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To say that Michael Waltrip Racing's entrance into the NASCAR Cup Series division has been a roller coaster ride would be an understatement. However, with two teams making it into the Chase in 2012, the team has finally turned the corner and is getting the respect it needs.
MWR entered the Cup Series with a lot of promise. It had Toyota support and a proven media giant in Michael Waltrip to bring in sponsorship. As things progressed, the team never has lived up to the hype - until this season. Team driver Martin Truex Jr. isn't surprised with the turn of events. In fact, he's expected it all along.
"I don't think it's mind boggling at all," said Truex on the team's recent success. "I think that this is something that we had planned all season. "I felt very strongly after last year how we ended the season. I really felt good about the opportunity to be able to do that."
Truex gives team owners Rob Kauffman and Michael Waltrip all the credit for putting the right pieces together for success.
"I think that the guys did a great job of choosing the right people, putting them in the right places, and it goes back to starting with a solid foundation," continued Truex on his team's ownership. "What Rob and Michael have built at MWR and lured those guys to come over there and see the potential in the race team, that's what got it all started."
Sitting in seventh place in the Chase standings, Truex will not be carrying the Championship Trophy home after Homestead, but he is proud of his team's accomplishments.
"It's obviously been a great season for everybody at Michael Waltrip Racing," commented Truex on his season. "It's obviously a huge step up in the performance of what we've been and of what everyone has been used to seeing with Michael Waltrip Racing. So it's certainly been a pleasure to drive their cars this season. Everybody has done an awesome job."
As he looks ahead to the future, Truex sees a lot of potential for success next season and it begins with strong performances in the last three races.
"It's one of those things where momentum is a big thing," said Truex when asked about next season. "You need to be good on all different types of racetracks. I think we've learned a lot as a team this year about how to be better prepared for next year going in."
With teammate Clint Bowyer sitting third in the title Chase, Truex will have plenty of help preparing for next season. The challenge will be to keep the momentum that they have created at MWR going throughout the off season. I don't see anything getting in their way, except for themselves.
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Just want to start tub-thumping for the first of what we hope will become regular live chats — Tuesday at noon.
These are different than the video chats we used to have, though we still may do a few of those as the season goes on. But in these live chats, you won't have to look at my mug.
I think it will be fairly obvious when you log on to Rangers Report Tuesday at noon, how to ask questions and enter the conversation. Should be fun. I'm looking forward to it (and keeping my fingers crossed that the technology or my lack of knowledge thereof won't backfire).
We can talk about anything you want, including Skid Crosby's triumphant return (or not), the Rangers' glowing performance in Montreal, the upcoming three games in four days, the Winter Classic, firing/trading everybody, etc.
I'll remind youse again in the morning.
Be there.

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Shay Mitchell's Sweet + Sassy Valentine Heart Look: Get It Two Ways
Loving Shay Mitchell's flirty yet edgy Juicy Couture look? Try these two lookalike outfits on for size—one wallet-friendly version, and one for the big spenders!
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Lucy Hale may be the reigning Pretty Little Liars rising fashionista, but she'd better watch out—cast mate Shay Mitchell is hot on her heels!
Shay put in an appearance at last Wednesday's launch of Juicy Couture's new fragrance, the floral- and citrus-scented Couture La La, and wowzers—did she look smokin' or what? Pairing Juicy Couture's Valentine's Heart print dress—a flirty, ruffled number with tiny white hearts printed all over it—with a leather moto jacket and spike heeled booties, she walked the line between sweet and sassy. Fitting, given that when asked to describe her personal style, she replied, "Pretty and punk!"
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We totally fell in love with the look, so of course we couldn't resist putting together our own version of it. At $198, the Juicy Couture dress itself is actually relatively affordable (depending, of course, on your budget); as such, we came up with two ensembles: One for less featuring a wallet-friendly lookalike dress, and one for those of you with a little cash to burn built around the actual Valentine Heart print dress. Whether you're gearing up for a hot Valentine's Day date or you just like a little spice with your sugar, these two looks have you covered!
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10 Things You Didn't Know About A Great Big World
Singer-songwriter duo A Great Big World — comprised of the supremely talented Chad Vaccarino and Ian Axel– are making some serious waves. They've ended up on Christina Aguilera's radar and that's just the tip of the pop music iceberg, as they're nabbing fans left and right with their amazing compositions.
That's what made A Great Big World ripe to participate in our 10 Things You Didn't Know feature. Here, you can learn which member managed the other before they decided to go the team route; whose hair changed texture when he began singing; what their go-to place is while on the road; and much, much more.
Before you dive in and learn key facts and tidbits about the boys in AGBW, check out the video for 'Say Something' here.


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1950s Gumball Machine
I want my list to have only essential articles, that's why I suggest this indispensable 1950s Ford chrome penny gumball machine. Original machine with immacualte chrome and an original glass globe with the baked sticker. The ad card has an original NOS (new old stock) ad card. This machine has its keys and is set to hold small gumballs.


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As you can see, the fall runway produced a very simple and attainable look. For the most part, the makeup was light and the hair was wavy. I have always been a fan of the soft lip and strong eye. Oscar de la Renta's look was a little bit darker than the others, but the women look stunning.
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Anniversaries are a time to take stock, to ask where we have been and where we might be going. 2011 offers three remarkable anniversaries: the economic reform of India and the fall of the Soviet Union, both in 1991; and the terrorist attack on the US on 9/11/2001. What should we think about these three events, today? Here are a few tentative answers.
Is it too soon to tell? Yes. It always is. Each generation changes its view of the past in light of the present. That will continue, if not forever, at least indefinitely. We might well disagree about the significance of events that took place centuries ago. It is far too early to tell what these events might mean. Today, for example, 9/11 looks far less significant than it did at the time. One significant act of nuclear terrorism would transform that judgement.
Which of these events might posterity view as the most important? My guess is that it will be the economic reforms in India. The decision of the Indian government, under prime minister P. V. Narasimha Rao and his then finance minister Manmohan Singh (the present prime minister of India) to launch fundamental economic reforms on July 24 1991, in response to a severe balance of payments crisis, was a world-transforming event, in at least five respects. Read more


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Great Britain's women's curling team progressed to the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics semi-finals on Monday as they concluded their round-robin campaign with victory over Russia and then defeat to Denmark.
Eve Muirhead's world champion rink of Scots had emerged from the morning session, in which they beat the Russians 9-6, lying third and guaranteed of a tie-breaker for a last-four spot at least.
It was then confirmed by the start of their later fixture that they had definitely made it straight into the semis, due to that final session's pre-game draw shots and the average it left them with for the round-robin stage in comparison to their rivals.
When the encounter with Denmark got under way, GB had a 3-2 lead after an opening five ends in which both rinks had stolen twos, and Team Muirhead subsequently posted three in the seventh before stealing another point in the eighth to go 7-4 ahead.
Victory looked assured but GB allowed the Danes, in possession of the hammer, to register three in the 10th, forcing an extra end that Lene Nielsen's rink stole a point from to wrap up an 8-7 triumph when Muirhead misjudged her final stone delivery.
Ending up fourth in the round-robin rankings, GB will meet unbeaten Canada in the last four.
