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Memorial Day Weekend At Heritage Funeral Home: Saturday, May 25th through Monday, May 27th
Memorial Weekend Open House from 9:00am until 5:00pm each day.
This year we are honoring ALL who have served our nation in the Armed Forces--living and dead. We ask that you share this experience by bringing in a military photo (veteran, deceased or currently serving) to place on our "Wall of Honor".
In addition, you can enjoy the following:
-Musical entertainment each day at Noon and 1:30pm in the Heritage Chapel. This will honor the Korean War and Vietnam War era and is titled "From Inchon to Saigon". Popular songs from the era will be highlighted.
-Extensive Veterans display and memorabilia
-Aerospace Display
-Display of special Packard automobiles
-Antique and Classic car display
-Tree of Remembrance
-Refreshments in our Heritage reception room
-Brass Band Concert on Sunday evening at 6:00pm at the Cross of Inspiration in Greenwood Memorial Terrace Cemetery
Exhibits close promptly at 5:00pm each day.
For more information please contact Heritage Funeral Home online HERE or call at 838-8900.
You are cordially invited to attend the Washington Department of Veteran Affairs Memorial Day Ceremony on Monday, May 27th at 11:30am.
The Washington State Veterans Cemetery is located at 21702 West Espanola Road in Medical Lake, Washington 99022.
Parking is available at the cemetery with overflow available along Ritchey Road.
For additional information please contact the cemetery office at 509-299-6290 or firstname.lastname@example.com – Click Here For 2013 Flyer.
Memorial Day Event on Monday, May 27th at 11:00am at Evergreen Cemetery in Post Falls.
Program includes Post Falls Police Color Guard, American Legion Honor Guard, Presentations by Mayor Larkin, Rep. Frank Henderson (representing WW II Veterans), Counselor Skip Hissong (representing Vietnam War Veterans), and Kootenai County Fire and Rescue District Chief Dan Ryan (representing Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars), a rifle salute to fallen Veterans and the playing of Amazing Grace and Taps.
We advise that those needing chairs come early to insure that they get a seat, because seating is limited.
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Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony & Wreath Laying at Honeysuckle Beach in Hayden Idaho on Monday, May 27th.
We set aside one day out of the year for the nation to come together to remember, reflect and honor those who have given their all in service to our community.
Wreath Laying at Honeysuckle Beach at 10:00am
Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony at Hayden City Hall – PFC Robert J. Gordon Veterans Memorial at 11:00am
Highlights include guest speaker Curley Lawson, MSW, North Idaho College, Tolling of the boast at Honeysuckle Beach and Hayden Hot Punch Pipe Band!
Refreshments immediately following in the City Council Chambers.
For more information CLICK HERE or call 208-209-1080.
Public Memorial For Airmen Of KC-135 Crash
A public memorial for the patriots who lost their lives onboard a KC-135 that crashed May 3rd will be held on Tuesday, May 28th at the INB Performing Arts Center at 1:00pm.
Capt. Mark Tyler Voss, Capt. Victoria Pinckney and Tech. Sgt. Herman "Tre" Mackey III will be honored for making the ultimate sacrifice while deployed at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan.
"Team Fairchild is a strong family. We remain resilient together during this unexpected and difficult tragedy that resulted in the loss of three Airmen's lives," said Col. Brian Newberry, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander. "This memorial is a reminder for us to remember that freedom is never free, and we will not forget the sacrifices of Capt. Voss, Capt. Pinckney and Tech. Sgt. Mackey. They were great Airmen and will be forever missed."
Thank You. Honor those who serve with honor and cherish the memory of those who gave everything.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global restaurant rater Michelin awarded its coveted stars to more Chicago restaurants in its latest guide, cementing the city's status as a showcase for young chefs and a prime U.S. food destination.
Michelin said on Tuesday it gave stars to 25 Chicago restaurants, up from 19 last year, in its 2014 guide, which will be launched on Wednesday.
"In Chicago, you continue to see a lot of the young chefs who have worked with some of the greats in the cooking world opening up their own places and making their own signature cooking," said Michael Ellis, the international director of Michelin Guides.
Alinea, which remained Chicago's sole Michelin three-star restaurant, was noted for its "exceptional cuisine" and chef Grant Achatz's changing $210 tasting menu with its avant-garde dishes and elaborate plating continues to dazzle diners and critics.
"He remains one of the top chefs in the world," Ellis said.
Two eateries, Sixteen and Grace, joined the two-star category for their "excellent cuisine," joining graham elliot restaurant and L20.
Sixteen, which is inside the Trump International Hotel, gained an additional star from the previous year after it "upped its renowned and creative contemporary cooking," according to Michelin.
It praised Grace, whose head chef and co-owner Curtis Duffy had once worked for Achatz, for "its wildly imaginative contemporary cuisine and flawless style and service." Continued...

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The president and much of the international community believes it undermines a fundamental precept of international law. But Congress looks ready to override Obama's veto.
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It's easy to get anxious about cybersecurity -- but that need not be the case. The Department of Homeland Security's top cyber official and leaders in the field join the Monitor and the Center for National Policy to chart paths forward in cyberspace.
In Congress, the divide between Team Christie and a more libertarian Team Paul was on display in the debate over the Amash amendment that sought to de-fund the NSA surveillance program.
Congress is set to notch a significant victory on student loans after the bipartisan Senate vote. Sen. Tom Harkin, who initially opposed the measure, hailed the 'hard fought' compromise.
Can House Republicans support a path to citizenship as part of immigration reform? At a committee hearing, sympathy is expressed for young DREAMers, but not their parents.
The filibuster deal to avoid the Senate's 'nuclear option' showed that when senators actually talk to each other (a rare thing nowadays), they're not so bad at figuring things out.
After a rare, closed meeting senators agreed to confirm several controversial Obama nominees. The deal avoided a 'nuclear option' that would have changed Senate rules on filibusters.
The 'nuclear option' involves a rules change involving the Senate filibuster that may look to many Americans like another case of partisan bickering. But it would in fact change how Congress works. Here's what all the fuss is about.
A House version of the farm bill took food stamps out entirely – leaving them to be taken up later and separately. But if cuts are what Republicans want, the tactic might backfire.
House Republicans emerged from a strategy session on immigration reform saying something needed to be done but seeming content to shelve the issue until the fall. What to do is still an issue.
