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Pioglitazone or Exercise to Treat Mild Cognitive Impairment
Pioglitazone or Exercise to Treat Mild Cognitive Impairment
The purpose of this study is to investigate novel treatments to delay progression to dementia in people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and metabolic syndrome (MS). The hypothesis is that treatment with pioglitazone or endurance exercise training will improve, stabilize, or attenuate decline in cognitive function compared to controls.
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- More than age 55 years and community-dwelling
- Able to perform a telephone interview
- Able to speak, read, and understand English
- Allow statin drug, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACE-I), angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB), non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), or Vitamin E supplement but must be on a stable dose for at least 2 months
- Women must be postmenopausal (no menses for 12 months or more)
- Must meet three of the five requirements for Metabolic Syndrome: * Waist measurement: greater than 102 cm for men and 88 cm for women * Fasting hypertriglyceridemia: 150 mg/dl (1.7 mmol/L) or higher * Low HDL cholesterol: less than 40 mg/dl (1.0 mmol/L) for men and 50 mg/dl (1.3 mmol/L) for women * Hypertension: higher than 130 mmHg systolic or 85 mmHg diastolic (average of two seated measurements) or currently using an antihypertensive medication * Elevated (untreated) fasting glucose: 100 mg/dl (5.6 mmol/L) or higher
- Meet the study's four-step screening process for MCI (to rule out dementia)
- Diagnosis of diabetes mellitus (DM), defined as: fasting blood sugar of 126 or higher, a history of known DM, or treatment with any glucose-lowering medication
- Current diagnosis of dementia (or MMSE score of less than 24) or a neurological comorbidity other than MCI that might affect cognition including: large vessel stroke, brain tumor, severe brain injury, multiple sclerosis, or Parkinson's disease
- Current diagnosis of depression; major psychiatric conditions such as bipolar disorder, psychosis, schizophrenia, or alcoholism that could affect the ability to understand and/or cooperate with the protocol
- Significant cerebral vascular disease
- Modified Hachinski score greater than 4
- Pregnant, lactating, or having childbearing potential
- Concomitant medications with significant cholinergic or anticholinergic effects or adverse effects on cognition, including: antipsychotics, tricyclic antidepressants, anticonvulsants, sedative/hypnotics, anxiolytics, glucocorticoids (chronic or frequent intermittent), gingko biloba, NMDA receptor antagonists, cholinesterase inhibitors, strongly lipid soluble beta blockers (e.g., propranolol)
- Hormone replacement therapy (male or female)
- Visual/hearing impairment that would significantly impact the ability to undergo psychometric testing
- Significant medical illness or organ failure including hepatic or renal failure, unstable cardiac disease, or life expectancy of less than 18 months
- Exercise-limiting conditions including: neuromuscular, joint/bone, cardiovascular, peripheral vascular, cerebrovascular, or pulmonary disease; recent myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolus, significant aortic stenosis; exercise limiting obesity
- Untreated B12 deficiency or hypothyroidism (stable treatment for at least 3 months is allowable)
- Uncontrolled hypertension: over 160 mmHg systolic or 100 mmHg diastolic (stable treatment is allowable)
- Endurance exercise training more than twice a week for 20 minutes (at a level that produces sweating) consistently during the last 6 months
- Unstable weight in the last 6 months
- Increased risk for Pio toxicity, including baseline liver dysfunction, hematocrit less than 33% men or 30% women, problematic edema, or congestive heart failure
- Stage 5 renal impairment (GFR less than 15 or dialysis)
- Participating in another clinical trial
Recent evidence has linked metabolic syndrome (MS) with cognitive impairment and dementia, including Alzheimer's disease (AD). AD is often preceded by mild cognitive impairment (MCI), characterized by memory impairment but no functional impairment.The conversion rate from MCI to AD is about 15 percent per year, or 5 to 10 times that of cognitively normal individuals.
The mechanism(s) linking MS and cognitive impairment are not clear, although there is evidence that insulin resistance and inflammation play key roles. Thiazolidinediones (TZDs), medications approved for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes, reduce insulin resistance and have anti-inflammatory properties. A recent pilot study showed improvements in some areas of cognition in people with MCI or mild AD who were treated with the TZD rosiglitazone.
Endurance exercise training (EET) is an established treatment for MS and insulin resistance. There is also evidence that EET may improve cognitive function as well.
In this study, participants with both MS and MCI will be randomized to a 6-month intervention with treatment with pioglitazone, endurance exercise training, or a placebo and no exercise. The hypothesis is that treatment with pioglitazone or EET will improve cognitive function compared to controls, as evidenced by either improvement, stabilization, or lesser decline in performance on cognitive testing.
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National Institute on Aging (NIA)
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Vintage inspired Led Zeppelin tee featuring a high low hem. Super soft in a comfy heathered fabric.
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don't waste your money
This is too expensive for what you get. I wouldn't pay full price for it. I ordered online, the sizing is small, so I had to return it for a size up, but the graphic was crooked anyway, so I didn't want to keep the one they shipped me anyway. The bigger size came in and fit ok..., but the proportion is a little weird. And again the garment was cut WAY off-grain and the graphic was WAY off due to this. I had to return it too. I ordered 1 more and the grain was still off, but ok, and the graphic wasn't centered or straight, but ok... Now, every time I wear it due to the burn-out tiny fibers are constantly shedding and end up in my nose I can see at the end of the day when washing my face, also when I launder the shirt tiny fibers are shedding there too, making the shirt more thread-bare and leaving black lint all over the rest of my laundry. It's just poorly executed, and thus not worth the full price!
size up
i sized up already based on the reviews, and it still doesn't fit as loose as it does on the stock pics. but i'm happy with it as it fits well enough. nice soft tee, with a bit of burnt out sheerness and great print.
my new fav tee
I have been wanting to get this Tshirt for months now. Finally did it and it's so comfy and soft and perfect. I even got the bolo the model was wearing and I'm totally rocking this around the house right now. If it wasn't completely weird to wear the same shirt every day I would do it.
soft, comfy and flattering
This is by far the most comfortable t-shirt I have ever owned. It is true to size, flattering, soft, comfy and for a Led Zep fan, it is the perfect t-shirt. I love graphic t-shirts but don[t feel like the usual cotton boxy mens cut is flattering for woman so this t-shirt is the perfect alternative. It is a bit pricey but that is not a surprise. I will get a lot of wear out of it, and I get a lot of compliments as well. It makes a great night shirt too, so comfortable.
Perfect tee
This is my fav band and one of my fav tees. Super soft and comfy too. Looks great with any jeans or black pants. Can't wait to wear this light weight tee with my designer shorts! Looks just like the pic! You can't go wrong with this tee!
my favorite tee!
The fabric is Soft, and not too tight. I am 34C and the XS is perfect. I've gotten lots of compliments on this tee...I hesitated because the price which is why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5. That's a little high for a tee, but I ove wearing it.
Love this tee!!
I wear a size small & ordered a size small. Fits great the only problem is the shirt is not long but that can be fixed with a tank top. I wish I would have known to have length you need to up in size. Paired it with my leather jacket & short black boots from here and loved it!
As someone else said, if you want it to fit like in the picture, order a size up in your normal FP size. I normally wear a S. I ordered a M and it fits just like in the photo. Soft and deliciously worn looking...
Favourite tee
As a big Led Zeppelin fan I was happy to find this while on vacation in America. The Tampa FP store only had M's left - I'm 5'7", 120lbs, 32C - while my true size in tops would be a XS or S, I usually size up to M or L because I like a looser fit. This fits the bill in M. I loved the shirt as soon as I tried it on, but was wary on the price tag ($68 is pricey for a tee), but I knew I'd wear it a lot. I got the white and it is slightly more sheer than the photos depict (burn out material). The tee has certainly proved its worth as I wear it at least 1x a week and has held up well in the wash (I put it in a laundry bag & air dry - I don't put it in the dryer as I'm worried about shrinkage).
Gotta have it (but uneven sizing)
I fell in love with this t-shirt in the store, tried on the white tee and found it very loose in the Medium (which is the look I was going for.) But I wanted the grey, and the sales associate ordered me the grey. When the Medium grey arrived, it was very small. So I reordered and exchanged for a Large. I went back to the sore to get the white Medium (because the fit was so great) but they had sent all the tees to another store. I ordered the white Medium and it is a wee bit smaller than the grey, but still wearable as a layer. So definitely order up a size or even two sizes if you want the loose fit in the pictures. But it is totally worth the size-struggle. Also, I agree with a previous review - the white version (in some of the pictures) looks a bit heathered or burnout. It isn't - it is white.

