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- Sacramento City Unified School District Board Members
- Jeff CuneoPresident, Board of Education, Area 2
- Patrick KennedyVice President, Area 7
- Darrel WooSecond Vice President, Board of Education, Area 6
- Gustavo ArroyoBoard of Education Member, Area 4
- Jay HansenBoard of Education Member, Area 1
- Diana RodriguezBoard of Education Member, Area 5
- Christina PritchettBoard of Education Member, Area 3
Sacramento City Unified School District: Vote NO on the school closures!
Too many questions, too little time!
On January 17, 2013, the Sacramento Unified School District proposed to close 11 elementary schools. The District plans to take a vote on February 21, 2013 on a finalized closure plan, providing parents, students and the community with very short notification of this sweeping proposal and little-to-no involvement in the process. We – the parents, students, and community – demand the District follow "Closing a School Best Practices" guidelines, as enumerated by the California Department of Education, by extending the decision-making process to 7 months.
We believe the current process to close 11 schools is not transparent and does not allow enough time for our parents and community members to understand the process and provide the District informed input.
We, the undersigned, urge all SCUSD Board Members to vote NO on February 21st and for the District to create a process, using best practices, that takes into consideration the concerns and needs of parents and students. We need to put our children first! Thank you.
- Sacramento City Unified School District Board Members
- President, Board of Education, Area 2
Jeff Cuneo
- Vice President, Area 7
Patrick Kennedy
- Second Vice President, Board of Education, Area 6
Darrel Woo
- Board of Education Member, Area 4
Gustavo Arroyo
- Board of Education Member, Area 1
Jay Hansen
- Board of Education Member, Area 5
Diana Rodriguez
- Board of Education Member, Area 3
Christina Pritchett
Please put students first by voting NO on the school closures at the February 21st Board Meeting. Please create a process that takes into consideration the concerns and needs of parents and community.
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A Chinese company, Henan Guoji, is proposing to invest $200m in Lumley Beach - one of the most beautiful beaches in West Africa - in a project which could see the construction of hotels, conference centres, sports facilities, a casino and nightclub, and a promenade.
"The Chinese have seen an opportunity," Cecil Williams, the director of Sierra Leone's National Tourist Board, told the BBC World Service.
"The Chinese are moving very fast in Africa... regardless of whether it is stable or not, they are taking a risk.
"You have to take a risk in Africa if you want to succeed."
As in many places, China's rapid growth and economic expansion mean it is heading into a great number of markets worldwide.
Africa - and even Sierra Leone, the poorest country in the world according to the UN - is no exception.
Councillor Rachid Davis said the project would benefit the whole country.
Councillor Davis said he believed that the investment would provide a huge number of jobs.
This positive outlook is generally shared by the people in the Lumley Beach area. High, long-term unemployment means the prospect of jobs is generally received warmly.
However, some have been told they must move to make way for the development.
"If it happens, I will be out on the street - nowhere to sleep, nowhere to rest," one resident said
Post-war reconstruction in Sierra Leone has been swift. While the Lumley Beach project is still at an early stage, another project, this time funded by a Chinese state-owned company, is already up and running - the complete restoration Sierra Leone's largest hotel, the Bintumani.
During the war, the hotel was forcefully occupied by rebels. It was then stripped and looted, with every removable item taken and sold - including the windows and doors.
But the Beijing Urban Construction Group bought the hotel and restored it, spending $10m on refurbishment.
"The Chinese and Sierra Leone governments have a very good relationship," said Mr Wong, the Chinese manager of the hotel.
"We wanted to further the friendship, so that was one reason why our company came here and investment."
He also stressed the opportunities in Africa, and said that the approach of China was "high-risk is high-profit."
"We will make money here," he added.
Commercial motivation
China's interest in Africa is not entirely new.
During the Cold War, when African countries were often used as proxy states in the battle between East and West, China paid for stadiums, dams, and most famously the Tanzam railway between Zambia and Tanzania.
"During the past few years, China's economy developed so fast - as people have seen - and as well as this development, the Chinese government is encouraging companies to go outside to invest," Henan Guoji's deputy manager Chu Mingren said.
Sierra Leone's President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah said that he saw China as a "key partner".
"They not only showed interest in investment in Sierra Leone after the war, but they did during the war and before," he said.
"This we appreciate very much."
He also pointed out that Sierra Leone's backing of China's admission into the United Nations in 1971 had been a key moment in the countries' relationship.
"I think the Chinese are aware of this - so they're just being grateful to us for what we did."
'Economic disaster'
But he added that he also believed China was looking for places for its "surplus population" to go.