After the farm bill's stunning defeat last month, House GOP leaders are feeling out whether they can strip out a massive food stamp program and win back enough conservative votes to pass the aid to farmers.
The Senate will approve some agency nominations – and perhaps avoid a showdown over Obama's judicial nominees. Student loans need attention. A 'sequester' revise? Don't count on it before Congress recesses in August.
Friday's jobs report shows the US economy added 195,000 jobs in June, while the unemployment rate was unchanged at 7.6 percent. There's no sign yet of a drag from Washington's sequestration.
The Finance Committee's Baucus and Hatch are telling their fellow senators that now's the time to address tax reform, and have set a deadline for colleagues to defend individual tax preferences.
Tennessee's Bob Corker considered quitting the Senate, but plunged back into the art of the deal, helping to build a big majority on immigration reform. Also on his agenda: taxes, deficits, and housing.
The Senate approved the bill by a 68-to-32 vote Thursday. But House leaders, including those supportive of the immigration reform effort, have said the Senate legislation won't get a hearing in their chamber.
Interest rates on some subsidized student loans could double on July 1. A bipartisan Senate group and a sextet of Senate liberals both put forward proposals Thursday, but a deal is elusive.
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The Northwest Youth Music Association, sponsors of the Seattle Cascades Drum & Bugle Corps, announce the hiring of Tom Peashey as their director of operations. Peashey will work closely with Executive Director Dr. Sal Leone, while overseeing the daily operations of the organization. His priorities will be to improve the long-term survival of the organization by improving its revenue sources, expanding its youth programs and attracting new supporters of youth music.
Peashey has spent 50 years in the drum corps activity. He started performing at the age of 7 in a parade corps, founded the Oswego Black Knights, taught and marched with both the Syracuse Brigadiers and Rochester Crusaders and has been an adjudicator for drum corps, marching bands and color guard for several years. He was the chief visual judge of New York State and Drum Corps Associates.
In 1989, he came the director of the Rochester Crusaders and brought them back into the top five in the world. Most recently, he has been director of marketing and public relations for Drum Corps Associates, a position that will end in September of this year so that he can concentrate on his new position in Seattle.
Peashey has also been instrumental in developing financial support for many organizations. He was the chief financial officer to the Rochester Patriot organization at a time when they ran one of the most successful bingo games in the country and recently helped launch the bingo game for Magic of Orlando.
"Tom is a great asset to the drum corps world and we are so proud that he has accepted the position with our organization. Tom will bring daily professional management to our organization so that it can become the finest youth music organization in our region," said Leone. "I am looking forward to working with Tom. Our organization has never had a full-time executive to help guide it. With Tom's experience and abilities, I expect some great things to happen in Seattle."
"At the age of 58, Seattle will probably be my last swan song," said Peashey. "I am so proud to join such a prestigious organization with the high standards of the Seattle Cascades. Fasten your belts and get ready for the ride of your life, Seattle."
The Northwest Youth Music Association recently changed its name from the Cascades Youth Music Association. "As the premier marching performance group in the pacific Northwest, we realized that we had an obligation to be the leader in our region and to provide a home for the hundreds of drum corps supporters who once marched for one of the many drums corps that existed in the Pacific Northwest," according to Leone. "Although our primary goal is to support the Seattle Cascades, we want to open our doors to all Northwest drum corps fans so we can keep the memory of all great NW drum corps alive."


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worshipability (uncountable)
- Capability of being worshiped; worthiness of veneration.
- 1836, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Volume 1, p. 378:
- I commend the modern Unitarians for their candour in giving up the possible worshipability of Christ, if not very God.
- 1988, Norman L. Geisler, Christian Apologetics, ISBN 9780801038228, p. 186:
- A God who is totally and completely Other lacks relatability and no doubt, at least to many, he will lack worshipability.
- 2007, David Lamont Paulsen and Donald W. Musser, Mormonism in Dialogue with Contemporary Christian Theologies, ISBN 9780881460834, p. 530:
- Critics of the openness model are quick to contend that any qualification of the notion of God's complete knowledge of the future diminishes his power and worshipability.
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Optimisation of a class of transportation problems using genetic algorithms
Chan, P.T., Rad, A.B., & Ho, T.K. (2002) Optimisation of a class of transportation problems using genetic algorithms. In Traffic And Transportation Studies 2002 : Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Studies, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Guilin, China.
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This paper presents a Genetic Algorithms (GA) approach to search the optimized path for a class of transportation problems. The formulation of the problems for suitable application of GA will be discussed. Exchanging genetic information in the sense of neighborhoods will be introduced for generation reproduction. The performance of the GA will be evaluated by computer simulation. The proposed algorithm use simple coding with population size 1 converged in reasonable optimality within several minutes.
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I tried to order this, but the link takes me directly to the Nuphedrine site. Any comments on this? Is Nuphedrine the same thing as Ephedrine P57?
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Gold firms plan drastic cuts to stay afloat as bullion sinks
* Bullion hovers near 4-1/2 year low
* Low metal price to spur mergers and acquisitions
* Deep cost cuts now could hit gold output in medium-term
By Silvia Antonioli and Nicole Mordant
LONDON/VANCOUVER Nov 6 (Reuters) - Struggling gold producers plan increasingly drastic measures such as scrapping dividends, cutting jobs, halting projects and shutting mines to survive the latest price plunge, but not all of them will make it.
Gold tumbled to a more than four-year low of $1,137.40 an ounce this week, rekindling memories of last year's 28 percent drop to $1,196. That fall put an abrupt end to years of over-spending on expansion projects and forced producers to cut costs.
Gold prices recovered early in 2014, but the slide in the past three months to new lows will force companies to step up their efforts to cope.
According to Citi analysts, about three quarters of gold mining companies burn cash at spot prices just below $1,200 on an all-in cost basis, which includes head office, interest, permitting and exploration costs.
Buenaventura, Medusa and Iamgold are among the highest-cost producers with all-in costs well above $1,300, a Citi note to investors said. Continuación...


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With the group stages over, and the Round of 16 starting, there are certain teams that attract a lot more favoritism and publicity than others. As loyal fans don their team's soccer shirts and put on their best turf soccer shoes to support their team in public, who are the less known of the current round of 16 teams?