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Miami (Fla.) St. Brendan School has always been an also-ran on the Florida prep baseball scene, a small private school with even smaller expectations on the field. Suddenly that has changed, thanks in large part to a second baseman who can't quite be described as small. Rather, he's tiny.
Junior switch-hitting second baseman Jose "Chiqui" Carrera has emerged as one of the top prep baseball players in the Miami area despite his incredibly diminutive size. Just how small is Carrera? Small enough that he makes the likes of Dustin Pedroia look like a giant.
According to the Miami Herald, the undersized junior measures up at just 5-foot-1 and 135 pounds. Yes, you read that correctly: A 5-foot-1 infielder (don't believe the elaborate overstatement of Carrera's height listed at the end of his highlight reel below) is the sparkplug behind a resurrected program which has already knocked off the 2011 state champion (Miami Archbishop McCarthy) and traditional powerhouse Miami (Fla.) Gulliver Prep.
Given those dimensions, it isn't hard to figure out where Carrera is in the team photo above.
At that height, it's easy to see how opponents could overlook the threat Carrera poses in the batters box, but they do so at their own peril. The Sabres star enters the weekend games batting .571 in the team's leadoff spot. He also has three home runs and 13 steals, well on his way to breaking his sophomore mark of seven home runs already. Those stats have already drawn serious recruiting interest from Boston College, Fordham and a handful of other Division I college programs.
"Pound for pound, he is one of the best [high school] players I've seen," St. Brendan associate head baseball coach Joe Cubas told the Herald.
According to Cubas' son, St. Brendan catcher Dayan Cubas, Carrera has often faced taunts about his size from opposing teams. Yet the Cuban-born infielder who first arrived in Florida at age 8 almost always gets the last laugh, as his stats and St. Brendan's 16-5 record attests to.
"He's a big story," Dayan Cubas told the Herald. "I've never seen a player his size play like he does. But the reality is that he's the best player on our team. Once they see him play, they can't say anything."
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Google Nearby API allows to discover other devices, connect, and interact with messages. As Google suggests, this API could be useful for collaboration, using a whiteboard, local multiplayer gaming, using a network, and multi-screen gaming, using a device such as Android TV. What the API can do for developers is to communicate with nearby devices in real time. This API is associated to Nearby Connections. Soon, Google will release Nearby Messages, as Google Play Services 7.8 is available. More info at https://developers.google.com/nearby/


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The $300,000 Longacres Mile (gr. III), the Emerald Downs' centerpiece for a 35-race stakes schedule set for the 2008 season, will be run Aug. 17.
A total of $2,310,00 will be offered in stakes purses, including a record $50,000 minimum for every stakes. The 91-day meeting begins April 18. The first stakes race is the $50,000 Seattle Handicap for older sprinters on May 4.
The 73rd running of the Longacres Mile tops a stakes double-header that includes the $100,000 Emerald Distaff for fillies and mares. As part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge,this year's Longacres Mile champion automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile at Santa Anita Park on Oct. 25.
The Longacres Mile is the only graded stakes race in the Northwest and annually attracts several of the top middle-distance horses on the West Coast. Last year's Mile was taken by the locally based Washington-bred The Great Face, who in 2008 could become the first horse to capture consecutive runnings of the Mile at Emerald Downs.
The weekend also features the $100,000 Washington Oaks for 3-year-old fillies on Aug. 16.
Other leading stakes are the $100,000 Emerald Downs Derby for 3-year-olds on Labor Day, Sept. 1, and the $100,000 Gottstein Futurity for 2-year-olds on Sept. 27.
Washington Cup VI, featuring seven stakes races for Washington-breds, is set for Sept. 14.
The season concludes Sept. 28, with the Stanislaw Ashbaugh Claiming Challenge, a series of six starter handicaps ranging in distance from six furlongs to two miles.


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Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 22:37:14 +0100
We have in our possession a medalion (found in a car boot sale, I think).
One side shows a portrait of King Edward 7th inscribed "King Edward VII medal 1902" and "London County Council". The reverse side is inscribed "Awarded to R.COX for punctual attendance during the year 1908-9 and five previous years".
Does this person belong to you?? If so, and this item would be of interest, please send private e-mail as I will be unsubscribing for a little while in the next few days.
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Furniture maker Greg Klassen builds intricately designed tables and other objects embedded with glass rivers and lakes.
Klassen, who has a degree in theology, writes, "I try to marry the natural beauty of the wood with the skilled craftsmanship of the maker. When the two come together, a piece can really sing!"


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PUSH Dance Company Announces the Inaugural Season of PUSHFEST, 9/19-21
PUSH Dance Company, under the direction of Raissa Simpson, announces the inaugural season of PUSHfest: a cross-genre (modern, ballet, hip-hop, ethnic, and multi-disciplinary) dance festival that situates 15 mid-career and emerging choreographers in two different programs at ODC Theater, 3153 17th Street, San Francisco, September 19-21, 2014. Tickets for the 2014 PUSHfest Dance Festival are priced $30 general admission, $28 advance, $25 SeniorStudent, $50 festival pass for both programs, and may be purchased at http://odcdance.org/buytickets.php or visit www.pushdance.org for more information.
The festival's intrigue is to mix a diverse and culturally relevant entity that is carefully curated by a professional panel made up of artists and presenters. Part of the success of PUSH is its commitment to building community and engaging diverse audiences from different walks of life. The lineup includes well-known Bay Area choreographers Randee Paufve and Hope Mohr; and traveling artists range from Los Angeles based Project 21 Dance to Kansas City based choreographer Chadi El-Khoury. Artistic Director Raissa Simpson will restage the audience favorite Point Shipyard Point, a dance installation which premiered this past spring at the Museum of the African Diaspora. PUSH will also premiere a new work by Resident Choreographer Katerina Wong, who will make her debut as choreographer for the company.
PUSH Dance Company's 2014 season is generously supported by the San Francisco Arts Commission,Zellerbach Family Foundation, and ODC Theaters Fleishhacker Opportunity Fund.
Program A: 8pm Fri Sept 19th & 4pm Sun Sept 21st
Raissa Simpson
Randee Paufe
Nkei Oruche (Friday only)
Anandha Ray
Natasha Adorlee Johnson
Martha Zepeda
Sarah Bush (Friday only)
RANDEE PAUFVE Known for creating exquisitely detailed, emotionally layered, movement-driven dances, Randee Paufve has established a unique choreography and performance voice in the Bay Area and beyond over the last 20 years. Paufve Dance works have been nominated for multiple Izzy Awards, supported by foundation grants and residencies in California, Oregon, Wyoming and Hawaii, and commissioned by numerous west coast universities and performance festivals including On the Boards/Seattle, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, and San Francisco's West Wave Festival. Randee holds an MA in dance from SUNY Brockport and an MFA from UC Davis, and has taught at the University of San Francisco, Lewis & Clark College, and California State Universities East Bay and Sacramento. A popular master teacher and guest artist, she currently teaches at Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, Marin Academy and UC Davis, and has recently joined the faculty of the newly founded MFA program at Saint Mary's College of California.
NKEI ORUCHE (FRIDAY EVENING ONLY) D.Fuse is an Afro-urban performance group that uses high-energy contemporary and pop music from Africa and her Diaspora to rock crowds. Music such as Coupé Décalé (Ivory Coast), Dancehall/Reggae Fusion (Jamaica), Afro-Hip Hop & Afro-House (Nigeria, Ghana & London), and Soukous/N'dombolo (Congo), incorporated with Jazz, Traditional African and Afro-Modern combined with theater and spoken-word forms is their way. Directed by Nkeiruka Oruche with rotating guest choreographers and adult performers, members are highly encouraged to take on leadership roles by teaching others and themselves, facilitating practices and rehearsals, and being primarily involved in the creative & conceptual process of performance pieces.
ANANDHA RAY After an award-winning, 30-year career in modern dance, Anandha Ray is re-emerging as a fusion choreographer synthesizing the disparate worlds of ethnic forms into modern/contemporary dance. For Ray, the synthesis of contrasting forms provides a fresh forum for exploration and understanding of the unmistakable beauty of darkness and the honesty of our humanness. Ray has received standing ovations in seven countries, many from sold our crowds. For her contributions in dance she has been inducted into the Women's Hall of Fame and as an honorary Kentucky Colonel, and has received commendations from the US Senate and the CA Assembly, among many other awards and distinctions. www.tribalsecrets.net
NATASHA ADORLEE JOHNSON C-o4, founded and directed by Natasha Adorlee Johnson, aims to expose dance, movement, art, stories, and media that is relatable and accessible to all audiences. The group is infused with elements of everyday life, urban culture, technical dance precision, and most importantly, original content that can be accessed through mediums that can be enjoyed instantly most often through film and photography. Co4 aims to connect with people and share their perspective on what it is to be alive and surviving in the present day and do so through movement and the creation of art.
MARTHA ZEPEDA LV Dance Collective is a Contemporary Fusion performance company, located in the Bay Area under the Artistic Direction of KAO VEY SAEPHANH and MARTHA L. ZEPEDA. Recently, LVDC was awarded the 2014 ChoreoProject Award for Best Choreography by sfDANCEco for their work, "Quest For Truth." LVDC was founded in January 2013, with several projects, beginning in 2006, pre-dating the official launch.www.LVDanceCollective.com
SARAH BUSH (FRIDAY EVENING ONLY) A contemporary dance company, Sarah Bush Dance Project works at making the art of dance accessible by performing in locations as diverse as the company's style--from parks, nightclubs and churches to traditional theater environment. A constant through SBDP's work is the expression, emotion, and humanity in the dancers' performance quality. The company explores issues of identity, gender, and sexuality within the broader themes of love, relationships, loss, power and empowerment.
Program B: 8pm Sat Sept 20th & 7pm Sun Sept 21st
Katerina Wong
Hope Mohr (Sunday evening only)
Chadi El-Khoury
Tanya Chianese
Ashley Gayle
Maura Townsend
Jamie Wright
Jetta Martin
KATERINA WONG is a dancer and choreographer who relocated to the Bay Area by way of New Jersey, New York and Beijing. Katie graduated cum laude from Princeton University with a B.A. in Anthropology, East Asian Studies and Dance. There she performed works by Camille A. Brown, Zvi Gotheiner, Susan Marshall, Mark Morris and Twyla Tharp. After graduation, Katie moved to Beijing as a teaching fellow where she trained with Beijing LDTX/Modern Dance Company, choreographed for the Future Dance Ensemble of Peking University and launched a series of dance workshops for Migrant Children's Foundation. She has also choreographed for Brickabrack, which was awarded Best of SF Fringe Festival. She has danced with Bianca Cabrera, Cera Byer, Ronnie Reddick, Louis Acquisto, Anne-rene Petrarca, Philein/Ziru Productions, and Danse Lumiere. She currently dances with Printz Dance Project, Concept o4 and Dexandro Montalvo is so honored to be both a dancer and a resident choreographer with PUSH this season.


