to the provisions of Chapter 6.6 (commencing with Section 54773) of Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 or of Division 1 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 6 of the Government Code, as well as those boundary adjustments of local agencies which are subject to such provisions of the Government Code.
* Article 7 shall not apply to property tax rates for the 1978–1979 fiscal year.
† Section 60 of Stats. 1979, Ch. 282; in effect July 24, 1979, provided that Article 7 shall not apply to property tax rates for the 1979–80 fiscal year.