Teams such as Juventus (Italy), Arsenal (United Kingdom), PSG (France) or Borussia Dortmund (Germany), have really put in an effort to step up their game and become possibly contenders for the cup holding position.
Juventus have so far, played solidly, with a crisp and well formed defense team. They boasted this well in their first match against Celtic, where, in an away game, they won with a 3-0 lead, partly due to their deep defensive tactics, as well as their great team play when inside Celtic's box. With this early victory on their away game, it will be an interesting game to watch when they play home against Celtic on the 6th of March.
Arsenal used to be one of the biggest teams in the early 2000's, however, more recently, they have been somewhat lacking, and, as much as I would love to say that they had got off to a great start this season, unfortunately, I cannot. Arsenal's opening game saw that they lost to Olympiacos 2-1, and so, on their two leg match against Bayern Munich, it is unlikely they will succeed, or so say the experts.
If Arsenal were to win, they would have a huge support gathering, as well as a huge surge of energy, of breaking their loss streak, and the enthusiasm to continue playing competitively.
PSG, a French team that has been announced by some to have an 'outside' chance of winning the Championship this year. Why would this be? Well, their early win against Valencia showed that their team play can dominate other teams, coming away with a 2-0 win at their away match.
However, it should come to note that their aggressive game play may well lead them into problems, as well as success, the perfect example of which, can be found here with their punishments for vicious tackles.
Lastly, Borussia Dortmund, this German team has been mentioned by several experts to have a half decent chance of winning the Championship League, becoming winner of the group stages unbeaten most definitely helps that viewpoint, as well as their recent draw against Shakhtar Donetsk, which gives them an even better chance at winning. Their play style, of counter attacking and quick passes really shine through, and if this team were to get onto a win streak, the top teams could have a real challenge.
For more details on the teams and matches made above, please do visit the UEFA website, as they have a mass of information on teams, players and matches. Any soccer fan's dream website!Tags: Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund, Manchester, Manchester United, Premier League, Soccer


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Arsenal Under-21s' home league match against West Bromwich Albion will take place at Emirates Stadium on Thursday, September 12, kick-off 7pm.
The match will be one of two Under-21 Premier League fixtures to be played at the Emirates this year, with the Gunners also due to take on Wolverhampton Wanderers on Monday, October 7, kick-off 7pm.
Last season, Arsenal enjoyed the highest attendances in the under-21s division, with a combined 10,000 supporters visiting the Emirates for matches against Bolton Wanderers and Blackburn Rovers.
Tickets for the under-21s' clash with West Brom are now on sale, priced at £4 for adults and £2 for concessions (over 65s & under-16s).


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6 Popular Types of Massage Therapy
Posted Wednesday, May 18, 2011 by Allen B. Ury
Massage has many benefits. It's a great way to relax and rejuvenate. It also has numerous proven medical benefits ranging from lowering blood pressure to pain management. Today, massage is practiced everywhere from hospital rehabilitation centers to exotic luxury resorts. Its benefits are enjoyed by everyone from young athletes to senior citizens.
Massage can be delivered using a number of styles and techniques. Which style you choose depends on what you're trying to get from the treatment and, of course, your own personal taste.
Following are the six most popular forms of massage found in the United States and Canada:
Swedish Massage. By far the most popular form of massage, Swedish Massage is so common that it's often referred to generically as "relaxation massage" or even just simply "massage." Popularized by early 19th century Swedish fencing master and gymnastics teacher Henrik Ling, Swedish massage involves long, flowing strokes, often in the direction of the heart, along with kneading and circular movements, all using massage lotion or oil to minimize friction. Used most often for its relaxation benefits, Swedish massage is the common "introductory" technique for people who have never experienced massage before.
Hot Stone Massage. Sometimes done in combination with other types of massage, particularly Swedish, this technique involves laying smooth stones heated to slightly over 100 degrees on shoulders and back muscles to increase circulation and promote relaxation. The therapist might also apply light pressure to the stones to enhance their effect.
Thai Massage. Although it originated in India, this form of massage achieved its greatest popularity in nearby Thailand, hence its name. Considered one of the most "energizing" of massage styles, it involves the therapist moving and stretching the client into a series of yoga-like positions. The practitioner often pulls the client's toes, fingers, ears, etc., as well as cracks knuckles and walks on the client's back. A typical Thai massage session lasts anywhere from one to two hours.
Reflexology. Originated in China, reflexology is a form of foot massage that involves applying pressure to points on the feet that practitioners believe are associated with specific organs of the body. The theory is that by stimulating these areas of the feet, one can promote better health overall. While the medical benefits of reflexology have never been clinically proven, there's little question that a reflexology massage can often relieve foot pain as well as be a very relaxing and pleasurable experience.
Deep Tissue Massage. This type of massage is targeted at muscles that have been strained or are related to chronic pain or posture problems. The therapist targets deep layers of muscles and connective tissue by using short strokes and intense pressure. It's not uncommon for clients to feel sore for several days after such a deep tissue massage session, but the benefits can be well worth it.
Shiatsu. A Japanese specialty, this technique involves using fingers and thumbs to apply pressure to acupuncture/acupressure points to relieve stress and pain. Although more intense than a traditional Swedish massage, Shiatsu can actually be quite relaxing, without the residual soreness of a deep tissue massage.
Massage Therapy at Everest College in Seattle
If you would like to become a professional massage therapist, you can get the training and experience you need to start your career at Everest College in Seattle, Wash. Everest's Massage Therapy program is designed to help prepare students to work in day spas, hotels, resorts, clinics and other venues where massage therapy is offered. The program is taught by professional massage therapists and can be completed in as little as 12 months.
The Seattle campus also offers a Massage Therapy – Spa Specialist program that teaches special body treatment techniques found at major health spas.
Upon graduation, students in the Massage Therapy program can take advantage of Everest's Career Services department where experienced representatives help students identify and contact local employers. They also help students prepare winning resumes, practice effective interviewing techniques and even select their interview wardrobe.
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Bradley Cooper Hustles to the 2014 Met Gala
Looking forward to the memorable evening ahead, Bradley Cooper was thrilled to make his arrival at the 2014 Met Gala on Monday evening (May 5).
The "America Hustle" hunk got all gussied up in his fabulous finery and worked the red carpet outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art ahead of the festivities.