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Said Lakhlifi, 52, of Covina, Calif., a licensed insurance agent and owner of Mogador Insurance Center, pleaded no contest and was convicted on three misdemeanor counts of identity theft, forgery and petty theft.
Lakhlifi was also ordered to pay restitution of $29,767 to his victim.
An investigation by the California Department of Insurance showed Lakhlifi failed to forward a client's homeowners' policy premium in 2014. The client, a detective with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, filed an insurance claim in September 2014 for water damage and mold. Lakhlifi, agreed to file the claim on behalf of his client, and arranged for a contractor to make the necessary repairs.
Lakhlifi reportedly attempted to undercut the contractor and resulted in the contractor refusing to do the work. The fraud was revealed when Lakhlifi notified his clients that he never placed the policy and that they were not insured.
The investigation revealed Lakhlifi was paying for the claim out of his own pocket in order to conceal the premium theft and lack of insurance coverage. The insurer confirmed that prior to January 2015, no quotes were given, no policy was bound and no premium collected. In an attempt to hide the lack of insurance, Lakhlifi forged an insurance application in January 2015, so the homeowners would have coverage again.
The department has taken steps to revoke Mogador Insurance Center's business license and issued a suspension order against Lakhlifi's personal agent license.
The terms of a plea deal include three years of formal probation if restitution to the victim is paid by the sentencing hearing, which is scheduled for July 5. If Lakhlifi fails to pay full restitution by the next hearing, he will be sentenced to two years and six months in county jail. This case was prosecuted by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.


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By Sgt. Robert Schaffner Jr., 4th IBCT, 3rd ID Public AffairsJuly 15, 2010
FORT STEWART, Ga. - Most people look to the skies to star gaze. If you were on Georgia Hwy 144 a few miles outside the gate Friday afternoon, you just may have seen one star a little closer to the horizon. Brigadier General Jeffrey Phillips, 3rd Infantry Division deputy commanding general-rear, was in the sky - 24 feet up, to be exact - with the help of an elevated SkyWatch tower.
Brigadier General Phillips visited with Fort Stewart's military police and toured their new SkyWatch Tower, seeing first-hand its ability to detect, prevent and deter vehicle speeding.
The tower gives military police deterrence and surveillance capabilities that can dramatically extend observation range. Video cameras also provide telescopic zooming and recording, radio and a public address system, as well as the capability to increase the range of radar up to two miles. They detect you before your eyes detect them.
"It's not all about catching speeders," said Capt. David Reaves, Fort Stewart Traffic Operations Branch officer in-charge. "It's also about preventing people from speeding by showing a presence. At one time, Fort Stewart was in the top three for traffic fatalities in Georgia and in the top two in the Army."
Georgia Highway 144, a two-lane road walled with tall pines, has been dubbed "The Green Tunnel." As with nearby Ga. Highway 119, there's not much to look at and drivers can be lulled into inattention with disastrous results: the road continues to be the scene of traffic accidents and fatalities.
In 2006, the tree line was pushed back on either side, both for a fire break, and to give drivers a better view for passing and a better chance of missing trees should they accidently leave the road.
"It's all about safety," said Brig. Gen. Phillips.
The Green Tunnel overflows with wildlife, which, when combined with speeding, can propose a serious danger to drivers.
"A big raccoon ran out in front of me the other night," said Brig. Gen. Phillips. "That's how people get killed. Even if you miss the critter, you may veer into a swamp-filled ditch."
Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield law enforcers hope increased enforcement will deter speeding among Soldiers returning home from deployment.
"We are hoping that the word will get out from friends and Family here, those who have not left during the deployments, to the Soldiers down-range and will prevent Soldiers from being killed," said Maj. Eddy Cloud, Marne Division's deputy director of emergency services. "If we are able to get six out of seven drivers to slow down, that will possibly help deter that [seventh] driver from speeding. . . . Most people are driving cautiously and respecting the law."
Recently, MPs have been submitting a weekly list of full names of servicemembers, including unit/agency, location of offense and points lost due to the violations. To date, the list has comprised of ranks from private through colonel, sparing no one.
"We are trying to get unit peer pressure to do the right thing," said Maj. Cloud. "We have received support from the battalion and brigade level, but the responsibility is resting more upon the company-grade commanders."
Currently, only the names of service-members are printed in The Frontline, but the possibility of including the names of Family Members, Department of the Army civilians and contractors who violate traffic laws on the installation is under review.
"To ensure safety on our roads, we will expect responsible conduct from everyone who uses them," Brig. Gen. Phillips said. "Not only does an accident affect the person in the car or motorcycle, it devastates those who care for the victim."


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The Value and Future of Māori Research
Outcome of National Workshop - the Value and Future of Māori Research
On Thursday 20th March 2014 Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) hosted a national workshop at Waipapa Marae, the University of Auckland to discuss the value and future of Māori Research in New Zealand. This followed on from the shock decision to terminate Government funding for New Zealand's only Māori Centre of Research Excellence.
Over 200 people gathered including senior community leaders, community representatives, senior researchers and academics, and politicians to discuss the value and consider the future of Māori research. Māori research in this context refers to research concerning needs and opportunites facing Māori communities and where those communities have high involvement. It particularly concerns the use of methodologies and approaches which enables this involvement and at times make use of mātauranga Māori.
Speakers included Board Chair, Sir Tipene O'Regan, Professor Sir Mason Durie, Dame Iritana Tāwhiwhirangi, Associate Professor Leonie Pihama, and Professor Charles Royal who all spoke of the need for Māori research and its benefits to Māori communities. Dr Marama Muru Lanning, Tiopira McDowell and Natalie Coates spoke of their experiences as students who were supported by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. In the case of Ms Coates, she completed a Master in Laws at the Harvard University Law school supported by a Fulbright NZ award funded by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga.
The meeting was also attended by representatives of the Māori Party and Mana Party leader, Hone Harawira.
A key outcome of the meeting was support for a National Māori Research Institute proposed by Sir Mason Durie. He argued that Māori development over the next decades will be significantly different to previous decades and that it will require a dedicated, well managed research effort. Māori development will not achieve goals quickly without research.
Assoc Prof Leonie Pihama asserted a no compromise approach where the decision not to fund Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga will be challenged. Proposals included the possibility of a judicial review and claim before the Waitangi Tribunal. An outcry is already underway where many individuals and groups from throughout New Zealand and the world have expressed their dismay and protested this decision.
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) is a Centre of Research Excellence consisting of 16 participating research entities and hosted by the University of Auckland. NPM conducts research of relevance to Māori communities and is an important vehicle by which New Zealand continues to be a key player in global indigenous research and affairs. Its research is underpinned by the vision to realise the creative potential of Māori communities and to bring about positive change and transformation in the nation and wider world. Visitwww.maramatanga.ac.nz