"The size of their country is limited - it cannot be expanded," he said.
"There is no more room... that is one of the reasons why they are looking outside for some expansion. That's my judgement of the situation."
One is that China might bring its own workers into the country, rather than using domestic labour - as it has already done in Algeria and Sudan.
Sam King, a Freetown businessman, said this would be an "economic disaster."
"If you have to import labour in the face of poverty and unemployment... it is not going to help the country," he said.
"It will have a negative impact on the people."
And he also said he believed there were less benign motives behind China's investment in so many parts of the world.
"I believe it is a strategy to make their presence felt," he added.
"They now consider they are building themselves as a world power... I believe it is both strategic and economic," he said.

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After months of speculation regarding a Rolling Stones 50th anniversary tour next year and a recent announcement from Keith Richards that he, Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood and (presumably) the rest of the Stones touring band would convene for rehearsal in London in December, Mick Jagger is finally entering into the fray.
Keith has now announced that he and Mick will sit down in the coming weeks and decide exactly what 2012 will hold for the world's greatest rock and roll band.
Richards explained to NME that he's hopeful that the New Year will find the band back on the road, admitting, "I don't see why in the world the Stones can't put together some kind of show next year. I'd almost count on it. It doesn't have to be the whole spectacle bull*** again, but we've got to find our own way through this."
Yes, a major concert tour is a big undertaking, but how many meetings and discussions do they need to go through before making up their minds?
Wood stated recently that Mick and Keith need to go through a "healing process", but when hasn't their been a Stones tour where there's been rumours of those two not getting along?
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The global financial crises has forced every industry to get a little creative. Rather than go with the stodgy "buy one get one free" approach of many struggling industries, the Czech health care system is wooing its nurses with unusual pizazz. Like most countries around the world, the Czech Republic's health care system is teetering on the brink of collapse, in part due to the nursing shortage. The Czech Republic is in a particular bind: Nurses are emigrating to other countries for better pay and opportunity while fewer people are training to become nurses due to the negative stereotypes left over from communism. The idea of using incentives to encourage employees to renew their contracts is hardly newsworthy. The fact that some Czech medical establishments are using incentives like free breast implants, liposuction and tummy tucks does raise my eyebrows. (Not for long, however, should I decide to become a Czech nurse and opt for a face lift or Botox.)Now, before you start getting all hot and bothered let's clear up a few facts:
- The nurses do not have to go under the knife to keep their jobs. The free boob job is a perk should a nurse herself chose to continue in her current job. No one will be penalized or unable to renew a contract because she does not want plastic surgery (just to note this offer is extended to male nurses and so far one has signed up for lipo).
- Offering free plastic surgery to a predominantly female dominated profession complete with stereotypes and kinky fantasies sounds bad. At first it seems blatantly sexist and demeaning to sex-up nurses, but after a ponder I have a different spin. What if companies are just offering what the women want? What is the use of an incentive that is incentiveless? Plastic surgery is absurdly popular in the U.S. and apparently even more so in Eastern Europe. If the Czechs love their Beauty Pageants as much as we love American Idol, then in a crazy twisted way, is winning a little lipo that different than winning a private singing lesson with Adam Lambert? If a couple of fake knockers keep the Czech health care system from tanking, can a bit of silicone really be that bad?
- Plastic surgery is not the only form of incentive: it's not silicone valleys or zilch. OK, I admit the nonsurgical alternatives are pretty lame (free German lessons tops the list), but at least this way it's not as if nurses who chose to go au naturale are missing out. Every nurse who signs up gets something, the only reason this story is getting any attention at all is that some of the "somethings" are controversial.
At the end of the day I get why some women are freaked out and consider the surgical incentives degrading. I would have a problem if women were being forced to have the surgery, but that isn't the case. The Czech Republic is desperate for nurses, good-looking or not. Breast implants are not the most PC perk I have ever heard of, but unusual times call for unusual
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NEW PORT RICHEY — Pasco County officials rescinded a $400,000 grant Tuesday for St. Jude's Veterans Resource Center, closing the book on the group's efforts to create a transitional housing facility.
The vote was part of the County Commission's consent agenda, approved unanimously without discussion.
Officials had earmarked the money last year for St. Jude's, which wanted to create a temporary housing center where homeless veterans could receive counseling and other support. This spring, St. Jude's proposed converting the former Immanuel Lutheran Church off Ridge Road into a 30-bed facility.