The 2014 Met Gala celebrates the opening of the redesigned Costume Institute and First Lady Michelle Obama will be on hand to officially kick things off.
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In "Vue," the camera employs an upward rotating motion between scenes. In the opening, viewers see the SUV atop of a hill in the woods with a camping tent in the background. The camera travels up into the tree branches and then focuses on two people who have stopped abruptly at a traffic light. Another upward revolution brings viewers to a parking garage where a man loads a gigantic dinosaur cutout into the roomy trunk. In the final sequence, the viewers are taken inside its comfy interior, through the windshield as it travels an open road.
"Ion" and "Relay" both follow suit, showcasing the verhicles in equally compelling ways. Spy Post's use of the continuous transitions and rotating views adds to never-ending, seamless ride effect.
Lead artist Darren Orr worked closely with Smuggler LA director Adam Berg to visualize the shoot and troubleshoot any problems that might come up, as well as to map out the most efficient way of shooting particular elements. Orr and CG artist Joe Henke performed on-set supervision and used still photos for measurements of the car and environment, which Henke could later track accurately in 3D.
Spy Post was also responsible for numerous fixes, including the addition of seat belts and windows, as well as a window-to-desert shot in "Relay," the replacement of people in the rearview mirrors for both "Relay" and "Vue," background, sky and hubcap replacements, and the removal of reflections and a dog trainer in "Relay." The studio used Autodesk Flame, Alias Maya and 2d3's Boujou for 3D tracking.
Telecine was handled in-house as well, by colorist Chris Martin.
"I was able to transfer the film to HD so the compositors and CG artists could work in an HD space and then down-rez it to standard [def]," notes Martin. "We were provided with beautiful footage and it was advantageous to work closely with Darren [Orr] and pull him into the room to discuss ideas and passes."
Kirk Baxter of Rock Paper Scissors in LA cut the commercials. Stimmung in Santa Monica, CA, provided original music and sound design. The commercials were mixed by Craig Helmholz of Crescendo! Studios in San Francisco.
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Eight Hilltoppers See NFL Dreams Fulfilled Over Draft Weekend
WKU had a school-record three draft picks and led Conference USA.
Hilltopper Football Hosts Record Pro Day for NFL Scouts
Thirty of 32 NFL teams were on-hand inside Smith Stadium on Tuesday.
Three Hilltoppers Set to Take Part in Collegiate All-Star Games on Saturday
It is the third consecutive season WKU has put a pair of players in the East-West Shrine Game.
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Western Kentucky vs. North Texas
The Hilltoppers traveled to North Texas to take on the Mean Green on Thursday night.
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NCAA Football: Western Kentucky squares off against Middle Tennessee at Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium.
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2014 Second Team All-Conference USA
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- Receptions - 11 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/26/15)
- Yards - 148 vs. Miami (Ohio) (9/26/15)
- Touchdowns - 2 (Twice)
2014 (Jr.): Dangerfield wasted little time making his mark on Hilltopper Football history, becoming the program's single-season receptions leader with 69 in his first season on The Hill. Dangerfield also tied the school record for touchdown receptions in a season with 11. He finished second in C-USA in touchdown receptions and tied for 13th nationally while his receptions per game (5.3) and receiving yards per game (63.5) were both fifth-most in the league. Dangerfield made his Hilltopper debut with 10 catches for 92 yards and a pair of scores in a win over Bowling Green. He started all 13 games and finished the year with a team-high 825 yards, recording at least three receptions in 10 games and 70 yards or more in seven. Dangerfield had a pair of 100-yard games, going for 107 on seven catches at Middle Tennessee and a season-high 117 on eight catches and two touchdowns at Marshall. Dangerfield's final touchdown of that game was the game-tying catch in the back of the endzone in overtime, leading to WKU's successful two-point conversion attempt. Dangerfield tallied six touchdowns over the final four games, including two each against UTSA and Marshall.
Before WKU: In nine games for Fort Scott Community College, Dangerfield caught 43 passes for 690 yards and eight touchdowns for coach Curtis Horton. He was named First-Team All-Jayhawk Conference. He was rated as the No. 85 overall prospect on the ESPN JC100 and the No. 15 JUCO WR and a three-star recruit while 247Sports.com ranked him as a three-star recruit and the No. 21 JUCO WR nationally.
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Joining Forces with Industry Leaders to End Alzheimer's
By Howard Fillit, MD
The search for drugs that slow or stop the progression of Alzheimer's disease is no small task. That's why the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation has long collaborated with a diverse group of public and private sector partners—like the National Institute on Aging, Merck and The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration—to leverage our collective knowledge, experience and funding power.
Our latest collaboration, the Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP), is one of the most exciting examples to date. This five-year public-private partnership brings together the NIH, 10 biopharmaceutical companies, the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation and a number of other nonprofit organizations in a $230 million initiative to transform the current model of developing new diagnostics and treatments for major diseases like Alzheimer's.
The partnership will kick off with multi-year pilot projects in three key disease areas: Alzheimer's disease, type 2 diabetes, and rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus. With $129.5 million in dedicated funding, Alzheimer's disease will constitute the largest area of exploration. The ultimate goal is to lessen the time and cost of developing new drugs, and increase the number of diagnostics and therapies available to patients. Researchers will focus on characterizing "biomarkers"—molecular indicators of various diseases—and identifying the biological targets most likely to respond to new therapies.
As a member of the Accelerating Medicines Partnership, I will represent the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation on the Alzheimer's Steering Committee, which is tasked with the management of the Alzheimer's research arm of the initiative. I am thrilled to be a part of this ambitious partnership. Collaborations like these will play a crucial role in the discovery of effective treatments—and a cure—for Alzheimer's disease.


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Fall: Nature's Perfect Culinary MuseMonday, October 3rd, 2011
The leaves are slowly beginning to turn, the dog days of summer are in the rearview and somewhere ahead awaits winter's wrath. But in the meantime we are on the precipice of what is arguably one of the most beautiful and enjoyable times of the year, at least here in our little corner of the world where we get to delight in the splendor of all four seasons.
The hum of the air conditioner is replaced with the street noise flowing in through the open windows. The weekends are filled with Farmer's market harvests and football games. Scarecrows and pumpkins make their way onto lawns and porches while in the October air dangles the unmistakable smell of fall – and with it, promises of frosty mornings and cozy nights.