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I'm not normally an impulsive person.
I am analytical. I am calculated. I like to plan. It's not that I can't be spontaneous... I totally can. I don't have to have everything planned out, and the older I get the more I understand just how unpredictable life truly can be.
Nonetheless, I think something in me has changed over the past year.
I'm not planning out and executing blog posts the way I once did.
I'm not planning a race calendar and obsessing over training schedules leading up to them.
Sometimes I forget to open the planner I carry around all the time in my purse.
And so on and so forth.
It's not that I've done a 180 or anything. By nature, I am still the same. It's just that it's all a little different. I'm using the calendar on my iPhone so that it can give me alerts to remember when to do things. I'm thinking about some races, but I'm not really setting them in stone. I still turn up on this blog from time to time.
I think it's just that I'm realizing that sometimes you just have to jump.
So I quit my job in January... without having another one lined up or knowing what I would do if I had a hard time finding something else. Fortunately, it all worked out and now I'm in my dream job (or so I think... I suppose time will tell, haha!) And it still brought with it some anxiety, but it felt really good to be impulsive.
The most recent example? Last night in less than an hour I got an idea to book a flight, checked with the friend I'd stay with to see if it was ok, and booked it... it's still a little bit planned because it's not until next weekend, but it's not really like me to go booking flights only 8 days in advance. Nor is it like me to just kind of spend money and not analyze if it's really a good time to do so. (Don't worry, I didn't rack up debt to buy a plane ticket. It's more that I usually have to force myself to spend money, haha.)
I think maybe I'm in a season where being a bit more impulsive is the way I need to be. I think that as much as I like structure and routine, I'm kind of going through a time where I don't want that as much. Honestly, this is even evident in this new job I started... I don't really go sit at a desk in an office from 8-5, something that I think was slowly sucking away part of my soul or something, ha! I work remotely a lot, and I get to be out and about meeting people in the community.
I have no idea where this is all going to lead me, this new sense of impulsiveness. And don't get me wrong... I'm still Melanie. I think way too much and all the way around some things... but there's this other part of me that's just jumping and believing that I'm going to land.
So next Friday I'm heading up to Chicago for a long weekend. Sure, I've been there more times than I can count now and already have plans to go up there in July to lead a team to run in the Chicago Half to raise money for the military (contact me if you're interested!)... but I needed to get away. And my best friend is AWESOME and has already planned a super fun weekend socializing with her friends and hitting the town.
Sometimes I think you just need to check out... so I'm really looking forward to it and am glad I made this random decision.


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GOATACRE club captain Sam Parish says that his side are as confident as ever ahead of the new season but admits they are stepping into unknown territory in Premier Two.
Craig Gibbens has led Goatacre to two titles and two successive promotions and they now find themselves in the second-highest tier of the West of England Premier League.
Parish's side have retained the same personnel that saw comfortably top of the Glos/Wilts Division last summer and the Goatacre wicketkeeper is looking forward to the challenge of their new level.
"It's very exciting for us because we'd been in the Glos/Wilts before last season, so we knew what we were dealing with but apart from two or three individuals, nobody has played in the Premier Two before," said Parish. "In the past, we've been told that there's a big gap between the two leagues but over the last five years, sides have seemed to go up there and hold their own, so we don't really know what to expect.
"But success breeds success and confidence breeds confidence, so everybody's feeling great at the moment and thinks we'll be able to hold our own.
"We seem to have kept the same side that we had last year and that consistency can really help us."
Goatacre begin their Premier Two campaign with a trip to Keynsham.


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Demi Lovato Vs. Johnny Depp: White Sunglasses Fashion Rewind (POLL)
After canceling the live audience taping of X Factor on Thursday, Demi Lovato left her hotel donning a studded denim jacket, white summer dress, and round, white plastic sunnies.
The 19-year-old actress looked super cool with her blue-tipped hair pinned up in curls, accented by a red polka dotted headband.
Lovato has certainly upped the anty with her wardrobe choices ever since being cast as a judge on the X Factor.
However, did she drop the fashion ball here and steal Will Wonka's style?
Lovato's white sunglasses are very reminiscent of Johnny Depp's shades worn in the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which hit theater screens in 2005.
Depp's character, Willy Wonka, wears white sunglasses to brighten up his outfit consisting of a black shirt, wine colored jacket, and dark top hat.
Making the styles match up even more is that both stars seemed to strike the same pose with serious facials and flawless complexions.
Who looks better in their white, round sunnies: Demi or Depp? Take our poll and have your say by leaving a comment below.


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On warm summer nights, Porter Hancock ran behind his house to Millrace Road. He followed the ribbon of old asphalt as it cut through hay fields and willow trees and grazing cattle for a mile, before it blended into Democrat Alley, an equally countrified byway. For another mile, and then looping around, he breathed hard, feeling the burn in his legs, pushing himself while taking in the agrarian scents that he remembers but can't quite describe, somehow finding peace in the effort. More than anything, though, he dreamed of playing football.
He did not dream of dislocating his neck.
Of all endeavors, growing up near Oakley, playing linebacker and running back were the two that meant the most to him. He rode horses, played "Modern Warfare," hung out with friends, did baseball and soccer, and ran the 100 meters in track, qualifying for state twice.
But there was something about football that made it worth it to him to lift weights for three hours a day and run those pastoral roads to get stronger and faster, to build up his 5-foot-8, 160-pound body, to help the South Summit High Wildcats win.
"It was the adrenaline," he says. "The hard work. The teamwork. The hitting. It was like a battle, the whole game. I wanted to better myself."
As a freshman and sophomore, Hancock played mostly special teams for the varsity. He got some time at linebacker, too. Through the first seven games of his junior season, he had, in fact, bettered himself, enough to get significant minutes on defense. The day before the eighth game, on Oct. 7, against Emery, Hancock scored four touchdowns in a JV outing against the Spartans.
The following night, at the end of the third quarter of the varsity game, Hancock's world changed.
As he rushed toward Emery's punter, the punter bobbled the ball, then started running. A teammate arrived a split-second ahead, crashing in from the right while Hancock came from the other side. As he made contact, his helmet jarred to the left.
The others got up. Hancock did not.
He stayed on the grass, unable to move. He couldn't feel his torso, his legs, his feet. He couldn't feel the cold air or the snow that drifted down around him.
"I couldn't feel anything," he says.
His mother, Jill, who watched the play real time through a video camera at the top of the stands, at first didn't realize the injured player was her son. Then, she rushed the field, standing helplessly by as paramedics did their work.
"They asked me questions," Hancock says. "They asked if I could feel or move anything. I said, 'No.' I remember my family all around me. I remember them putting me on a board and taking me to the ambulance. Then, I dozed off and on."
Everyone else was wide-awake.
On the field, his coaches and teammates gathered, joined by their stress.
"I just kept thinking, over and over, 'I hope he's OK, I hope he's OK,' " says Breydon Crystal, a sophomore offensive lineman. "Everyone was upset and nervous. It was tough. It hit us all hard."
Jill, riding alongside her son in the ambulance, seemed to channel his teammates. "I was thinking, 'It's going to be OK, it's going to be OK,' " she says.
It was not OK.
The ambulance brought Hancock to the University Hospital. Doctors quickly determined that the 16-year-old had dislocated his fifth and sixth vertebrae, putting serious pressure on his spinal cord. Before commencing with a three-hour surgery to remove the vertebrae, graft bones together, and insert a two-inch metal plate, doctors had to straighten the spine. They laid Hancock out on a bed, put a screw in each side of his head behind his ears that attached to an apparatus with a 150-pound weight hanging from it.
Outside, in the waiting room, Jill, surrounded now by family members, waited, all right, and worried. And hoped.
What's transpired in the subsequent three weeks has brought both despair and hope. While recovering in the Intensive Care Unit, Hancock came down with pneumonia. He has remained paralyzed from the chest down. Physicians have told Jill, with this sort of injury, they must wait six months before really knowing what the outcome will be, whether he'll regain movement, whether he'll be able to stand or walk again.
He currently is working through therapy sessions, which include everything from relearning to brush his teeth to trying to regain strength. So far, his progress is above the normal curve.
Jill, who stays by Porter's side, sleeping in his room, has struggled watching her boy fight this battle. "I am trying to keep my spirits up," she says, "trying to fight hopelessness and succeeding … for the most part."
Both she and Porter have had a lot of support. Fundraisers on their behalf have popped up back at South Summit and all around. Hancock has been visited by hundreds of friends and strangers. His hospital room is draped with well wishes from near and far: a Notre Dame cap signed by coach Brian Kelly, a Texas jersey with Hancock's name and number on it and a Longhorn hat signed by Mack Brown, footballs signed by Utah and BYU players, other treasures from high school teams.
His entire South Summit team, which plays Beaver in the 2A state playoffs Friday, has come by. Ute coach Kyle Whittingham and Utah State's Gary Andersen have visited, eight Utah players and Philadelphia Eagle Stanley Havili dropped in, all to give encouragement.
"That football family out there is big," Jill says. "When I look into Porter's eyes, I see gratitude. His determination helps me and everybody else."
There is no sugarcoating Hancock's challenge: "It's pretty hard," he says, working to get his words out while sitting in a wheelchair next to his bed. "I think a lot about how long it will take before I'll get better. I can't do much right now. But I'm trying. I think I'll walk again. …"
He stops, his eyes rolling around the room.
"I will walk. …"
He stops, again.
"I'm just trying to find peace."
In his mind's eye, he says he can see himself back home, running down Millrace Road, smelling the scents he can't quite describe, feeling the burn in his legs, splitting the hay fields and the willows and the grazing cattle as he flies by.