If they had managed to secure a win against Denmark rather than sink to their fourth loss of the campaign, the British rink would have come third and faced defending Olympic champions Sweden, who finished second with seven victories from their nine games, in the last four.
But regarding the way things had panned out, skip Muirhead said: "We came out here with a couple of goals and number one was to make that top four, whether it was in first or fourth. So we are super happy.
"Yes, we didn't finish the way we wanted to in that game there, but I would rather lose that game than lose a knock-out game."
Asked if the team had known at the start of the Denmark game they were already through to the semis, the 23-year-old said: "Roughly, we kind of knew.
"But I didn't want to look into that too much, and we were fully concentrated on the game.
"The ice was slightly tricky tonight, but we played well.
"We had a slack last couple of ends, but I would rather have those ends there, bin it and move on and really come out solid in the semi-final."
On the prospect of the clash with Canada - who they lost 9-6 to in the round-robin stage on Wednesday - Muirhead added: "We've played Jennifer (Jones, the Canadian skip) a lot on tour - we meet her all the time and it is always a really close game against her.
"We will be really looking forward to that.
"I know we are going to have the whole of Britain behind us and hopefully we can do them proud."
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A 40-year-old Jacksonville man was arrested and charged with murder in the killing of another man Friday night at an apartment complex in Mandarin.
Peter Klemm is accused of shooting and killing his friend, 34-year-old John James, in the Hunters Way complex in the 10100 block of Arrowhead Drive.
Police said the two had been out drinking and got into an argument at a bar. They left separately, but live in the same apartment complex, police said.
Investigators said Klemm got his brother to drive him home, and then he got a handgun and went to James' apartment.
James ran, with Klemm chasing after him, and Klemm's brother trying to stop him, police said.
Police said Klemm shot James in the throat, and his brother tackled him, holding him until officers arrived.
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Layke wrote:A word like 'gone' would have a symbol for /g/ without diacritics, a vowel symbol without diacritics for the /ah/ sound, and a symbol for the /n/ sound. However, in a word like 'quick', there would be a symbol for /k/ with diacritics for over it adding the /w/ sound, making it /kw/. There would then be a separate symbol for the /ih/ vowel with one accent over it and the final symbol for /k/. Does that make sense?
Yes, that is what I imagined it was. It is an alphabet, not an abugida or an abjad.


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FIREFIGHTERS are en route to help a man who has become stranded near a river in Leigh.
Crews were called just before 9pm after reports that the man had gone into the river near Plank Lane to retrieve his dog.
It is thought that he managed to get himself and the dog out of the water but found himself stranded on an embankment on the opposite side of the river.
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Urban Fragments, For Sale
Fascinated by the endless possibilities that comes with molding concrete and with a great ambition to provide for those in search of peculiarities, Lyon Beton takes on a new and particular approach to furniture design and production. With much effort placed into the development of a specialized concrete, Lyon Beton's products are characterized by an individualistic and subtle charm enriched through a variation of textural finishes (which can range from a soft, smooth touch to a rough, raw touch) and limitless design potential and robustness resulting from the mold-able properties attained through aided support from wire and fiber reinforcement. Through a combination of creativity, knack for aesthetics, and clever approaches, the company is able to produce pieces that offer a discrete, yet, assertive presence completely unique to the brand. Give your home a pleasant and distinct modern accent unlike any other.


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When you use the renderPDFFormWithUsageRights() method to render and reader-extend PDF documents, there are issues with the locale on the resulting PDF form.
For example, if you use this method to render XDP documents with German locale settings, then those settings are lost. Numeric fields are rendered using the default English locale. If you enter 4555 in a decimal field, it is displayed with the English locale 4,555.00, rather than 4.555,00 in the German locale.
In LiveCycle ES2 (126.96.36.199), specify the default locale in the AdminUI under the Forms service Internationalization settings to handle all cases for your default language. For XDP templates that deviate from your default language, specify the language on the field/subform level in the XDP, or in the PDFRenderFormSpec setLocale() method. These settings will then override the default locale.
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There are a few ways to define the locale for a form rendered through the Forms service in ES2.
- AdminUI
- PDFRenderFormSpec
- XDP form-level
- XDP field/subform level
The default locale for rendered forms is configured in the AdminUI under Home > Services > LiveCycle Forms ES2 > Internationalization. If no locale is specified in the PDFRenderFormSpec in the API or render call, then the form is rendered in the default English locale.
Similarly, you can specify a default locale in the XDP form template with LiveCycle Designer. You can also specify the locale on a field/subform level within the XDP template by using "default" (which inherits the form-level locale). You can also explicitly define the locale in the field/subform properties.
LiveCycle ES2 (184.108.40.206) ignores the form-level locale and respects the locale hierarchy as follows: field/subform, then PDFRenderFormSpec, then AdminUI. This means that a locale (locale 1) specified on the field/subform level will override any different locales (locale 2) specified in the PDFRenderFormSpec and AdminUI. The individual field/subform will then be rendered in the final PDF with locale 1, and the rest of the form with locale 2. It is a product bug that the form-level locale is ignored.
In LiveCycle ES2 SP2 and later versions, Adobe has added add an "Auto" value to the PDFRenderFormSpec setLocale() method, which respects the XDP form-level locale. Then, the locale hierarchy is as follows: field/subform, then form-level, then PDFRenderFormSpec, then AdminUI.
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Procedure on wrist performed earlier today
New York, June 1, 2010 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that forward Artem Anisimov underwent successful surgery earlier today to remove a small bone chip in his right wrist. He sustained the injury on May 23 while skating with Russia in the Gold Medal game at the 2010 World Championship in Cologne, Germany. The procedure was performed by Dr. Martin Posner at the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases in New York. Anisimov is expected to make a full recovery in four to six weeks.


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An Interview With the Latest Rachael vs. Guy Celebrity Castoffby Joseph Erdos in Shows, January 20th, 2013
Every Sunday night, FN Dish gives you the exclusive exit interview with the latest castoff from Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off, the competition show that features celebrities cooking their way through challenges for a chance to win the title of Cook-Off Champion and $50,000 for their chosen charity. This season will have the celebrities facing real-life situations — far from the glamour of the red carpet — and will test more than just their cooking skills.
On tonight's episode, the six remaining celebrities found themselves at Mel's Drive-In. The challenge this time would be to create a full diner experience for the customers. One person from each team would be required to attend the front of the house while the remaining two cooked in the back. The goal was to test the celebrities' adaptability in reinventing three classic diner dishes: the tuna melt, cheeseburger and club sandwich. Unfortunately, Team Guy was not allowed to choose who would make which sandwich, putting them at a disadvantage that landed them in the bottom again.
With the advantage from last week's win, Team Rachael got to assign the dishes to Team Guy, throwing them all for a loop. Johnny was given the club sandwich, Dean the tuna melt and Chilli the cheeseburger. Unfortunately, Dean and Chilli weren't able to deliver the best versions, and the diners voted their dishes the least favorite.
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The two had to face off in a 5-minute milkshake challenge. Dean's boozy Creamsicle-inspired milkshake really impressed Rachael and Guy. Chilli's chocolate, peanut butter and cookies milkshake, on the other hand, wasn't inventive enough to save her. Five celebrities remain to cook next week, with Team Guy down to only two members. Watch Chilli's exit interview below.