We get to wrap our chilly necks in scarves and hold a cup of hot chocolate for warmth. We can carve jack-o-lanterns and give candy to adorably costumed neighborhood kids. There's less mowing the lawn and more playing in piles of crunchy leaves. What could possibly make this time of year any better? Only one thing, well, make that two: fabulous fall food and lavish libations!
For many, this time of year is synonymous with traditional autumn comfort foods and seasonal drinks. From hearty chili and freshly baked apple pie to warm cider and orchard sangria, the list of this season's beloved eats and treats is as lengthy as it is titillating. For those of you who love your traditional autumnal dishes, we've decided to take a look at some classic fall favorites with a fresh spin – whether it be through flavor or application. For the more daring palates out there, there are some new products to inspire and refresh your fall feasts.
Take a look at these new domestic product launches that caught our eye. Hopefully you can snag these seasonal steals at a store near you or use them as inspiration for home-made deliciousness.
What: Barefoot Contessa Pumpkin Cupcake & Maple Cream Cheese Frosting Mix
Where: stonewallkitchen.com
Why: Because bathing suit season is over and cupcakes can be our friends again.
What: Kashi Autumn Wheat Breakfast Cereal
Where: Supermarkets and superstores [Walmart]
Why: Because there's no reason breakfast shouldn't be festive!
What: The Baker's Pantry Pumpkin Pancake and Waffle Mix
Where: Select supermarkets and superstores [Cost Plus World Market]
Why: Because a fall weekend morning is perfect for an indulgent at-home brunch.
What: Toigo Orchards Pear Butter
Where: Natural/Health Food Stores [Whole Foods Market]
Why: Because lightly seasoned tree ripened Bartlett pears are what fall is all about!
What: Trader Joe's Sugar, Chocolate & Coffee Bean Grinder
Where: Supermarket [Trader Joe's]
Why: Because there are very few things in life that cannot be improved by adding sugar and chocolate.
What: Trader Joe's Sweet Potato Tortilla Chip Rounds
Where: Supermarket [Trader Joe's]
Why: Because even football tailgates can be spiced up with fall flair.
These next picks may be a bit harder to get your hands on, unless you'll be doing some traveling this season, but there's no reason these global muses can't inspire your fall cooking.
What: AP Gourmet Blueberry Pecan Brie Topper
Where: Canada
Why: Because traditional appetizers can get boring. Also consider maple walnut or cranberry almond variations.
What: Knorr Secrets De Grand-Mère Potiron Pumpkin, Carrot and Rosemary Soup
Where: France
Why: Because your crock pot has felt neglected all summer.
What: Asda Chosen by You Vegetarian Goats' Cheese & Butternut Squash Lasagne
Where: UK
Why: Because butternut squash was made for more than just soup.
What: Casino Délices Cranberry, Pecan & Pistachio Bars
Where: France
Why: Because this will spice up your fall dessert tray while adding a healthier option.
What: Sampford Courtenay Sparkling Elderflower Cider
Where: UK
Why: Because edible flowers are making a huge comeback in food and beverage and because cider is to fall what iced tea is to summer.
What: Fireball Cinnamon Whisky
Where: Finland
Why: Because a cinnamon-infused nightcap will bring sweeter dreams.
Hopefully these picks get your fall flavor wheels turning. We'd love to hear about your favorite autumnal treats or any new products that have caught your eye, so don't be shy, comment away!


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July 19, 2013
The Boy Who Cried Racism
I'm sure by now most of you are familiar with the story of the boy who cried wolf. Well, that's how I see the NAACP, and people like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and anyone who wants to make everything in life about race and ethnicity. They are crying "Racism! Racism!" and I'm just not buying it any more.
When something bad happens it's not always about race. A friend of mine has a teen son who went to work this week and was called "Zimmerman" when her son tried to correct behavior that wasn't in compliance with the rules set forth in the workplace. Is this how we are teaching our children to behave?
Sadly, people in this country want to make EV-ERY-THING about race and personally, I'm sick of it. I will not allow anyone to project their racism onto my kids. I teach my kids there is more to a person than what color they are and they can't always fully evaluate someone per/outer-appearances. I teach my kids to recognize people for WHO they are and how they treat others. I teach my kids about people who work hard to overcome challenges and obstacles in life. If everything is "Racism! Racism!" in your house I feel sorry for your kids.
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Burden Is On Us, Not President Or Congress, To Stop This War
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Thursday, February 1, 2007
Rev. Nicholas G.L. Utphall, St. Stephen's Lutheran Church, Monona [Wisconsin]
Dear Editor:
On Saturday in Madison, as in many other places, there was a rally against the war in Iraq.
It seemed like a good turnout, until one considers just how widely unpopular this war is. Last April 68 percent of us voted our discontent with the war in the referendum to bring the troops home. Surely now, 10 months later, we are even more eager for peace. But we're not doing much about it.
I myself almost stayed home. But my convictions convinced me to go to the rally.
I was thinking of phrases like "Blessed are the peacemakers" and "Love your enemies," little statements of my belief that war is wrong. I was also thinking of how we increasingly discover that this particular war is misleading and mishandled and misappropriated. These convictions got me to the rally.
But when I joined the group, it weighed on me in a different way. The war is not just against my beliefs and judgments. It became clear to me the burden we bear in this war.
Part of the rally was lifting up the soldiers from Wisconsin who have been killed. As each name was read, the group replied, "We remember."
By chance I had in my hand the name of Staff Sgt. Chad Simon. And I do remember Chad. I never knew him, but his grandmother is a member of my congregation. I had prayed with her in the hospital when she was more concerned for her grandson's safety in Iraq than for her own health. I'd prayed more after he was injured, as his family looked for signs of improvement. I prayed with more than 500 others at his funeral service. I still pray for his grandmother. I remember Chad Simon.
That sign with his name on it is one of the heaviest things I've ever carried. It is the burden of this war.
We cannot expect the president to carry that burden. Indeed, he has shown little sign that it even occurs to him.
We cannot expect legislators to carry the burden, though there are some signs in this new Congress that they may be opening their eyes.
This is our burden. We carry Chad and the 67 others from Wisconsin. We carry those who are injured. We carry those who suffer because of us. We carry those around us who need the government to support and not just defend them. We carry the burden of this implicit guilt as long as we do not stop this war.