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Mining aid may change
Under fire from coal producers and lawmakers from coal-producing states, the Obama administration is revamping an $8 billion federal loan-guarantee program to help companies reduce their carbon dioxide emissions.
The plan is part of a broader strategy for dealing with the risks of climate change that President Obama discussedlast week. His policy relies on cuts to carbon emissions at new and existing power plants that will probably reduce coal use in the United States.
Republicans and coal-industry executives say the effort will cost jobs in states such as Kentucky and Ohio, where coal is produced and provides relatively cheap power to manufacturers. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said on Wednesday the new effort on loan guarantees shows the administration isn't anti-coal.
"The issue here is to prepare for the future, a future in which coal is in fact part of the mix," Moniz said in a conference call with reporters.
Electric utilities are responsible for about 40 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, with coal accounting for the bulk of the carbon dioxide released. Most scientists say carbon emissions are contributing to a warming of the planet. Obama said in a June 25 speech at Georgetown University that mitigating the threat is one of his second-term priorities.
"I don't have much patience for anyone that denies that this challenge is real," Obama said. "Sticking your head in the sand might make you feel safer, but it's not going to protect you from the coming storm."
Coal war
The speech revived accusations from coal advocates that Obama is waging a "war on coal." The industry had sought to popularize that refrain in swing states that produce coal during the 2012 presidential campaign, without much effect. Obama won in Ohio, Virginia and Pennsylvania, where coal producers targeted much of their efforts.
Christopher Bosso, a political science professor at Northeastern University in Boston, said the federal aid to the coal industry could help protect Democrats who are facing election in 2014 in coal-centric states.
"I think that all Obama and his Energy secretary can do is try to hunker down and make the argument that they are making," said Burdett Loomis, a political science professor at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee cited Obama's climate-change plan in a July 1 news release criticizing Alison Lundergan Grimes, a Democrat who is running for the Senate in Kentucky against incumbent Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
'Legacy issue'
"The president views this as a legacy issue, and on this point he and I agree," Mike Duncan, the president of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, said in speech on June 26. "But that legacy is going to be higher energy costs, less reliable electricity, lost jobs and a shattered economy."
Federal loan guarantees are intended to quiet objections to Obama's climate plans, said Michael McKenna, a Republican political strategist and lobbyist with MWR Strategies Inc. in Midlothian, Virginia.
The money can "help those who care about coal pretend that this administration can be negotiated with," McKenna said in an e-mail.
He said carbon-capture technology hasn't been shown to be economically efficient.
"We're encouraged that the administration recognizes the need to develop carbon-capture and storage" Lisa Camooso Miller, a spokeswoman for the clean-coal group, said in an e- mail.
Carbon capture
The Energy Department seems to acknowledge the difficulty it has had in finding carbon-capture projects worthy of federal backing in its revamped plan. Congress gave the department the authority to issue as much as $8 billion in loan guarantees to clean fossil energy projects in 2005.
In 2008, the department solicited proposals for clean coal projects. It hasn't touched the money.
The plan expands eligibility to proposals that reduce emissions from oil and gas drilling, and for energy-efficiency efforts such as capturing waste heat from large industrial facilities to make electricity. Clean-coal projects remain eligible for aid.
To get a guarantee, companies backing projects would have to pay a credit subsidy fee to the United States as a hedge against default.
Coming up with the credit subsidy costs remains a hurdle for most companies, said Christine Tezak, an analyst at ClearView Energy Partners LLC in Washington.
Natural gas
"The economics on clean coal is still very difficult given modestly priced natural gas," Tezak said in an e-mail. Of the new loan guarantee announcement, she said: "It certainly seems intended to blunt the 'war on coal' criticism."
The Natural Resources Defense Council, which supports Obama's climate push, said reducing carbon dioxide emissions doesn't need to cost jobs.
According to a report written by a pair of NRDC staff members, cutting emissions could result in a net increase of 210,000 jobs as workers install carbon-capture technologies, efficiency systems and clean-energy projects.


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A city centre road in St Albans will be closed for eight days to complete a £45,000 resurfacing scheme.
Work will begin on A5183 High Street and George Street on Monday, August 4.
The resurfacing will be carried out in High Street between junctions with Chequers Street and Verulam Road, and on George Street between junctions with A5183 High Street and Spicers Street.
The works will take place under a full road closure, with access maintained for residents and customers.
The closure times vary from day to day, but the project - to be carried out by Eurovia on behalf of Hertfordshire County Council - is expected to be completed within seven days.
Terry Douris, cabinet member for Highways, said: "These works form part of Hertfordshire County Council's on-going commitment to maintain and improve our roads for the benefit of all road users in Hertfordshire.
"We understand that these works are likely to cause a degree of inconvenience to road users. We apologise for this and would ask everyone for their co-operation while the work is in progress."
Any changes to the proposed start date, duration or working hours will be announced on the information boards on site and will be available at www.hertfordshire.roadworks.org.
The closure times for the first week are 9.30am to 7pm on Monday, August 4, 7am to 7pm on the Tuesday and Wednesday and 24 hours on the Thursday and Friday.
On Saturday the road will re-open at 7am.
But the following Monday, August 11, and Tuesday, August 12, the road will be closed from 7am to 7pm.