But the plans unraveled amid intense neighborhood opposition and questions about St. Jude's founder, Morson Livingston, a former Catholic priest who left his Army chaplain's post in 2001 after a blistering reprimand over sexual harassment allegations. As Livingston's military records surfaced, key board members, including Maj. Gen. Wayne Rollings and his wife, Gwen, left St. Jude's, and the contract to buy the church property was terminated.
A subsequent Times investigation found St. Jude's had been operating deeply in the red, spending about $2.15 for every $1 it took in. Livingston had his own financial troubles, facing foreclosure proceedings at various times on three homes. And his claims of serving in Bosnia, as well as the origin of three of the ribbons on the dress uniform he wears to events, were not reflected in military records obtained by the Times.
Livingston refused to answer any questions about those issues.
Then, last month, he sent an e-mail to county officials saying: "I am not interested in doing anything in Pasco County at this time, so consider this as a revocation of any funding request for any project for our organization."
In a memo last month proposing to withdraw the funding, county officials described St. Jude's members as "very confrontational" with neighbors who questioned the project. The county's Community Development Division "now feels that the agency does not have the capacity to operate such a large facility," division manager George Romagnoli wrote.
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Ilkley Parish Council's clerk has announced his resignation after two years in the role.
Alan Draper is leaving the council for a new job. The council is preparing to start the recruitment process to find a replacement. Councillors have been asked to volunteer to work in the parish office at Ilkley Town Hall, assisting deputy clerk, Fiona Birdsall. The parish council says it may be necessary to close the office for a day or two on occasion and, if so, details will be given on the council's website, parishcouncil.ilkley.org.
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Sixth Grade Academy annex construction on schedule in McKeesport
A project designed to bring McKeesport Area School District middle-schoolers together with the latest technology is on schedule for completion by the beginning of 2015.
Officials broke ground on the new Sixth Grade Academy, also known as the Founders' Hall Annex, at Founders' Hall Middle School in mid-November.
"The project is on schedule right now. We have structural steel going up in areas," said construction manager Joseph Brennan of PJ Dick Inc.
Masonry, electrical and plumbing work is being done in the locker room areas.
"We've started installation of piping down on the ground floor in the existing building, and we're putting pipes and hangers up in the second floor of the existing building to feed the new heating and air conditioning system," Brennan said. "We're well on our way here."
Brennan said classes at Founders' Hall are not being disrupted as a result of the construction.
School directors unanimously awarded bids for the Founders' Hall addition/renovation project in August.
Bids were awarded to Gurtner Construction for general contracting at $8,685,000, A-1 Electric for electrical construction at $1,294,000, R&B Mechanical for mechanical work at $3,510,000, and Wheels Mechanical for plumbing at $885,500.
The awards were subject to appropriate state PlanCon approvals, the issuance of all applicable permits, compliance with Act 34 requirements and review by district Solicitor Gary Matta.
PlanCon, or the planning and construction workbook, is a set of forms and procedures used to apply for state reimbursement.
Act 34 requires that a public hearing be held on all new construction and substantial additions for second-, third- and fourth-class school districts. It applies only to costs for new construction, and the hearings are to inform the public of the proposed project.
The district had two Department of Education-required hearings for the academy. The second one was for a projected increase in project costs.
Several change orders were approved since then, both decreasing and increasing the cost of work.
Brennan said there was a $16,400 deduction for gymnasium flooring by the general contractor. An increase of $5,627 for sanitary tap modifications along Eden Park Boulevard and an increase of $27,049 for the relocation of a gas line were processed for Wheels Mechanical.
R&B Mechanical and A-1 Electric had no change orders processed to date, Brennan said.
"There are several reasons (for) change orders," Brennan said. "It could be an error or an omission on the architect's part, the designer's part. It could be an unforeseen condition such as the gas line relocation ... Then there are things that come up throughout the duration of the project. That's pretty common. Substantial completion (will be done) by Dec. 14. Final completion (is due) by Jan. 9, 2015."
Substantial completion means the academy will be ready for occupancy. There may be some punch list items the architect would want done by the contractors.
"I think things are going quite well right now," Brennan said. "With all this rain it doesn't make the excavation and the footer work too easy. We have to try and stay on schedule even though we have these weather constraints. I'd like to see a little less rain, put it that way."
Ryan Pierce of JC Pierce LLC is the architect of the 45,000-square-foot two-story academy along Eden Park Boulevard.
It will contain 16 classrooms, one life-skills room, a large faculty space, a large group instruction room, a dedicated science lab and two small group instruction rooms. The basement level will have a semi-finished wrestling practice room and locker rooms.