Maybe this is too much burden to carry. But that is what we need to say, "No more."
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Baby Boomers - The selfish generation?(202 Posts)
Ok - so this came out of another thread...but it got me thinking and gathered a few responses.
I have posted below as I did on the thread. What I am interested to know is if this is a really wide spread issue?
Disclaimer: Whilst I know (far) to many people this applies to, I have to confess my parents and PIL's so no signs of bonkers retirement plans (just good planning to give them a good standard of life).
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Whilst this case is at the extreme end of the spectrum, there seems to be (from the posts here and chats with friends/colleagues) a real reluctance on the "baby boomer" generation to make sustainable retirement plans.
Here in the UK many friends have parents who for years have lived off rising property values and the expectation that they can sell up or remortgage to fund what are clearly highly expensive lifestyles that can't be maintained over 20/30 years of non generation of income.
There seems to be a groundswell of entitlement often laughingly termed "spending the kids inheritance" - which in principle I don't object to - you can't take it with you and I personally would rather my parents enjoyed retirement than "save" or god forbid "scrimp" for me, but I am seeing this taken to "spend the inheritance and then let the kids bail us out".
I have lost count of friends who are now in some form or another subsiding their retired parents - parents who have "blown" life savings and house equity on mad "let's buy a house in Spain to live in half the year" or let's "travel around the US in a huge RV for 2 years" or "buy a boat and sail around the med" because they refused to really think if they could afford it.
Before I get beaten up, I don't object to people wanting to help family in desperate straights, I just seem to hear more and more stories where these situations were totally avoidable and parents have been - put bluntly - bloody selfish at worst and in denial at best.
The families involved are now making sacrifices that impact their children at the very time they should be the priority.
Do I just have an unlucky social group or is this issue becoming more prevalent?
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What age group are baby boomers? I'm never sure, it always seems quite a wide agegroup from what I've half read
I think some baby boomers are selfish and/or immature.
Some suffered greatly during the 1980's with unemployment whilst others never had a day out of work, cheap housing and amazing pensions (meaning my generation and younger not retiring till nearly 70 to pay for it). The ones who have been lucky have never really had to grow up.
FIL retired at 58 because he was bored of work and had a great pension. He was 100% fit in a non manual job. Frankly I see that as a choice only the Baby Boomers will only be lucky enough to make. He and MIL then emigrated to France. 10 yrs later they would love to come home but cannot sell - they are trapped. They are both late 60's now and DH and I use up a lot of mental energy worrying about them because they are miserable. MIL had hinted at living with us - not going to happen.
Also she earned 3 pounds a month
And? I think I started work on £12 a week, all things relative.
IMO BBs are no more selfish than the generations born since the BBs.
Not everyone inherited thousands, not everyone had it easy. FS pension schemes collapsed and its unfair to label BBs as selfish.
Baby boomers are aged 60-70 and are seeing their income from their savings slashed as interest rates are so low. Unless they are on indexed linked pensions like public servants but even then, with rampant inflation as it is now, that will by less over time.
They are also being affected by falling house values like everyone else (think of those who retired to Spain eek!). True some have benefitted from high property prices, but some are passing on the profits to their DCs in the from of mortgage help or university fees.
Sorry - not sure my last post was clear. When I said "expecting the next generation to provide" I didn't mean that " the 40 something" generation should expect inheritance. Rather that they should not expect to have to finance parents who have blown a great financial position resulting from being born at the right time because of an ongoing "let the good times roll" mentality.
Grinkly - you have me worried. Are you my mother?
You make all the points she would!
Given I only talked to her about MN last week I guess it's unlikely (and she was trying to get me off the phone to watch the Sewing Bee TV Show)!
Selfish human beings who don't plan ahead are the same whatever the label, some have more than others to do it with, but it was ever thus.
Also, I do know a lot of so-called "baby boomers" who grew up in an era when jobs were plentiful, mortgages available etc, who HAD NO REASON to think that things would not continue to get better and better.
Has ANY human ever EVER learned the lessons of the past...? We are all products of our context.
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Sweeping generalisation.
Also, I think it's swings and roundabouts - different generations have it good in some ways, bad in others. As a woman in my mid 40s, no down some of the younger generation think I had it relatively easy with lower house prices and 100% mortgages. But I could equally well look at them and be envious of their incredibly low interest rates on their loans. Oh and what about the 12 months maternity leave which us older ladies never benefited from?
I think the key to contentedness lies in recognising that while a lucky few in any generation might have things easy, for the majority of people life is a mix of ups and downs, opportunities and lack of opportunities. It's far too simplistic to write off an entire generation as selfish, and it smacks of envy too. It's also misplaced envy because as I say, there must have been as many disadvantages to other people's lives as there were upsides. My mum was part of the BB generation. Yes, she had the relative luxury of being able to live (very modestly) on my fathers sole income, but I don't think the lack of opportunity and expectation for many women can have been a fulfilling way to live
Also, I do know a lot of so-called "baby boomers" who grew up in an era when jobs were plentiful, mortgages available etc, who HAD NO REASON to think that things would not continue to get better and better.
Jobs were plentiful, yes, but haven't you seen all the stuff on the news about the mines closing and all the strikes. It was a bed of roses for some.
And most people could barely afford a mortgage as the interest rates were so high (up to 18 % in the 80s).
mortgage rates
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No doubt that should read
Grinky, the miiners and those that couldn't afford mortgages at all aren't the demographic with the spare wong...
I don't agree that BBs are necessarily selfish, but they were definitely lucky in a lot of respects which many of them don't seem to recognise. My PIL in particular have absolutely no comprehension of how hard it is now to get (and keep!) a good job - they were both teachers and, so long as they didn't actually kill a child, basically had jobs for life if they wanted them.
My IL's are baby boomers who benefitted greatly. Home ownership is everything to them, as are big white expensive church weddings, foreign holidays, dabbling on the stock market. They have no understanding of modern issues such as the cost of childcare, private renting etc, and concluded that my hard working BIL could not get together a house deposit as he is only of average intelligence
I don't think any of us can really comprehend what life was like doing a job we never did at a time we never lived though!!