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The location and friendly staff. The food was good even though the portions were on the large size. The lift was not working and I have trouble with stairs.
I visited with my family (sister, sisters boyfriend & grandpa). My sister and I took my grandpa to Poland where he's from for a holiday. We were based mainly in Krackow but hired a car to visit my grandpas birthplace - Orzegow, which is about 20mins away from Palac. I found the hotel on tripadvisor. I loved the place. Relaxed with drinks outside in the terrace before dinner and then found the bistro bit where we ate very cosy and charming. Food and staff were excellent. There was a wedding on and it was nice for the place to be busy. I would definately stay here again and recommend to anyone visiting the area. Even considering coming back to have my wedding there! No
Nice decorations and frendly staff. Quite cold rooms (January) when we arrived, but after that it got warmer when the radiators were turned to maximum.
Hotel staff very friendly and helpfull.Good location.Cleanliness of hotel and our room (excellent) deserves special mentioning. Double bed in our room was positioned in such away that it could only be entered from one side.
All was perfect. The hotel is really nice, the rooms are good, the food excellent. Breakfast- like home :-). You can have anything you want- the choice really big. We really enjoyed the hotel and will definitely choose it next time. Besides, its nto far away fromt he main roads and easy to find.
Clean, modern and friendly hotel. Rooms a little small but very comfortable. Wide variety of food for breakfast.
clean and pleasant ambience too warm very hot day no aircon fan for cooling room no blind on window so too light too early
Nobody gave me a possibility to select a double bed, they simply gave me a room with two single beds. This was a big disappointment for me.
Everyone was very nice and helpful.
Frendly staff, and convenient location. The airport shuttle was very good. The staff made you feel relaxed. The food was delicious. One night we needed to get up early the next day and one off the girls had heels that clicked like a hammer waking me up. I would suggest that soft shoes should be worn by the staff at night. They were very nice people so we did not want to complain!
Presentation clinelness,kind staff,only stayed one night,but liked it.good conection to airport nice sourandings and outdoor,would like to stay bid longer Woold be nice to have some shatle to city or shoping even with payment but cheaper than Taxi
Breakfast was really good The fact that we did not get what we ask for. We ask for a double room with one bed and we got one with two beds. In addition this room was freezing due to the fact that the window was open when we got there at... 1 a.m!!!! We ask the recepcionist to change room and she gave as a single room and I paid for double...So I am very dissapointed
close to the airport. I had to leave at 0400a.m. but the friendly staff prepared me a breakfast
Very closely located to the Katowice airport, provided shuttle service to the airport along with sack lunch because our departure was before their breakfast hours, very good and reasonably priced restaurant
Proximity to Katowice airport for an early morning flight
Wonderful staff great value for money super food
Great pick up service from airport, 5 minutes drive, clean, great value for money and exactly as it says on the tin. Perfect for a nights stay near to Katowice Airport Room was very, very small buit it was only for 1 night so not too bad. No English tv stations and there was some noisy guests but that can happen anywhere.
Dimensions of rooms we were pleasantly surprised. Also we were pleased with soulful breakfast and free airport transfer.
This hotel is an excellent choice for transit passengers traveling through Katowice airport. The location is just perfect - 5 min by car from the airport. The hotel offers free (included in room price) transfer from/to airport and it's great! The room is not big, but very convenient and clean. Free Wi-Fi is super choice. The staff is very helpful and attentive. We checked out at 5 a.m. and the breakfast was packed for us and hot tea and coffee ready in the hotel hall. The girl at the reception and the staff of the restaurant were very very kind and professional. I can highly recommend this hotel. No
Large rooms very warm & comfortable
Location is great if you need to stay close to the airport. Room is comfortable, great shower and bathroom, comfortable bed. Food in the restaurant is appalling, especially breakfast - you get it served and have no choice other than scrambled eggs.
New hotel, very modern and clean. Staff very friendly - 20 minutes walk from airport - although transfer to airport was 20PLN (just over £4) Spacious bathroom.
The hotel wasn't busy at the time I was staying there, so it wasn't very nosy, that I liked. Room was comfortable. I was surprised that you provide kattle and tee make set taht I realy like. Good food in the restaurant. I can' find anything.
Hotel was very quiet and when you do travel a lot (business trip) you really appreciate a good night sleep Shame that we have to paid for the hotel parking - we arrive at the hotel at 2am on 20.10.09 and depart at 10.15am on 20.10.09!
I liked the cleanliness of hotel and rooms, the hotel is nice, fresh, room is nicely equipt. It is pretty far from Katowice, around 35km, so taxi will cost you 40€, which is too much, but they don't agree on any lower price. On way back find taxi in city, will get you back for 20-25€. Also drinks in hotel bar should be cheaper, beer for 3€ is too much for Poland.
The wonderfully pleasant staff and the modern style! The merangue ice cream cake was heavenly!
Very quiet and convenient for airport Remote from town and only suitable for Airport stopover.
the staff were unbelievable…made us cocktails all night…we had to leave early the next morning and coffee was already waiting in the bar for us…The beds were sooooo comfortable we want to go back just to sleep in the bed!!!
Clean, nice and comfortable hotel for very fair price.
Great location, great service, excellent and well prepared food selection. Their rooms have AC and the offer a shuttle to the airport 24/7 for around $5
New hotel with new all.Parking good.Nearest forest.Transfer from Airport cost 4-5 Euro
Professional and courteous staff, descent value for money Smell on the hallways and rooms is unpleasant
The location (very close to the Katowice airport) and the shuttle service (included in the stay there was a one-way ride to the airport).
Everything was very nice and quikly! And of coursefree transfer from/to airport!
Although booked into Iskra I stayed at the sister hotel Wilga Excellent!! from the English speaking staff who sent the car to pick me up from the airport to the restaraunt staff, everyone was welcoming and helpfull I will be back Super!! Thank you 10/10
Very handily placed for the airport with transport included in the cost.Basic but adequate breakfast We missed the pick up from the airport somehow and had to wait a little while to check in.
shuttle service from the airport included in the hotel price, free internet, very good breakfast
The staff were very professional, friendly and effective. The pick-up from the airport was very quick and convenient. This, in fact, was the main reason why we chose to stay here. Lack of hairdryer and mini-bar, although we were told that it's going to be installed in the future. The breakfast spread was not very abundant, although it did have a few elaborated and tasty things to offer. The last detail would be a somewhat unpleasant smell in the bathroom (it was clean!), so perhaps some kind of air freshener might be a good solution here.
The hotel is very close to the airport. There is shuttle service one-way (to or from the airport). The hotel is situated in a quite area. The bed and bathroom equipment were quite bad.
It was a short stay, to catch an early flight the following morning. Staff very helpful, even arranged lunch boxes for us to take, since we were departing too early to have breakfast.


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K-State Off to 98th Drake Relays
K-State Off to 98th Drake Relays
This Week For Kansas State
98th Drake Relays
Thursday-Saturday, April 26-28
Drake Stadium Des Moines, Iowa
Live results at www.drakerelays.org
MANHATTAN, Kan. - K-State will voyage to one of the most prestigous meets in the nation this weekend, as the squad takes part in the 98th Drake Relays. This will be the first of two trips to the blue track in Des Moines, as the 2007 NCAA Midwest Regional will also take place in Drake Stadium.
Last Time Out
The remained in the state last weekend, competing in the 80th Kansas Relays in Lawrence. K-State garnered two event wins during the four-day competition.
Kaylene Wagner soared to a new season-high in the women's high jump with a winning clearance of 6-01.50. The senior from Goleta, Kan., was just three-quarters of an inch from tying the Relays record of 6-02.25 by Julianne Broughton of Arizona in 1990.
Marianne Schlachter skipped to a winning distance of 42-11.75. The distance was a wind-aided mark. The junior from Albbruck, Germany and the defending Big 12 champion in the event secured a regional qualifying mark of 41-10.50 during the UTEP Invitational on April 14. Schlachter has finished either first or second in her three triple jump efforts this season.
Last Time Out at the Drake Relays
Scott Sellers finished second to Mickael Hanany of UTEP in the men's special high jump. Sellers, a native of Katy, Texas, cleared a height of 7-00.50 to finish as a runner-up in his first career Drake Relays appearance. Due to inclement weather, the high jump was conducted indoors in 2006.
The men's distance medley relay of Colin Swaney, Casey Becker, Tevan Everett and Christian Smith finished second to Missouri with a clocking of 9:48.34. Smith had success on the Drake Stadium track before last year's meet, running the anchor leg of the first-place 4x800-meter relay (7:21.32) during the 2005 Drake Relays.
In other special events involving Wildcat athletes, Shunte Thomas finished fifth in the women's 400-meter run with a time of 53.71; Breanna Eveland finished sixth in the pole vault with a final clearance of 13-05.75; Liliani Mendez finished sixth in the women's 1,500-meter run with a clocking of 4:30.88.
Six in Drake Relays Hall of Fame
Kansas State has left a small mark on the rich history of the Drake Relays, as four athletes and two coaches have been elected into the Drake Relays Hall of Fame. The four athletes to engrave their names into the hall are: Gene O'Connor (1956-58), Jerome Howe (inducted 1977), Ken Swenson (inducted 1980) and Pinkie Suggs (inducted 1998). O'Connor was inducted for his efforts in the 440-yard hurdles, while Howe was selected for his efforts in the mile and the relays and Swenson for the relays. Suggs was chosen for her accomplishments in the shot put and discus.
The two track mentors enshrined into the hall are DeLoss Dodds (inducted 1988) and current head coach Cliff Rovelto (inducted 2002).
Sellers Ranked Among IAAF Elite
Sophomore Scott Sellers rose two positions in the April 23 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) world rankings for the high jump. Sellers ranks 47th in the world, up from 49th two weeks ago. The Katy, Texas product climbed up the rankings after registering a personal season-best clearance of 7-03.00 at the UTEP Invitational.
Three High Jumpers in Dandy Dozen
Scott Sellers, Kyle Lancaster and Kaylene Wagner remain in Trackwire.com's Dandy Dozen for the high jump for the third consecutive week on April 17. Sellers moved up one place to second after clearing 7-03.00 last weekend in El Paso, while Lancaster remains in eighth. Wagner fell back two spots to sixth.
The factors used to build the Dandy Dozen include quantitative values that measure performances in past major competitions (such as conference championships, national championships and Olympic competition), durability and freedom from injuries, demonstrated ability to compete well in multiple rounds of competition, ability in other events, head-to-head competition with other top athletes, and personal or seasonal bests.
Sellers' Market
In just his second outdoor competition of the 2007 season, Scott Sellers cleared 7-03.00 to finish second at the UTEP Invitational. The clearance was the sophomore's second straight above the NCAA Midwest Regional qualifying height of 6-10.75 and his highest outdoor effort since June 10, 2006 at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, Calif.
Lucky 13 for Lancaster
Senior Kyle Lancaster won his 13th career high jump title during the Pepsi Invitational in Eugene, Oregon. Lancaster overtook two teammates, sophomore Scott Sellers and senior Lamar Garrett, to win the crown with a personal season-best clearance of 7-01.00.
Lancaster made his return on March 24 at the Jim Click Shootout with an NCAA Regional qualifying height of 7-00.50. The Fort Scott, Kan., native redshirted during the 2006 outdoor campaign. This was his first outdoor win since May 28, 2005 at the NCAA Midwest Regionals.
Wagner Continues to Wow'em
Senior Kaylene Wagner has won four of five high jump comeptitions to start her one and only outdoor campaign with K-State. Entering this weekend in Des Moines, Wagner is ranked third in the nation with her winning clearance of 6-01.50 during the last weekend's Kansas Relays. The effort ranks tied for third in school history with three other athletes, the last being Morgan High during the 2004 Baldy Castillo.
Wagner started her K-State career with five straight wins in the high jump after an entire season on the sidelines. She is believed to be the first female in school history to win five consecutive high jump titles in a single season. She finished her lone indoor season as an All-American and cleared a height of 6-01.25 during the KSU Open in Ahearn Field House. The height ranks fourth in school history.
The Schlachter is In
Junior Marianne Schlachter registered quite a weekend at the Kansas Relays. The product of Albbruck, Germany started the meet by registering a personal-best point total of 4,789 in the heptathlon. The score ranks as the 10th best in school history. During the heptathlon, Schlachter recorded a regional qualifying height in the high jump of 5-09.25, a new career-best and her first career regional mark in the event.
Schlachter continued to dazzle, as she registered a wind-aided distance of 42-11.75 to win the triple jump. This was her second win in the event this season and her third straight finish among the top-two. She has a wind legal season-best and regional qualifying mark of 41-10.50 during the UTEP Invitational on April 14.