Would you have done anything differently in the blind tasting challenge?
Chilli: I was really happy with how my milkshake turned out. I'm glad I incorporated the chocolate, peanut butter and cookies. All those flavors go together. I didn't want to get too busy. Chocolate was the safe choice and I wanted to play it safe. Maybe Rachael and Guy were looking for one of us to step outside the box. Dean definitely did. I was too nervous to step outside of the box, but maybe I should have.
What did you learn from this competition, about cooking or yourself?
C: I've learned so much. I've learned how to be a team player in the kitchen. I'm glad I had this experience because otherwise I would still want to work alone in the kitchen. I've learned not to let anything intimidate me — I don't care if it's a grill or someone else's kitchen; I've learned to adapt to whatever is around me to make it my own thing. When it comes to cooking, I'm going to be at another level now. I'm going to be more adventurous with my recipes and try new things. I'm going to keep in mind some of the recipes I learned here. I'm going to be a beast in my kitchen because of this competition.
What do you take away from this competition?
C: The best part of this experience was meeting everybody. You admire so many people from far away for what they do, but you don't know what they're like in person. I'm always nervous to meet other celebrities. Some are nice just because you're a celebrity too, but you can tell when somebody is not cool. I was pleasantly surprised by everybody. What a blessing it's been to have made new friends. It's so cool to be able to say to people, I know Guy Fieri, I know Rachael Ray. They were so nice and helpful all the time. Guy made us feel good about ourselves. He's such a great guy. I can't stress enough how happy I am that I was able to be a part of this competition and to go home with a bunch of new friends.
How did you like working on a team?
C: Being part of a team helped me grow as a person, and I think it definitely made me a better person, just being able to listen to others more. I'm not a know-it-all. It's good to listen to other people and have their help, because sometimes I can't do it all. Even though I try to, I really do need help sometimes, but I don't always ask.
What do you think about Guy?
C: Guy to me is just a big ball of the most amazing energy. He is a no-nonsense kind of guy. He knows his stuff but he still lends an ear to listen to you and takes into consideration what you have to say. I'm so glad I got a chance to really know him and to see that he is so passionate about what he does. I think that's why he's so great at what he does. You can tell he still wants to expand and be better than he is already. He's amazing. I love Guy.
What's next for you?
C: Even though I didn't win for my charity, I'm still going to keep things moving with Chilli's Crew and work with other people who want to get involved with my charity. A lot of TLC stuff is coming up. It's our 21st anniversary. The TLC biopic is something that T-Boz and I are working on. The script is done and the movie is on its way. We're about to go back in the studio to make new music for the movie. I'm so excited about all of that. I can't wait to get out there and see the fans. Now that I've made new friends here, they're all invited to come and check us out on the road.
Do you think Chilli deserved to go home? Leave a comment below.
For more information on Chilli's charity, visit Chilli's Crew on Facebook.
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Groundbreaking for Mason Neck Trail Rescheduled to March 25
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Groundbreaking for Mason Neck Trail Rescheduled to March 25
A groundbreaking ceremony for Mason Neck Trail will take place at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, March 25, at the entrance of Historic Gunston Hall, 10707 Gunston Road, Mason Neck. Originally scheduled for Feb. 19, the ceremony was postponed due to inclement weather.
The Mason Neck Trail will be built in phases and the first part to be constructed will be located between the entrance to Mason Neck State Park at High Point Road and the southern portion of the Pohick Regional Park just beyond the entrance to Gunston Hall Plantation. The cost for this phase is $350,000. When completed, the trail will provide a continuous 6-mile long, 8-foot wide asphalt trail from Richmond Highway to the Great Marsh Trail near the peninsula of Mason Neck. The trail will be suitable for cyclists, walkers and runners. Its smooth surface will accommodate roller bladers, and equestrian riders will have access at some points. This trail will also connect to the National Heritage Trail along the East Coast stretching from Maine to Florida.
The new trail will improve safety and reduce the hazards to cyclists and motorists. The Mason Neck Trail will be aligned within a 15-foot easement paralleling the north side of Gunston Road. The trail will cross over to the south side of Gunston Road at a point approximately one-half mile south of the entrance to Gunston Hall Plantation. This crossover point will be delineated with safety signage and pavement markings. Protective handrails will also be installed at several locations along the trail.
In the mid-1990s Johan de Leede, a Mason Neck resident, envisioned and made the long term commitment to making a bike trail along Gunston Road become a reality. He, along with Joe Chudzik and other Mason Neck activists, obtained the endorsements of more than thirty community associations. They garnered the support of the Transportation Advisory Board of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, Mason Neck Citizens Association, the Mount Vernon Council of Citizens Association, the Trails Commission, the Planning Commission and ultimately the Board of Supervisors who adopted the plan.
For more information about the groundbreaking ceremony for Mason Neck Trail, call Randall Flowers, Planning and Design Division, Department of Public Works and Environmental Services at 703-324-5800, TTY 711 (Virginia Relay Center).


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Multiple Sclerosis
Setting the standard for childhood MS care
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E. Ann Yeh, MD, director of the Pediatric MS Center of the Jacobs Neurological Institute and assistant professor of neurology at the University of Buffalo
Dr. Bianca Weinstock-Guttman
Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, MD, director of the Pediatric MS Center of the Jacobs Neurological Institute and a neurology professor at the University of Buffalo.
The late Buffalo neurologist Lawrence Jacobs, MD, devoted his career to improving the lives of adults with multiple sclerosis. From his pioneering research he developed the interferon drug Avonex, the most prescribed treatment for individuals with relapsing MS.
Today, specialists at Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo are building on Jacobs' legacy with an eye to the youngest MS patients. At the Pediatric MS Center of the Jacobs Neurological Institute – one of six sites that the National Multiple Sclerosis Society has designated a Center of Excellence – they are setting the standard for childhood MS care while untangling the disease's lingering mysteries.
The Center was established in 2006 with a $1.8 million grant from the National MS Society. Collectively, the six facilities have built a registry of patients that is yielding important clues into the pathogenesis, demographics and natural history of at disorder that, until recently, was thought to occur only in adults.
"What really revolutionized the recognition of multiple sclerosis in children was magnetic resonance imaging," explains E. Ann Yeh, MD, assistant professor of neurology at the University at Buffalo (UB), who directs the center with Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, MD, also a UB neurology professor. "As MRI technology has been more readily available, we have been able to make the diagnosis earlier."
Yeh, Weinstock-Guttman and their colleagues are now using the same technology to distinguish pediatric MS from the adult-onset disease. In 2009, they reported in the journal Brain that children with MS had more brain lesions than their adult counterparts. Measuring two types of brain tissue damage, they found that the overall disease burden was greater in children in the early stages despite the fact that children develop disabilities at a slower pace than adults.
"What we now understand is that while children may look very good on the outside, their brain is affected from the beginning. They will progressively experience loss of reserves," says Weinstock-Guttman.
"They may recover very fast from their initial episodes, so they appear to be doing very well superficially," she adds. "However, because of these brain lesions, progressive deterioration may occur in the long run, after the reserves are depleted. Therefore, we know we have to follow pediatric patients very closely and provide effective preventive therapies."