I'm a baby boomer (just) by the way. My friends and acquaintances run the full gamut of skint, doing ok, managing, careful financial planners, hopeless dreamers, hideously rich etc etc Just like every other generation.
My dad seems to be doing very well for himself having retired early on a generous civil service pension. He and my stepmum go on a cruise once a year and a couple of other holidays and seem to enjoy a very good standard of living. But he did plan for it and AFAIK will not need to rely on me (or my half/step sisters for support) as he gets older.
My mum on the other hand, through no real fault of her own, has not been able to save for a pension - she will only get a state one. She has a beautiful big house (in the SE) but I suppose would be classed as asset rich but cash poor. She still drives a P reg car, can't afford holidays and plans to work until she drops as she will never be able to afford retirement on a state pension. It's not due to overspending, just luck in her case. I imagine she'll eventually have to sell up and downsize but it will break her heart as that house means the world to her and she loves being able to accommodate visiting family/ friends.
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I was speaking to my Dad last week about the best savings accounts. He had no idea and said he really should start a retirement fund. He retires next year.
He is very much of a spend now worry later mentality. In fact he did say he was spending a lot of money this year becuase he might not be able to once he stops working. This is an intelligent man, a skilled engineer with plenty of life experience yet his head is telling him to go on 3 cruises a year and to buy an expensive car because he'll have no money soon.
I can't say if this is typical of his generation or just my dad but I'm quite different in my outlook. Debt is something I've worked hard to avoid and I'm trying to save for retirement despite a very low income. The amount he spends on holidays and 3D tv's is shocking to me.
How can a whole generation be selfish?
My parents are of a generation/social group where saving was completely necessary, so they still scrimp and get by even though I happen to know they have thousands in the bank, no mortgages, and my father has a great pension.
What I have found hard over the years is their sneering attitude towards us and the property ladder. I was lectured in my twenties about not having a mortgage yet, and was pretty offended actually. There was an inability on their part to see that house prices have risen to ridiculous proportions and all they could say was 'Yes but it is a sacrifice to buy a home, it is difficult for the first couple of years' as if I was expecting to have a house and possibly a few diamonds as well on £16K per year
Now that everyone in the media is frantically trying to make their mortgage payments, it's all over the news at all times that house prices are completely out of step, and I would like an apology from my parents for basically labelling me a slacker.
I think the baby boomers are exceptionally fucked up about relationships and see them in the same terms as consumption - they have taken on this free love idea, if I feel it I can have it, they've turned it into an industry with the help of a few feckless media twunts over the years, and I think the effect on our emotional health has been catastrophic. We are addicted to achieving validation through acquisition, and it extends to everything from homes to relationships. I LONG for a stiff upper lip culture tbh.
Born in 62 so guess that includes me.
I think the problem is you are judging what someone has at the end of their working life and thinking it was easy.
To purchase my first home for £21, 500 I had three jobs, I lived with Inlaws. We moved in with second hand furniture, no capets and no heating. Interest rates went up to 15% which made the cost of buying a house more than it is now.
Unemployment soared, many were made redundant. Repossessions reached an all time high. At one point we were homeless with two young children.
Many that have now paid off their mortgage have spare income. The value of property will always rise over a 25 year period. My DM paid £500 for her first house.
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The birds were on fire today, gobbling on the roost, and after they hit the ground. It takes discipline to not over-call at these birds especially when they are so vocal. If you do call too much, as some of you already are aware, the hens will take them in the opposite direction. I like to be patient. I let the tom know my location with very soft tree yelps while they are on the roost, and again, some very subtle calling after they hit the ground. After that, I say nothing. I am convinced that these birds are like the best retriever/pointer out there. They will pin point your location, and visit you after the hens got to lay. That's just what these two boys did today. These were simply those perfect 2 year olds that come in so nice. Shot this bird at 11 yards with my new PSE bow. Something I don't think I'll do that often. I let my ego get the best of me, and I really don't feel that much cooler for doing it "the hard way"?!
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Ms. magazine reviews and rightfully criticizes two new poetry collections aimed at kids, 100 Great Poems for Boys and 100 Great Poems for Girls. Of course, each volume is respectively edited by a member of the appropriate gender, and contains poems aimed at the supposedly gendered interests of children. The problem (among many problems) is that the classic poems included do not so easily split themselves down gendered lines:
Straight away it's easy to see where the sorting problem lies: These aren't poets you can just split between boys and girls. They're universal, which is why they're called classics. One of the Ms. Blog editors pointed out how many of the "boys'" poems she remembers reading and loving when she was a girl. I was particularly bothered by the books' introductions.
Boys' intro:
You don't have to be a special age to be a boy. It's more a state of mind than anything else (even certain girls can qualify, if they have the right attitude!).
Girls' intro:
The poems I remember most vividly as a little girl were the ones that we would chant as we sat in a circle and clapped our hands.
Didn't boys ever chant in a circle and clap hands? And if girls can qualify as boys with the "right attitude," can boys qualify as girls as well? Or is that just too gender-queering for comfort?
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Change may be constant, but the rate at which it happens varies — and in 2013 women's lacrosse is at a crossroads of change. In a time where the focus has become making the sport more fan-friendly, bringing it more into the mainstream media and attracting more casual fans, a call to address stalling in the game was largely ignored in the NCAA Rules Proposals that were presented last week.
"I'm incredibly disappointed that they didn't address the stall," said North Carolina coach Jenny Levy. "That's completely irresponsible of that committee. There's not one person who was in favor of keeping the rules the way they are, and as a committee, you have to be prepared in some way to make a change, because it's been talked about for 10 years."
Levy, who has long been a proponent of eliminating the ability to stall from women's lacrosse, referenced the 1994 national title game between Maryland and Princeton in which Princeton "stalled for three quarters of the game on a field that had no boundaries" as the starting point of talk regarding stalling in the game. The argument came to a head following the 2012 national championship game and throughout the summer. Some teams used fallball to experiment with a 90-second shot clock, and other potential solutions were proposed at November's IWLCA meetings in Naples, Fla.