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The Various Types of Acne
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Types of Acne
Acne comes in many forms. Although most commonly found on the face, acne ranges from Mild to Severe and can be located anywhere on the body. Most frequently self-treated, mild cases are manageable. However, severe cases should be treated under the supervision of health professionals, such as dermatologists.
Acne Vulgaris, translated as 'common acne,' is the most common type of acne. It is better known as blackheads, whiteheads, papules, pustules, nodules or cysts.
Blackheads - Occur in partially blocked pores. Dead skin cells, bacteria, and sebum (the substance that causes oily skin) drain to the surface of the skin; the pigments are exposed to air, which causes the black color. Blackheads can take a long time to clear up.
Whiteheads – Contained beneath the surface of the skin, the trapped sebum, dead cells and bacteria are completely blocked in the pores.
Pustules – With the appearance of a red circle with a white or yellow center, this form of acne is more often called Pimples or Zits.
Nodules – Much larger than other forms of acne, nodules form hard lumps beneath the surface of the skin which can be painful and last for several months. Highly susceptible to scarring, this form of acne is recommended to be treated by a dermatologist.
Cysts – Similar to a nodule, this form of acne is filled with pus. Like nodules, cysts can be very painful and lead to scarring if untreated. Cysts should be treated by a dermatologist.
Acne Conglobata – More common in males than females, this rare form of acne vulgaris is extremely disfiguring. Large lesions form on the face, chest, back, buttocks, upper arms, and thighs, sometimes accompanied by numerous blackheads. Acne Conglobata can cause severe psychological as well as physical suffering, damage to the skin and permanent scarring. This condition can last several years.
Acne Fulminans – A sudden case of Acne Conglobata, with a fever and aching joints. Generally treated with oral steroids.
Gram-Negative Folliculitis – A bacterial infection which causes pustules and cysts, this form of acne may be caused by long-term treatment of acne with antibiotics.
Pyoderma Faciale – Affecting only females usually between ages 20 and 40, most commonly in women who never had acne before, this type of acne consists of painful pustules, cysts and nodules on the face. Permanent scarring is potential. Generally clears up within a year.
Acne Rosacea – Notably affecting people over the age of 30, Acne Rosacea causes a red rash on the face. Pimples or other skin blemishes may also be present. This should not be confused with Acne Vulgaris as there are two different treatments for these types. Acne Rosacea occurs more frequently in women than men but is more severe in the men it affects.
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GSA Helps Preserve Lighthouses
Historic Stations Need New Owners
August 18, 2009
Contact: MaryAnne Beatty, (202) 501-1231
Contact: Chris Hoagland, (202) 501-1231
WASHINGTON – To help preserve a unique slice of Americana, the U.S. General Services Administration is looking for new keepers for 12 historic lighthouses.
From simple steel plate structures along Lake Michigan's coast to solitary granite sentinels braving the gales of the Atlantic, these historic lighthouses are being made available at no cost to federal, state and local agencies, as well as nonprofit corporations, educational agencies and community development organizations.
"The lore of America's lighthouses and their faithful keepers is filled with stories both tragic and heroic," said Anthony E. Costa, GSA's Acting Commissioner of Public Buildings. "While technology has made their original purpose as aids to navigation obsolete, the romance, history, and beauty of these historic stations is worth preserving for future generations."
GSA has issued Notices of Availability for 12 lighthouse properties in Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Washington and Wisconsin. The properties must be used for education, park, recreation, cultural, or historic preservation purposes.
The lighthouses are made available through the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000. GSA partners with the U.S. Coast Guard and National Park Service to transfer excess historic lighthouses.
"We are committed to working with parties interested in preserving and maintaining these historic lighthouse gems," said Costa. "We take our preservation stewardship responsibilities very seriously."
GSA transfers historic lighthouses after the Department of Interior identifies a new steward through a competitive application process. If no steward is identified, GSA sells the lighthouses through a competitive public auction. GSA works closely with state historic preservation offices to ensure historic preservation requirements are in place to protect the properties as part of the transfer.
GSA will have an online auction for the East Charity Shoal Lighthouse in New York on its auction website. In addition, GSA is planning public auctions for lighthouses in Ohio and Wisconsin this year. See the GSA Office of Real Property Utilization and Disposal website for additional information.
Lighthouse Notices of Availability
GSA Real Property Public Auctions
GSA Office of Real Property Utilization and Disposal
GSA provides a centralized delivery system of products and services to the federal government, leveraging its enormous buying power to get the best value for taxpayers.
• Founded in 1949, GSA manages more than one-fourth of the government's total procurement dollars and influences the management of $500 billion in federal assets, including 8,600 government-owned or leased buildings and 208,000 vehicles.
• GSA helps preserve our past and define our future, as a steward of more than 425 historic properties, and as manager of USA.gov, the official portal to federal government information and services.
• GSA's mission to provide superior workplaces, expert technology solutions, acquisition services, purchasing and E-Gov travel solutions and management policies, at best value, allows federal agencies to focus on their core missions.
Did You Know? GSA has transferred more than 50 historic light stations out of Coast Guard ownership through the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000.