Comprehensive Care
In addition to Weinstock-Guttman and Yeh, the Pediatric MS Center staff includes a case manager, a pediatric neuropsychologist and pediatric physical, occupational and speech therapists. Physicians in pediatric urology, otolaryngology, psychiatry and neuro-ophthalmology provide care on a case-by-case basis.
"I don't think that families realize before they come here that they'll receive this many services," Yeh says. "Those who self-refer to us are worried, and they're trying to understand more about multiple sclerosis. When they come here, they have the pleasant surprise of seeing all areas of their child's illness addressed."
Pediatric-onset MS comprises up to 5 percent of the 400,000 total cases of multiple sclerosis in the U.S. Extremely rare in children younger than 10, the disorder usually emerges during the stormy years of adolescence.
"Being a teenager without a chronic disease is difficult enough, so many of our patients struggle a great deal," says Weinstock-Guttman. "A few are very optimistic and go through without problems, but others become depressed, complaining of sleeping problems and headaches. It is a challenging time, so we are there to hold their hands, to counsel them and to encourage healthy habits."
That includes discouraging smoking, a potential risk factor in the development and progression of MS. Another concern among teen-age patients: medication compliance. The center recently produced a DVD for the National MS Society in which youngsters share their experiences with the injectable drugs.
Because MS can compromise a child's ability to think, reason and remember, school can be especially trying. The center's social worker, Mary Karpinski, who co-wrote a handbook about pediatric MS for school personnel, serves as a liaison between families and schools, advocating for educational accommodations based on the child's neuropsychology assessment.
"Schools may not be aware that kids are suffering cognitively because their gross motor skills are intact," Yeh points out. "Motor disability progresses at a much slower rate in kids with MS than in adults, so what their teachers see is a student who, from outward appearances, looks fine."
When symptoms do present themselves, teachers don't usually recognize them as such. Lassitude due to impaired nerve conduction may be mislabeled laziness. Illegible handwriting may be attributed to sloppiness when it, in fact, could be a byproduct of optic neuritis, often the heralding manifestation of MS.
"If kids have been significantly affected by optic neuritis they can't see the lines on notebook paper very well," Yeh says. "As a result, their handwriting may be difficult to read because they don't know where to place the words. It's these kinds of things that we help the schools recognize."
While many of the center's patients hail from Buffalo – which has the second-highest rate of MS in the country – children travel from all over the country, and beyond, for treatment. More than 200 pediatric patients receive MS care at Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo, about half of whom have multiple sclerosis or another demyelinating disorder, such as acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, transverse myelitis and Devic's disease.
"The majority of our base is from Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York, but we have seen patients from all over the world, including England and Kuwait," Yeh says. "If they experience exacerbations, local patients will come see us in person, but we usually manage those who are farther away via telephone with their doctors. We prefer it if out-of-town patients can make it here for routine visits twice a year, but because of the time commitment, some families can only make it once a year."
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AVADirect Clevo X7200: Six Cores, SSD RAID, and GTX 480M SLI Yields World's Fastest DTR Notebookby Jarred Walton on 10/7/2010 12:30 AM EST
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CharonPDX - Thursday, October 07, 2010 - linkMy Macintosh Portable weighs 16 pounds. It's a monster. A gigantic behemoth.
This thing weights almost as much. And once you include the power bricks, it's probably a tossup.
And whaddaya know, they're pretty close to the same physical size, too! The Macintosh Portable is 15.25" wide, so this thing is an inch wider; the Macintosh Portable is 14.83" deep, so this thing is 3.5" narrower, but this also has 2" less thickness. (4" for the Portable.)
Although the Macintosh Portable came with a 2 pound lead acid battery that could run it for nearly 10 hours... Or nearly 1400% the battery life of this new behemoth. Reply
MeTechE - Thursday, October 07, 2010 - linkA bit heavy on the memes here, eh? Otherwise an excellent review, what an outrageous notebook... Reply
CharonPDX - Thursday, October 07, 2010 - linkI mean, with that little battery life, it's just a glorified UPS, as you call it.
Why not just go for a dual-socket briefcase computer with a full-blown desktop video card in it? http://www.nextcomputing.com/products/mobile-works...
Their website doesn't list their latest models. While at Intel, I played with one that had dual Xeon L5530s in it, and a GeForce GTX 280. (The fastest GPU available at the time.)
Now you could throw in two 6-core L5640s and a GTX 480 or Radeon 5970. And with its 520W power supply, you could *POSSIBLY* go with a Crossfired pair of 5870s. Reply
yelped - Thursday, October 07, 2010 - linkIsn't X59 under Chipset a Typo? Reply
yelped - Thursday, October 07, 2010 - linkSpotted another one. Under the specifications it says that the USB 3.0 ports are on the right side, a few paragraphs later it states that they are on the left side.
I don't mean to nitpick, just making it look more professional for those who will read it later. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, October 07, 2010 - linkThanks, no problem with the corrections. Got the sides switched in the table. :-) Reply
my_body_is_ready - Thursday, October 07, 2010 - linkChoose one Reply
SteelCity1981 - Thursday, October 07, 2010 - linkReally Clevo, only a 9 cell Battery? At least throw in a 12 cell battery for how much this thing cost. Reply
MrSpadge - Friday, October 08, 2010 - linkAnd that would change what except price?
MrS Reply
jed22281 - Thursday, October 07, 2010 - linkSo who's getting their wallet out?
Pics or it didn't happen!!! :) Reply
Candide08 - Saturday, October 09, 2010 - linkSome companies, like mine, are no longer buying workstations. We are issued "desktop replacement" laptops, like HP 88740W with dual i7 quad cores and 8GB of memory. Throw in Virtual-Box and run one or two other VM's and its workable as a full function portable desktop with 1920 x 1200 screen resolution and a 5.9 Win 7 rating.
The 8740W is not quite a spec'd-out as this, but its in the same league.
Yes, its heavy. Yes, the power brick is huge. Yes, I bought a rolling laptop case. Reply
crackedwiseman - Thursday, October 07, 2010 - linkHonestly, why not go for a desktop GPU with those sort of thermals? You could quadfire a mobile Juniper GPU, or use a vanilla, normally binned 5870 and still come in with the same power draw. Reply
Meaker10 - Sunday, October 10, 2010 - linkBecause:
A: It's easier to cool two separate sources of heat.
B: Moduals are of the smaller size are made already with mobile GPUs.
C: Quadfire would take up more space and would suck for efficiency.
D: Desktop drivers do not have some of the mobility options.
E: Mobile 480M crossfire is faster than a single desktop 5870. Reply
rsgeiger - Thursday, October 07, 2010 - linkI forgot if you guys ever got a review unit from Alienware, or are going to in the near future, but a comparison of the dual GPU notebooks out there would be fun to see.
Otherwise great review! I really read closely this time the Powerdraw, heat, and noise comparisons. This always the most important buying decision I have when buying DTRs. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, October 07, 2010 - linkWe looked at the previous generation M980NU with QX9300 and SLI GTX 280M, which is pretty similar to the older M17x. Now M17x is doing up to i7-940XM, with either HD 5870 CF or GTX 285M SLI. (5870 CF is going to be faster than 285M SLI by around 20-25% I think, but no PhysX or CUDA.) Anyway we updated our gaming benchmarks and don't typically have the opportunity to rerun new tests on previous reviews, which is why we focused on comparisons to desktops.