"This was part of the complete kindergarten through sixth-grade realignment in the McKeesport Area School District," district spokesperson Kristen Davis said. "We wanted to continue offering our students in the district the best learning opportunities. We were able to build a new building and add additions to two of our existing buildings, creating a state-of-the-art learning experience for our students.
"Additionally, going from four K-5 buildings down to two is a great cost savings in regards to utilities and day-to-day operating costs. Enabling the sixth-grade to join the existing seventh- and eighth-grade building promotes a true middle school feeling on this campus."
Twin Rivers Primary and Intermediate are the new schools the district built at 1600 and 1602 Cornell St. to consolidate elementary classes. They opened earlier this year.
Michael DiVittorio is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-664-9161, ext. 1965 .


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Universal screening of miscarriage patients could result in more live births says top UK-based Irish researcher - 8 March 2013
Dr Karen Breen, consultant in haemostasis and thrombosis, Guys and St Thomas's Hospital, London, said last week at a conference in The Rotunda Hospital, Dublin that more women with recurrent miscarriages should be screened for a particular disease, antiphospholipid syndrome. Once detected, it could result in better specific treatments and improve chances of a successful pregnancy. She said that the syndrome was both under-recognised and under-diagnosed amongst miscarrying women.
In her keynote address to the Maternal Medicine Clinical Update 2013, held in the Pillar Room at the Rotunda Hospital, on 8 March, Dr Breen said that a multi-disciplinary approach to the management of pregnancy would benefit these kinds of patients enormously.
Dr Breen outlined advances in the management of antiphospholipid syndrome in pregnancy and stressed that with the 'best treatment women can still have successful pregnancies'. Management should be carried out by a multi-disciplinary team, she stressed. Dr Breen is a TCD graduate, and completed the haematology specialist training scheme in Ireland. Three years ago, she went to Guys and St Thomas's to conduct research and was appointed as a consultant a year ago. Her current research has a translational focus with the aim of improving clinical outcomes. In addition to antiphospholipids, she is also investigating the role of complement.
The Maternal Medicine day, which was convened by Dr Fionnuala Ni Ainle, consultant haematologist in the Rotunda and sponsored by an educational grant from LEO Pharma, was well attended with some 150 delegates listening to presentations. Dr Maeve Eogan, consultant obstetrician in the Rotunda hospital, opened the day with a talk on the management of maternal infectious diseases in pregnancy. Dr Jeremy Sargent, consultant haematologist, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, spoke about challenges in managing haematological malignancy during pregnancy while Dr Peter McKenna, clinical director and consultant obstetrician in the Rotunda, addressed the issues of cardiac disease and pregnancy.A keynote talk by Dr John Stinson, senior international medical adviser in thrombosis, LEO, Ireland, discussed the use of tinzaparin in pregnancy – real life data and practical issues.
In the afternoon, Dr Karen Murphy, consultant haematologist in the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, provided a haematologist's perspective on major obstetric haemorrhage. This was followed, appositely, by an outline, by Dr Niamh Hayes, consultant anaesthetist, of the experience of the Rotunda hospital in using intraoperative cell salvage in major obstetric haemorrhage.
Dr Anne Fortune, consultant haematologist, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, discussed the prevention and management of RhD sensitisation in pregnancy while Dr Joan Fitzgerald, consultant haematologist in the Irish Blood Transfusion Service, discussed fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia. Dr Beatrice Nolan spoke of the management of bleeding disorders in pregnancy. Dr Sam-Coulter Smith, Master, Rotunda Hospital, closed a busy, lively and informative day with a final reflection on the need for a multi-disciplinary approach to the management of pregnancy.


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Best Buy Will Begin To Sell Electric Cars
Best Buy is considering to offer electric vehicles in the future for customers. The popular electronics store has already started talks with smaller automakers about the idea, mainly startups. Best Buy has claimed that the "conversations are going well" and that they are excited about several partnerships, although they are unable to disclose specifics at this point in time.
Best Buy notes that it is a reasonable progression for the company since they started selling charging stations for electric cars as well as electric motorcycles of the past few years. Not only does it seem logical from this point of view, but given the fact that Best Buy receives so much traffic on a weekly basis, it just makes sense for early adopters of technology to want to buy an electric car from an electronics store. Just add two and two together.
Best Buy also mentions the fact that looking at cars in a Best Buy store provides customers with the opportunity to comfortably learn more about the automobile in a non threatening environment (as opposed to a dealership). I would have to agree, it sounds like a wise decision for Best Buy and I would imagine they'd be able to sell many more cars than any standard dealership. We will update when we have more information about which car companies will be on board with Best Buy's initiative.