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Working on an understanding of mutual expectations with your supervisor is an essential part of developing a good working relationship. Do this at the beginning. Some students have no idea what is reasonable to expect while others have what can only be called a wish list. What actually is the truth varies between supervisors and departments. However, expectations can be discussed under several broad headings.
The framework in which this support happens varies but what you would expect is to have frequent, dedicated meetings with your supervisor. These are reasonable expectations but they do have to be negotiated and formally set up right from the beginning and then reviewed as needs change.
The other side of the coin is that your supervisor has reasonable expectations of you. These would include:
|Establishing a relationship with your supervisor.
|Seeking, receiving and handling feedback.
|Strategies for getting the best feedback possible.
|Overcoming reluctance to seek feedback.
|How do I handle disagreements with my supervisor?
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TITLE: Technology Solution Services Manager
CATEGORY: Management
FLSA: Exempt
Under the direction of the Associate Vice President of Technology Solution Services or Division Manager manages the day-to-day operations of assigned functional area within Technology Solutions. Participates in the development, recommendation, and administration of policies, procedures and processes in support of assigned functional area within the department. Responds to inquiries from College departments and/or external agencies and supervises administrative services professionals, paraprofessionals, and technical/support staff.
The Technology Solution Services Manager carries out operating policies and procedures with a focus in one functional area such as general technology, web, telecommunications, networking, media, or customer support.
- Plans, organizes, maintains, and manages the processes and operations of an assigned Technology Solutions program. Manages the activities of assigned program area to include: planning, implementing, administering and evaluating projects and services impacting College operations from a Technology Services perspective.
- Supervises administrative services professionals, paraprofessionals, and technical/support staff. Hires, evaluates, trains, disciplines and recommends dismissal of staff as necessary.
- Develops, recommends, and administers policies, procedures, and processes in support of Technology operations in assigned area of responsibility; implements and monitors compliance with approved policies, procedures, and processes.
- Participates in the development of standards and procedures for technology purchases and the utilization of outside vendors. Solicits, provides input into, and makes recommendations for the purchase of enterprise-wide technology solutions. Manages leased and purchased hardware and software.
- Collects and analyzes a variety of complex data and information. Performs statistical analysis and summarizes findings in applicable reports or other communication mediums.
- Manages priorities and coordinates activities between applicable campus site(s) and District information technology services department.
- Participates in District-wide strategic and tactical planning to coordinate the delivery of products and services. Evaluates technology, sets standards, and makes appropriate recommendations for purchase and implementation. Provides project management for applicable technology deployments.
- Manages asset management activities, which include participating in the development of processes to track assets, manage and coordinate inventory, and/or other related activities. Works closely with vendor companies and other colleges and universities. Maintains vendor partnerships.
- Manages and participates in the installation, configuration, troubleshooting, maintenance, and repair of applicable technologies and associated equipment.
- Participates in the development and administration of section budget; implements and allocates resources following budget approval; approves expenditures.
- Participates in/on a variety of meetings, committees, task forces, and/or other related groups to communicate information regarding college-wide technology services, programs, areas of opportunity, and/or other pertinent information as appropriate.
- Serves as a liaison with other departments and students within the College in order to provide information on available resources, programs, and/or services.
- Positions in this classification may perform all or some of the responsibilities above and all positions perform other related duties as assigned.
General Technology Solutions
Positions assigned to General Technology Solutions may also be responsible for:
Managing technical resources for assigned campus.
Serving as a liaison between assigned campus and the District.
Web Services
Positions assigned to Web Services may also be responsible for:
Managing the development and support for enterprise-level web applications, including the College web site and the portal environment.
Managing web strategy services, including usability, accessibility, web standards, technology planning, and consulting.
Positions assigned to Telephone Services may also be responsible for:
Managing and overseeing the installation, programming, configuration, and maintenance of telephone switching and voicemail equipment, call accounting systems and communication links.
Troubleshooting the most complex telephone software and hardware problems and providing related end-user support.
Reviewing telephone system capacities and recommending upgrades or re-engineering to improve system performance.
Network Administration
Positions assigned to Network Administration may also be responsible for:
Managing the architectural design of the District's network infrastructure, evaluating products, planning the installation of new products and implementing technology changes in the network.
Managing the daily operation of the network infrastructure including performance monitoring, configuration, and problem resolution.
Overseeing the troubleshooting of the most complex networking problems while ensuring that networking staff members are appropriately trained.
Server Administration
Positions assigned to Server Administration may also be responsible for:
Coordinating and managing strategic and tactical planning, design, and implementation of the District's enterprise, campus, and departmental server infrastructure.
Managing the daily operation of the institution's enterprise servers, including performance monitoring, configuration, and problem resolution.
Customer Support
Positions assigned to Customer Support may also be responsible for:
Performs project planning and management for large-scale system implementation projects, which includes: technology assessment, RFP creation, vendor negotiation, implementation planning, testing, documentation, communication, and budgeting.
Reviewing and documenting departmental expenditures related to hardware, software, equipment, and supplies, which includes coordinating the processing of purchase orders, blanket PO's, and purchasing card transactions, verifying that account coding is correct and the appropriate budget is available.
Serving as the point of contact for software registration, upgrades, and account maintenance.
Media Services
Positions assigned to Media Services may also be responsible for:
Planning, designing, coordinating, and managing classroom media technology, IP-based video, surveillance video, broadcast technologies, and event media support for College campuses and extended campus facilities, including new construction and renovations.
Developing, maintaining, and distributing written standards for wiring, equipment spaces, learning spaces, and production labs, ensuring that all new construction and remodeling comply with college standards for wiring, conduit, equipment closets, and technology-equipped learning spaces.
Information Security
Position assigned to Information Security may also be responsible for:
Leading security planning and information technology governance initiatives as a key member to the TSS information security group.
Managing security application systems and tools including virus protection, technical asset management, user authentication, and intrusion prevention and detection. Functions as a contributor in defining system security and functionality for other business system applications. Conducts vulnerability threat assessments on existing and planned application systems and develops action plans to mitigate security gaps.
Providing technical leadership, expertise and direction working with district and college technical staff for design and implementation of information technology security systems.
Applications Support and Development
Positions assigned to Applications Support and Development may also be responsible for:
Managing support and development of enterprise-level applications, including college ERP, data warehouse, Resource 25, email, and associated databases and middleware.
Developing and implementing strategies and work plans for providing new enterprise applications solutions, as well as keeping the application environment operating at optimal performance and responsive to future and current needs.
Providing technical leadership, expertise and direction; working with district-wide staff, including college data custodians and key business managers for the planning and implementation of enterprise applications.
Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science discipline. Relevant experience may substitute for the degree requirement on a year-for-year basis. Five years progressively responsible, professional information technology experience related to area of assignment, including two years of supervisory experience.
Knowledge of:
- Supervisory principles;
- Budgeting principles;
- Applicable information technology systems in assigned area of responsibility;
- Technological trends;
- Project management principles and practices;
- Analytical methods;
- Computers and applicable software applications;
- Customer service principles.
Demonstrated Skill in:
- Supervising subordinate staff;
- Preparing and/or reviewing reports;
- Providing customer service;
- Managing projects;
- Developing and monitoring budgets;
- Preparing reports;
- Analyzing problems, identifying alternative solutions, projecting consequences of proposed actions, and making recommendations in support of goals;
- Adapting to rapidly changing environments;
- Analyzing business problems and making recommendations based on findings;
- Communicating technical information to a non-technical audience;
- Diagnosing and resolving complex technology issues;
- Analyzing problems, identifying alternative solutions, projecting consequences of proposed actions, and making recommendations in support of goals;
- Monitoring legal and regulatory changes;
- Mediating conflict;
- Conducting negotiations;
- Maintaining confidentiality;
- Designing and developing program plans in assigned area of responsibility;
- Analyzing processes and making recommendations for improvement;
- Researching, analyzing, and applying relevant information to the development of information technology processes and programs;
- Coordinating activities with other internal departments and/or external agencies;
- Preparing a variety of reports related to operational activities, including statistical analysis;
- Developing, recommending, implementing, and monitoring policies, procedures, and work flow;
- Working with diverse academic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds of community college students and staff;
- Utilizing computer technology used for communication, data gathering and reporting;
- Communicating effectively through oral and written mediums.
Work is generally performed in an office environment with frequent interruptions and irregularities in the work schedule. No special coordination beyond that used for normal mobility and handling of everyday objects and materials is needed to perform the job satisfactorily..


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Trees at Mt. Pleasant's Frick Park coming down
After exhausting all efforts to save five trees in Frick Park, Mt. Pleasant Borough Council decided to have them removed.
Councilman Kevin McFeaters, chairman of the borough's parks and recreation committee, said the ash and maple trees located between the retaining wall and the walking track will be removed late March or early April.
"The roots are causing the concrete slabs to heave and create a tripping hazard for people who use the track. There is also a possibility that it is causing a problem with the retaining wall. Part of it is leaning," McFeaters said. "We didn't really want to take them down, but it seems like it's the best thing to do."
Jim Durstine, owner of A-1 Lawn and Tree Service in Hecla, which won the contract to remove the trees, confirmed the roots are causing damage to both the track and the wall. He said the root system of the trees goes down as far as 4 feet then reaches out a few feet past the trees' drip line, or the farthest reaching tips of the branches and leaves.
"The roots are really pushing that retaining wall out," Durstine said.
He said the process to remove the trees should take about a week depending on weather and other factors.
Councilwoman Cynthia Stevenson said the trees have been causing damage for several years, which has been repeatedly repaired over the years. She said council exhausted efforts to keep the trees and a few years ago even had an expert from Penn State look at the trees.
"Nobody likes to see mature trees cut down," Stevenson said. "But even the expert from Penn State recommended the trees come down."
McFeaters said council would like to repair or replace the walking track and the retaining wall, but work cannot be done on either until the trees are removed.
Once that work is complete, he said council will look into what can be planted in that area.
"We do want to replace them with something that will not do damage to the track or the wall," he said.
Linda Harkcom is a freelance writer.


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116. Effect of holding over.—If a lessee or under-lessee of property remains in possession thereof after the determination of the lease granted to the lessee, and the lessor or his legal representative accepts rent from the lessee or under-lessee, or otherwise assents to his continuing in possession, the lease is, in the absence of an agreement to the contrary, renewed from year to year, or from month to month, according to the purpose for which the property is leased, as specified in section 106. Illustrations
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