You can always get a rough estimate by comparing 3DMarks, but it's pretty safe to say the M17x needs a new revision before it's going to come anywhere near the performance of the X7200. Pricing for a maxed out M17x is currently $3900 without the RAID 0 C300 SSDs, so $5000 total with 5870 CF and 8GB RAM. But you have to look at what you're missing: 480M SLI is quite a big jump from 5870 CF, and the i7-980X is, as I mention in the text, about 50% faster than even the i7-940XM. Alienware does have a much nicer LCD panel, though: 1920x1200 with RGB LED backlighting. Reply
Rasterman - Thursday, October 07, 2010 - linkCPU wise the 980x is 136% faster than the 940xm.
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html Reply
5150Joker - Thursday, October 07, 2010 - linkIt's not "much faster" than an M17x with 5870m Crossfire + 940xm. If you look at NBR, you'd see that the 480M SLi barely outpaces the 5870s by a mere 500-800 3dmark vantage points. That's basically nothing. When both are overclocked, the X7200 again does not surpass the M17x, they are about even.
The biggest advantage the X7200 has is the desktop processor but there's a program called ThrottleStop that allows end users to manipulate TDP/TDC + multiplier settings for the 940xm in the M17x. I've gotten the 940xm as high as 3.8 GHz on all 4 cores (8 threads) so again, the X7200's desktop processor advantage is diminished even if it is 6 cores.
You have to keep in mind the X7200 is severely limited by it's 300W PSU as you discovered so there's no real room for overclocking. One of the first users to purchase the X7200 on NBR discovered that his 480m SLI + 980x setup was shutting off during the Mafia 2 benchmark and he was running the system at stock! Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, October 07, 2010 - linkI'm out of town now so I can't test other scenarios, but I ran every benchmark several times and the only thing to ever overload the power brick was Furmark. All the other tests I saw topped out at power draws of around 310W, but it's possible some combination could get that higher. I'd like to know exactly what others have seen overload the PSU, though. Note that I did get beta drivers from NVIDIA for testing (260.80 I think -- the WHQL drivers should release "soon" according to NVIDIA), and that might be why I didn't experience other overloads.
As for performance comparisons, you can't cite 3DMark Vantage as a meaningful item. I include it as a quick point of reference, but it's not a game and it doesn't really behave like most games. Simply getting GPU PhysX to work should boost the score I posted by 1000 or more, but it's ultimately the games that matter.
For gaming, the X7200 with 480M SLI beats the tar out of everything else in the notebook world. If you had a similar X7200 with HD 5870 CF, the difference would be smaller (thanks to having a fast CPU), but with a large cross section of games it's pretty clear 480M is faster. It's also more power hungry by a large amount, though, so I can understand going the 5870 CF route. It's too bad that the only way to do get 5870 CF is the M17x or Clevo X8100, since that also gives up the desktop CPU and you get areas where you're CPU limited. Reply
Meaker10 - Sunday, October 10, 2010 - linkPhysX scores are not valid results for comparisons.
The original intention of the test was for 3rd party physX cards at showing the potential in the future, even then the scores were not valid.
Nvidia twisted this and while it has not been removed, PhysX scores will not appear in comparison searches unless you specifically choose them to. They will never appear in the hall of fame.
Futuremark recommends that reviewers keep PhysX off when using 3dmark to review graphics cards. Reply
silverblue - Thursday, October 07, 2010 - linkOuch... :) I'd be surprised if mine is over 25lb, though it's hardly a power machine. I'd love to have a play with a 50lb desktop... see if the power/weight ratio is favourable. ;) Reply
Iketh - Thursday, October 07, 2010 - linkVery enjoyable read... thanks a bunch!! Reply
Sabresiberian - Thursday, October 07, 2010 - linkI'm not interested in a high-end rig that has to limit its own capabilities to keep from overloading itself. There is no point in paying the nose-bleed price for the extra power the SLI'd 480Ms have if they can't deliver more than the Crossfired Mobility Radeons.
;) Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, October 07, 2010 - linkFurmark is hardly a realistic example of power requirements. I consider it more of a test of whether or not a system will outright crash, or fail gracefully. I'd prefer to see the power brick limit things rather than shutting off and leaving you on battery power, though. Reply
5150Joker - Thursday, October 07, 2010 - linkThe X7200 also shuts off during long gaming sessions that push both the CPU and GPU. The 480M SLi's are a major fail: They're very expensive, they run hot (as evidenced by your furmark results and confirmed on NBR) and they don't outperform Crossfire 5870s by much at all. Reply
marraco - Thursday, October 07, 2010 - linkThe hard disk is a waste of weigth, money and energy.
Once you have 500 Gb of SSD, just use an extenal HD for back up. Reply
marvdmartian - Thursday, October 07, 2010 - linkThat's no moon. It's a space station! Reply
nitrousoxide - Thursday, October 07, 2010 - linkSuch thing should never appear in this universe...because it even overwhelmed the power of Alienware :) Reply
AVADirect - Thursday, October 07, 2010 - link:) Reply
Harmattan - Thursday, October 07, 2010 - link
Sure, you can buy three similarly-powerful desktops for the price of this laptop. However, from years of owning both high-end desktops and laptops, there is nothing like having the versitility and compact efficiency of a DTR/gaming laptop. Just the amount of engineering, design and testing that goes into a top-end gaming laptop will forcibly make them much more expensive than a desktop (which is essencially a bunch of components bolted into a metal box.) On a simpler level, it's just amazing to think you can have something that is 5-10x more powerful than a gaming console in a self-contained 15lb package.
Would be very interesting to see a review of this DTR's closest competitor in brand and GPU, the m17x R2 with 5870 Crossfire. Reply
kallogan - Thursday, October 07, 2010 - linkI'm idling at 25W with a P9600/ 9600MT/15,4" and two hard drives with max brightness. I'm looking for a mainstream laptop which can idle at 15W so 105W not for me ;) Reply
Wolfpup - Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - linkThis article seems to imply that the G73jh/jw uses florescent backlighting, but it's LED, right? Reply
Wolfpup - Thursday, October 14, 2010 - linkOkay, I've been told the G73jh/w are LED backlit, so that's good. Reply
JarredWalton - Saturday, October 16, 2010 - linkThe displays in all of these are the HannStar HSD173PUW1. To my eyes, it *looks* more like CCFL than LED, and the brightness levels are pretty weak (maximum of 180nits or so). I can't find any concrete details, but everyone else appears to thing it's LED backlighting so I might be wrong. Reply
JarredWalton - Saturday, October 16, 2010 - linkUpdate: notice the ASUS page:
They simply list it as "17.3" Full HD (1920x1080)/HD+ (1600x900) Color-Shine (Glare-type)", which would be odd for an LED backlit display. Especially when the G60Vx explicitly states LED backlighting:
http://rog.asus.com/Product.aspx?PId=30#product_ta... Reply
mikeev - Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - linkWhy do you guys never mention the fingerprint sensors on these laptops? I know they're not the most exciting things in the world, but they're pretty nice feature additions. Beats typing in your password every time. Reply
Gonemad - Thursday, November 04, 2010 - linkNow, about the power brick... did Furmark just cause a 'thermal runaway' back there? 410W, are you kidding? That's nearly 40% overload on the nominal brick power, no wonder it cried for mommy and called it a day after some time of testing.