As the NCAA Rules Committee meetings approached following the 2013 season, there was a sense that more significant changes would be made. In the NCAA women's lacrosse rules survey, 53.5% of coaches said they believe stalling was an issue that should be addressed by the rules committee. The percentage is higher at the Division I level, where nearly 70% of coaches thought stalling needed to be addressed; a shot clock and a restraining box of some sort were the most popular solutions. Just more than 20% of all coaches thought a shot clock should be added to address the issue while 30.5% thought the best way to address it would be to "define a team's offensive area and keep the ball in" according to the survey. Among Division I coaches, those numbers jump to 32.1% and 39.3%, respectively.
Another option included with the ways to address stalling in the survey was to "allow defenders to move through the goal circle," a rule that was an official experimental rule in the fall of 2012 that was modified and included in the Rules Committee recommendations.
"I think it will give the defense the ability to pressure the ball behind [the net]," said NCAA Rules Committee Chair Celine Cunningham, who is the head coach and senior woman administrator at Stevens. "The goal was to make sure the ball can be pressured a little more without being restricted by the crease."
While most coaches seem happy with this particular change, citing further balance between the attack and the defense, there are others who don't think this change addresses the stall.
"I don't know if that was their intent, or if it was just to make it tougher for the attack to score, but I don't think it addresses stalling at all," says Syracuse coach Gary Gait, who was part of a rules, safety and game administration committee that was put together by the IWLCA. "I think it will bring goals per game down."
Nevertheless, there is a great divide among coaches and administrators in deciding what is best for the game, which has resulted in a slow-moving process to get anything done.
"We're in a time period right now where you have two bodies at work — you have your traditionalists that do not want to see changes to the game because there's a feeling that it's not needed and it's not wanted. Then you have another body that is more progessive, the people who say 'how can we make this faster, how can we become more mainstream, how can we change our game to take it to the next level?'" says Boston University coach and IWLCA President Liz Robertshaw. "It's close to 50-50 split of people who don't want to see changes and people who do want to see changes. Unless it has to do with safety concerns, I think it's slower moving because people want to warm up to it."
Then, there is a group of coaches that walks the line — a group that thinks something needs to be done, but that perhaps it should be minimal or that something as drastic as a shot clock is not the answer.
"I love the line that we're the fastest game on two feet, but is that all there is to our game? No," says Middlebury coach Missy Foote, who is in her 32nd year coaching the Panthers. "I'd like to make sure we have the versatility in our game that allows us to play within all the parameters of a sport and that's a fast game and a slow game, a go-to-goal game and a possession game. I just don't want it to become all of one or all of another."
Something like a box or a shot clock would rank among the biggest changes the sport has seen in its history. In many ways, women's lacrosse has evolved unlike any other sport, as restraining lines weren't adopted until 1998 and there were no hard boundaries until 2006. Unless change has been motivated by injury concerns, the process of implementing change has been anything but fast.
"It was the right thing to do for the sport, but it took so long because people were so afraid," says Levy, who served on the NCAA Rules Committee in the 1990s, of the process of adopting restraining lines and boundaries. "You look back on it now and how ridiculous was that that we had no boundaries and no restraining lines? Know what's good for the game. They say they want a traditional game, but guess what? How the game was played 10 years ago is not the way the game is being played today."
Cunningham noted the committee received 85 proposals related to stalling alone, some requesting that the committee not move forward with measures that would pose a financial cost to programs and some citing they would not have an adequate roster size to support a faster pace of play.
"It was a combination of things, and a lot of it came down to safety and being able to administrate it," Cunningham said. "We had some great ideas from a very good group that gave great feedback, and it's certainly something we'll consider as an experimental rule in the future.
While stalling was a large topic of consideration, the IWLCA submitted 12 suggested rules changes to the NCAA Rules Committee. Other topics that were addressed included solidifying field dimensions and addressing blind picks and rough play. The draw, which was changed significantly in the last rules cycle two years ago, was also addressed as coaches suggested holding players behind the restraining line until possession is called, which would mimic the current rule in men's lacrosse.
Another recommendation related to stick inspections, a concern that was addressed in the Rules Committee proposals. The new rule eliminates the mandatory stick checks by officials throughout the game and puts the decision to check a stick on the coaches, who would be given three stick checks per game, including overtime. The execution of the rule would require the goal-scorer drop her stick immediately after scoring. At that point, the official may perform a discretionary stick check or allow time for the opposing team to request a stick check. If the scorer doesn't drop her stick after a scoring play, the goal will be disallowed and possession awarded to the other team at the center circle.
"From an outsiders perspective, it looks like they're trying to make things fair and clear cut," says Robertshaw. "I look and worry more at the perception of the game and how it's received from the outside world and that's where I have a major hesitation with that. From a coaches perspective, it's an adjustment and we'll deal with it. I like that they're checking sticks after goals. I think it looks better if you hand it to an official. I don't love the drop your stick scenario."
There were others who questioned how this rule might play out, including its impact on the flow and pace of the game and how frequently officials would perform a discretionary stick check. Levy was in favor of eliminating stick checks in overtime.
"We need to have better awareness of what the game looks like from a fan's perspective on TV," she said, referencing confusion over the check of Sammy Jo Tracy's stick following her goal in triple overtime of the national championship game. "You have 60 minutes of a game to check a stick, and if you haven't found one that's illegal or used your stick checks at that point, then overtime should just be overtime and just let it be."
Two other proposed rules include giving coaches an additional timeout, meaning coaches will have three timeouts during regulation and one in overtime, and putting more emphasis on a major foul on a goal scorer. If a major foul is committed on a goal scorer — a push or a cross check during or after the shot, for example — the goal will stand and the scoring team awarded possession at the center circle.
"Right now there's no penalty for that foul," Cunningham said. "In the past, the thought process was that you got the goal, so it was ok. But it's dangerous so we wanted to make sure we cleaned that up."
As with any changes to the game, seeing it played out in action is necessary to understanding its impact. Still, what was left out of the rule change proposals seems to have overshadowed what was included in it.
"I think it would have been fun to see our game take that next step, and it didnt necessarily have to be a shot clock," Robertshaw said. "That's where I'm disappointed that we didn't see some bigger changes knowing that we're in a two-year cycle and that we're in a crucial time in our game in where it's going next and how the outside world perceives us and if we're going to be seen on mainstream media or not. I don't know if the changes we made were enough to make that possible."
All rules proposals need to be approved by the Playing Rules Oversight Panel, which consists of conference commissioners and university administrators, that will discuss the rules during a conference call on July 17.


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I've been trying to write a function using some predefined
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