It raises a couple of questions:
1) In the review itself, it is mentioned about other notebook that would actually drain the batteries when the PSU is topped-out. Clevo should go visit the same idea, now knowing that some extreme usage can compromise the PSU. Call it a 'feature'. Call it 'Overdrive' or whatever; it lets you have all the juice you need even overloading the PSU, but it detects the condition, light up a yellow warning light, and lets you do it for, say, 30 mins before cutting BACK, not OUT, the power drain. It doesn´t shut down, not completely. Again, the battery being used as a VOLTAGE STABILIZER looks good.
Well, then again, the benchmark was a deliberate attempt to overload the thing.
2) Aftermarket an even LARGER power brick, this time full-fledged 500W PSU at 4 pounds or higher. Considering everything else, it is not so preposterous.
3) If Anand dumped the original PSU, but kept it going on a LARGER DC source (a good and nice desktop PSU ought do it), how far would it go? Would something else drop out? Reply
Classic Rock - Sunday, November 07, 2010 - linkI have read in the X7200 User forums that Clevo has offered a "Solution" of combining two PSU's together with some sort of adapter. There wasn't a lot of detail where I read it though. Does anyone know anything else about this? Does anyone know if it is possible to get an aftermarket PSU for this rig? Reply
Classic Rock - Sunday, November 07, 2010 - linkAdding to my previous post:
http://www.nextcomputing.com/products/mobile-works... Reply


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Next week, the Pewsey ice queen goes in search of topping off her stunning career medal haul with the glory of Olympic gold but the Wiltshire ace insists that she's barely giving the pressure of her third games a second thought.
Relaxed reigning world champion Rudman has got ice running through her veins as she keeps her sights set solely on ruling in Russia.
"I'm really calm and relaxed going in to it – I'm thinking 'I might podium or I might not' and I'm prepared for whatever happens but that doesn't mean that I'm not going to be competitive," the skeleton star said.
"Everything that I've done this year has been geared up to give me the best chance of doing my best on the track at Sochi. I've done well in the World Cups and I'm really happy with the result that I ended up with (Rudman finished third overall).
"I'm just really proud and excited to be going to my third Olympics.
"I never ever thought that I'd be in the sport for so long and even qualify for one Games – I definitely still pinch myself.
"I'd love to win gold and it's what I'm out there to try and do but I'm still so proud of my silver medal (from Turin 2006).
"A lot of people go through their entire careers without ever winning a major medal.
"I'm not worrying about the pressure because I've just been focussing on what I need to do out there and I just can't wait to go and try to make it happen."
Rudman went in to the Vancouver Games as the top British female competitor, following her silver medal in the World Cup series that year.
This time around, the spotlight is firmly Great Britain teammate Lizzy Yarnold after her superb World Cup gold this season but Rudman says there isn't a rivalry between the two sliders.
"To be honest, it's been quite nice because she's taken the focus away from me and I've just been able to get on with things," she said.
"For many years, myself and Kristan (Bromley, Rudman's fiance and fellow Team GB skeleton athlete) have held the fort, so it's great to see other talent coming through and being successful.
"I'm glad that Lizzy's doing well and to be honest, there's a lot of sportsmanship between all of the athletes from all of the different countries.
"You see the same people at all of the big events and we all get on so well."
After going through the Olympic experience in Italy and Canada, Rudman could be forgiven for developing a few superstitions ahead of her Russian adventure.
She admitted: "I'm a very superstitious person and I do have a few things that I like to do but I won't be saying what they are before Sochi.
"I guess the only one that I can really talk about is that I don't wear any of my specific kit for the Games before I get out there.
"I don't try any of it on beforehand, apart from at the kitting out, and I just wear generic Great Britain stuff in the meantime."
Rudman is also keen to show her gratitude to her home village for once again getting behind her latest Olympic bid.
"Everyone in Pewsey has been great and someone tweeted me to let me know that there's another big good luck banner, which is really nice. The guys there are so cool," she said.
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A free directory to care services in the county, including guidance on paying and what financial help is available from the State, has been published.
It has been produced by Care Choices Ltd, in association with North Yorkshire County Council and the Independent Care Group.
County Councillor Clare Wood, executive member for adult social care, said: "Making decisions about social care can be daunting, particularly for people who have had no involvement with it before.
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BRADLY Carter, the director of Dr Spafish, which had a shop in the Brunel Centre offering fish pedicures, has been disqualified from acting as a director for seven years for failing to maintain adequate accounting records.
The town centre store, which was officially opened by the late former mayor Rex Barnett and his wife Sandra, closed in November 2011 after the craze hit national newspaper headlines the previous month amid reports that it could spread HIV and Hepatitis C.
Following the closure, the Adver reported that staff and customers had been left out of pocket, with workers owed hundreds of pounds in wages and shoppers unable to use their gift and loyalty cards.
Carter's disqualification follows an investigation by the Insolvency Service.
Carter, 44, of Essex, gave an undertaking to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills not to be involved in the promotion, formation or management of a company until October 2020.
Spafish had stores across the country, including the store in Swindon. The company started trading in August 2010 and went into liquidation on November 28, 2011, owing £788,968 to creditors.
The investigation showed that due to the insufficient accounting records for the entire trading period, it was not possible to establish what the company's turnover was, who benefitted from cheques and cash worth £181,953 withdrawn from the company's bank account and what happened to £68,100 received as part payments for franchises. Additionally, due to incomplete payroll records, it was not possible to establish who was employed by Spafish, what they were paid and whether tax had been paid to HM Revenue & Customs.
Furthermore, it was not possible to determine the full extent of losses incurred by customers or who these customers were.
Mark Bruce, a chief examiner at the Insolvency Service said: "Company directors must keep sufficient financial records that show and explain the company's transactions. This director failed to do this and there remain a large number of unexplained transactions, representing significant amounts, over the company's trading period.
"The Insolvency Service will take action against directors who fail to meet these obligations and remove them from the business environment as has happened to Mr Carter."


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Vogelsong stung by long ball in short outing
Right-hander allows five runs on three HRs; offense held in check
DENVER -- The Giants came to Coors Field in search of an antidote to a deep funk up and down their lineup. They felt bolstered by the depth to handle the "if it can happen, it will" nature of the ballpark. But with their bats kept quiet, their starting pitcher out before two complete innings, their long reliever injured after facing one batter and their leadoff man ejected before the seventh-inning stretch, the lopsided 8-2 loss only proved the adage.
Colorado got all the damage it needed in the first frame, sending nine men to the plate and scoring four runs on four hits and two walks. Nolan Arenado started the onslaught with a solo homer off Ryan Vogelsong, and the rest of the runs came on a three-run blast from Wilin Rosario to give the Rockies a lead they'd never relinquish.
"He just could not get the ball where he wanted, and it was just getting away from him and getting up in the zone," Bochy said of Vogelsong. "They took advantage of it."
Vogelsong struggled again in the second, facing four batters and yielding two hits, a walk, and a run. Charlie Blackmon led off with a solo homer into the right-field seats, and after a single from Arenado and a walk to Troy Tulowitzki, manager Bruce Bochy came out to pull his ineffective starter.
It was Vogelsong's shortest outing in 82 starts as a Giant and the shortest start by any National League pitcher this season.
"I'm definitely not happy about it -- it's embarrassing, really," Vogelsong said. "I just didn't throw good pitches tonight. I never got into a rhythm. I just didn't throw the ball where I wanted to and how I wanted to."
David Huff came on in relief and retired Justin Morneau on an inning-ending double-play grounder to third to escape the jam.
Huff received his first at-bat in more than four Major League seasons in the top of the third, beating out a grounder to Tulowitzki for his first big-league hit but hurting himself in the process. Bochy and trainer Dave Groeschner went out to visit Huff and left him in the game long enough to score his first run when Buster Posey grounded into a double play, but Huff did not return to pitch in the bottom of the third.
"It didn't look good," Bochy said of Huff's injury. "He's going to get an MRI on his left quad. More than likely he's probably heading to the DL."
Yusmeiro Petit struggled with his first two batters, yielding a single to Rosario and watching Corey Dickerson's drive sail over the center-field fence, making it 7-1 Rockies. Petit allowed just one more hit and one walk in his four innings.
"He really picked us up," Bochy said. "You hate to have your starter have an off night then lose one of your long men in the 'pen, but Petit did a nice job of getting us deep in the game and saving the bullpen."
The Giants have averaged two runs a game over their last seven and have scored two runs or less in four of their last five. They could smell the hits in Coors Field when they arrived, but they couldn't find them at the plate.
"We haven't really been swinging the bat real well lately," Brandon Crawford said. "It doesn't really matter what's been thrown at us lately, we're just not hitting them."
When the Giants could create opportunities, they couldn't bring them home. They scored a run on a double-play grounder and another on a two-out error in the top of the ninth, going 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position.
"As bad as it went there in the early going, we had our chances to get back in the game," manager Bruce Bochy said. "We just couldn't get a hit to get it going. A couple double-play balls kind of stopped our rallies there. In this ballpark, anything can happen. We just couldn't get the hit line moving."
The Giants threatened in the fifth, when Hunter Pence recorded his second hit of the night, a ground-rule double that bounced over the center-field fence, keeping a potential run from scoring. With one out and runners on second and third, neither Posey nor Michael Morse could bring one home.
"It's been happening all week," Crawford said. "If we could point a finger to it we would and we'd fix it. The first week of the season, everybody was hitting at the same time. We know we're a good hitting team. It's just one of those little funks we're going through."
Rockies starter Jorge De La Rosa gave way to the 'pen after the fifth, and Tommy Kahnle struck out five over two innings to keep the Giants in check.
"They have a good bullpen," Bochy said. "They have some good arms that came out of the bullpen. The numbers are good, too. They've been throwing the ball well. They did tonight." Angel Pagan was called out looking in the seventh, then ejected by home-plate umpire John Tumpane. Bochy indicated Pagan was coming out of the game anyway to give him a rest, with Gregor Blanco slated to finish the game in center even before Pagan was ejected.
"That's why I let him go," Bochy said of his giving Pagan room to argue. "Let him get his money's worth. I knew he was frustrated in the call before, and if there was a bad call, he was probably going to get thrown out.
The Rockies added a run in the eighth on Blackmon's second solo shot, giving the Rockies all eight runs courtesy of five homers, the most the Giants have allowed since May 19, 2010.
"I think it's a big deal," Blackmon said of the series opener. "I really wanted to win the first game of the series and I think we did a great job of that."
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In its quarterfinal match, Penn lost a pair of narrow 1-up decisions on the way to a 3-2 loss to Dartmouth. Austin Powell got Penn off on the right foot, rolling to a 6-and-4 victory. However, the Big Green took the next three matches, as Colin St. Maxens fell 7-and-5 and then Ben Cooley and P.J. Fielding both lost their matches, 1-up. Max Marsico ended the match with a 1-up victory, but it was too late.
In its first consolation match on Saturday afternoon, Penn was matched up with a team of individuals from different schools as a replacement for Columbia, which did not participate in the match. The Quakers rolled to a 5-0 decision, with all five wins coming relatively easily
Penn also handled Cornell on Sunday morning to earn its fifth-place finish. In that match, Powell rolled to a 4-and2 victory before St. Maxens fell, 3 and 2. However, the Quakers swept the final three matches, Cooley winning 1-up, Fielding winning 6 and 5, and Marsico winning 4 and 2.
Freshman Patrick O'Leary was a member of the composite team; he went 0-2 on Saturday, falling to Yale's Joe Willis in the first round, 6 and 5, and then dropping a 6-and-5 decision to teammate St. Maxens in the first consolation match. On Sunday, he fell to Harvard's Un Cho, 6 and 5.
QUARTERFINAL: (4) Dartmouth 3, (5) Penn 2
5. Powell (P) def. Rusk (D), 6 and 4
4. Maziar (D) def. St. Maxens (P), 7 and 5
3. Dai (D) def. Cooley (P), 1-up
2. Edler (D) def. Fielding (P), 1-up
1. Marsico (P) def. Pleat (D), 1-up
CONSOLATION: (5) Penn 5, (8) composite 0
5. Powell (P) def. Mylott (Brown), 5 and 4
4. St. Maxens (P) def. O'Leary (Penn), 6 and 5
3. Cooley (P) def. McCarthy (Harvard), 3 and 1
2. Fielding (P) def. Gerber (Princeton), 3 and 2
1. Marsico (P) def. Greenhalgh (Yale), 7 and 5
FIFTH PLACE: (5) Penn 4, (7) Cornell 1
5. Powell (P) def. Eng (C), 4 and 2
4. Bosse (C) def. St. Maxens (P), 3 and 2
3. Cooley (P) def. Koehler (C), 1-up
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From May through November 2009 the Cedar Falls Annual Read for the Environment (ACRE) partners have planned several community events for all ages. This year, the partnership shares with you the joys of local foods from community gardens to apple cider. Community members will be encouraged to savor slow foods, make new friends, and experience the benefits of laughter yoga as a prescription for lifelong health. Books about growing food, the environment and sustainability will be featured at each event.
ACRE Potluck Picnics
5:30-8 PM - July 11 & September 19
Share good food and conversation… be inspired and humored by guest speakers…laugh and stretch along with registered nurse and certified laughter yoga facilitator Marie Stigliani…and learn about food, environment and gardening books. Activities for children will be available at each event.
All events feature potluck picnics. Bring a hearty appetite, a dish to share (local or regional food encouraged), tableware for your use and, for the May 16 event, picnic blankets or lawn chairs if the weather is pleasant.
Savoring Slow Foods, July 11
Iowa City Chef and Author Kurt Friese will explore and explain the Slow Food movement throughout the American Midwest. Friese's talk and his book A Cook's Journey: Slow Food in the Heartland are eye-openers. With more than 25 years of professional food service experience, Kurt is chef and co-owner of the Iowa City restaurant Devotay, a national leader in sustainable cuisine, and supports local farmers and food artisans. Friese's book will be available at the event, through University Book & Supply, an ACRE partner. Following his presentation, Friese will sign books.
Where: Hartman Reserve Nature Center, 657 Reserve Drive, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Contact: Patty Achey-Cutts--University Book & Supply @ 266-7581 or Hartman Reserve Nature Center @ 277-2187 for more information.
Apples, Cheese, Bees and More, September 19
Popcorn, cheese, honey and apples are great companions. At this fall festival sample and purchase apples from local orchards, buy local popcorn and honey, help make apple cider, and learn to make cheese from Cedar Falls resident Jack Yates. This celebration will end with comedy improv troupe "Half Masted's" tribute to apples.
Where: Hartman Reserve Nature Center, 657 Reserve Drive, Cedar Falls, IA
Contact: Ed Gruenwald--Hartman Reserve Nature Center @ 319-277-2187
Other related community events:
An exhibit-Slow Food to Fast Food: The Way Iowans Ate June 8-August 15
From the 1870s to the 1970s Iowans underwent a major transformation in eating, food preparation and farming habits. Experience Iowans' dining past with historic photos, tableware, linens and more from each decade. Fondly remember family gatherings from days-gone-by and share personal stories.
University Museum, 3219 Hudson Rd., Cedar Falls, IA 319-273-2188
The Perfect Pie Crust July 28, 7 PM
Susan Fletcher, creator of A Slice of Pie, will teach a pie crust making class, share some favorite recipes and discuss the fun of cooking with and preserving family recipes.
University Museum, 3219 Hudson Rd., Cedar Falls, IA 319-273-2188
Northern Iowa Food & Farm Partnership All Iowa Dinner
Each autumn, the Northern Iowa Food & Farm Partnership hosts a dinner celebrating our region's accomplishments in the world of locally grown food. The evening, which features a deliciously prepared meal of local foods, typically includes a keynote presentation and great conversation with fellow diners. The date and keynote for the 2009 annual dinner are yet to be determined. Watch for information at www.niffp.org. Fee charged for this event.
Buy Fresh Buy Local
You may purchase local foods directly from growers at Farmers Markets, farm stands, at grocers, and through purchasing farm shares. In addition, local foods are served at several area restaurants in or near the Cedar Valley. Click here for details.
ACRE Partners
Funded in part by the Resource Enhancement and Protection Conservation Education Program Resource Enhancement and Protection Program (REAP): Invest in Iowa, our outdoors, our heritage, our people. REAP is supported by the state of Iowa, providing funding to public and private partners for natural and cultural resource projects, including water quality, wildlife habitat, soil conservation, parks, trails, historic preservation and more.
Marie Stigliani, RN and Certified Laughter Yoga Facilitator
Recent research shows laughter has a host of health benefits, from reducing stress hormones to strengthening the immune system. It relaxes your muscles, opens your arteries, improves blood flow, helps metabolize sugar, and releases endorphins-the body's natural painkillers. Marie was trained in laughter yoga techniques developed by Dr. Madan Kataria, and Indian physician. She participates in a laughter club in Cedar Falls where she laughs through her days as a wife, mother, dog walker, yogurt maker and novice gardener. She believes laughter is contagious and invites you to come and snicker, giggle, chortle, chuckle, hahaha, and hohoho along with her.
Iowa City Chef and Author Kurt Friese
Kurt Friese will explore and explain the Slow Food movement throughout the American Midwest. If you haven't heard of the Slow Food movement, Friese's talk and his book-A Cook's Journey, Slow Food in the Heartland-are eye-openers. If you are aware of Slow Food you will be amazed and pleased to learn of the remarkable diversity that this region of the country provides. Brick oven cooking and traditional Prosciutto in Iowa; micro-breweries in Ann Arbor and St. Louis; family recipes from Italy in Kansas City; even the rebirth of Al Capone's prohibition rye whiskey.
With more than 25 years of professional food service experience, Kurt has been chef and owner, with his wife Kim McWane Friese, of the Iowa City restaurant Devotay for 12 years. Devotay is a community leader in sustainable cuisine, supporting local farmers and food artisans.


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Late Running Parkway Road Work Causes Major Delays
Late running road work on the Garden State Parkway that caused massive delays for Friday morning commuters can be delayed on waiting for asphalt to dry.
Parkway spokesman Thomas Feeney in an email explained that the contractor was supposed to be done by 6 a.m. and start picking up at #137 (Route 28) in Cranford. "The road was all torn up at 6 a.m. but they were still waiting on the asphalt to repave it so it couldn't reopen," he wrote.
The Garden State Parkway responded to a tweet from New Jersey 101.5 when all the lanes started to be reopened around 8 a.m.
@nj1015 The work is complete. The contractor is picking up the closing now. All lanes should be open shortly.
— Garden State Parkway (@GSParkway) October 25, 2013
The delay in clearing the work closed three of five lanes for northbound drivers causing a 10-mile delay that stretched back to the Driscoll Bridge.
New Jersey Fast Traffic's Bob Williams says it took some drivers 90 minutes to get through the delay.
Routes 9 and 35 were also affected by the Parkway slowdown.
Feeney said the Parkway will discuss with the contractor what went wrong sometime during the day on Friday.


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Welcome back to the FT's rolling coverage of the eurozone crisis. By Esther Bintliff and John Aglionby on the world news desk, with contributions from correspondents around the world. All times GMT.
Europe's two new technocratic prime ministers consolidated their respective grips on power today. Lucas Papademos in Greece won a confidence vote in parliament, while Mario Monti, his Italian counterpart, announced his new cabinet and was sworn in as prime minister.
19.03: We're going to wrap up the live blog for tonight, but you can read lots more on FT.com. Here's a quick update on today's events:
- In Greece, prime minister Lucas Papademos won an overwhelming vote of confidence in his new interim government – 255 votes in favour, 38 against
- Charles Dallara, managing director of the Institute for International Finance, is about to meet with Mr Papademos (see our 12.15 update). The IIF has been negotiating with Greece on behalf of investors holding Greek sovereign debt
- In Italy, Mario Monti unveiled his new technocrat cabinet (see our 12.52 update, and this article) and said he would serve as both prime minister and finance minister. "We finally have a competent government, not one of dwarves and ballerinas," declared Antonio di Pietro, former anti-graft magistrate and head of the Italy of Values party.
- Italy's statistics agency spooked the market by announcing that it wouldn't be releasing preliminary Q3 GDP data
- The number of jobless in the UK reached 2.62m, a 15-year high, while the number of young unemployed topped one million for the first time since these records began in 1992
- In its November Inflation report the Bank of England revised downwards its growth and inflation forecasts, and prompted economists to predict that quantitative easing would be ramped up sooner than expected
- Mervyn King, the Bank of England governor, said he had "great sympathy" with the ECB in "not going around and buying all sorts of assets"
- Angela Merkel said Germany was prepared to "give up a little bit of national sovereignty" in the name of strengthening the wider eurozone area (see 13.44 update)
- Portugal passed its latest troika exam - or rather, the European Union and International Monetary Fund approved the disbursal of the next €8bn tranche of the country's €78bn financial rescue package after concluding a second quarterly review of the the government's progress with the bail-out programme (16.04 update)
- Italy's 10-year government bond yield spent the day fluctuating around 7 per cent – and finally settling at that level, reports Dave Shellock on our markets team. Reported buying by the European Central Bank of both Italian and Spanish debt offered only limited support


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