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As an RN & FNP student with years of critical care and teaching experience and a Master's degree as a clinical nurse specialist, I do not see the lack of a collaborative agreement as a threat to quality patient care. Just as with any profession, the consumer must evaluate the qualifications of the provider they select. There is good and bad in every profession. Maintaining a collaborative relationship for the first 3 years of APRN practice, just as I believe NYS did, should be adequate protection. Many collaborating physicians do not take an active role in the practice of the APRN and serve only as a back up in case of a complicated medical problem. The skill of any practitioner also rests on their ability to recognize their own limitations, physicians included, and when it is appropriate to refer the patient to a specialist who possesses the advanced expertise the client's medical condition requires. While there are many excellent, qualified PA's in practice, keep in mind that PA training is typically only 2 years, and a PA must practice under continued supervision of a qualified MD. It is a completely different scope of practice and training requirement..
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I appreciate the comments from CT Nurse. That is too bad about Nebraska and CT. I will say that it has been completely eye-opening having just become an FNP and seeking first job. The lack of standardization across the states is evidence of the politics involved, not quality issues. I have 18 yrs of RN experience and none of that is taken into consideration with the "requirements" to practice in my state. We should all be collaborating no matter the discipline and it's becoming more and more clear that health care is a team effort. Which makes formalizing these arrangements very suspect, because you can't practice without it in some states! How convenient. The Federal Trade Commission thinks so too and they are investigating the issue as the anti-competition problem that it is. Because if in one state I need this and such requirement to practice, but not in another state, and a 3rd state has a whole different set of rules/regs, that is a problem. The Consensus Model for APRNS would help. Does medical practice regulation vary that much state by state?.
Hi New NP! Congratulations on passing your boards and your first job! I think the regulation is more in nursing practice which varies between states than medical practice. I do think there should be standardization across state lines, especially since there is a national certification process for NP's if I understand correctly. MD's focus on the number of hours in school, internships and residencies, but few MD's or PA's have the hours of bedside direct care experience that many RN's do. In addition, NP training requires a minimum of a Master's degree. In my case, my FNP is 33 additional credits on top of the 42 in my Master's program as I have elected a Post Master's program, and perhaps will consider a DNP at some point. I was AACN certified for 15 years and that exam was very difficult, not to mention the required clinical hours and CE credits to maintain certification. I would imagine there are some MD's in practice today who would not know how to wean a patient from a ventilator or interpret a PA wedge pressure. It seems to be evolving into a turf war instead of a collaboration. There are plenty of stories of MD's who treated patients when they should have referred them to specialists, and the ensuing consequences of that action..
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There are schools turning out nurse practitioners who come in with other degrees and fast track through a BSN program with scant clinical experience, go into Masters programs with very little clinical experience, and the nursing programs have many questionable courses. Physicians are more comfortable with PA programs because they follow a medical model. Nursing has multiple models supposedly based on the nursing process, not always science based, and is turning out practitioners without strong science backgrounds. PAs follow algorithms and don't have the critical thinking skills of either physicians or nurses. But everyone learns on the job and that's why experience counts. Unfortunately the best lessons learned in life are the ones we learn from our mistakes. In the litigious society in which we live these are dangerous times..


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HP WebOS Patents: Are Samsung, Nokia and Microsoft Bidding? HP's webOS patent portfolio is on the block and Samsung is just the right customer.
Mozilla Previews Firefox For Tablets Mozilla steps up to challenges over its relevance with more than simply a large-screen adaptation of its smartphone app. But it should be doing more.
Sony Android Tablets: Launch Dates, Pricing Released Do these Android Honeycomb tablets have a chance against the iPad?
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Justice Department Sues To Stop AT&T T-Mobile Deal AT&T's planned acquisition of T-Mobile has met with some fierce resistance, now DOJ antitrust complaint could leave deal dead in the water.
HTC JetStream Brings LTE Tablet Power To AT&T AT&T and HTC announced a new Android tablet that features a 10.1-inch display, 1.5GHz dual-core processor, and Long Term Evolution 4G.
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Regulating Mobile Apps: Where Do We Draw The Line? Critics call the FDA a control freak, while others see the agency as a key public health guardian. A recent hacking experiment suggests the latter.
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Sprint: 'No Comment' On iPhone 5 Another report suggests that the iPhone 5's display may be smaller than initially thought.
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HP Must Decide What It Wants To Be CEO Leo Apotheker must articulate a vision that HP's employees can rally around and customers can understand.
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Lauren Sardi, assistant professor of sociology at Quinnipiac University, is scheduled to explain why Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has a teenage girl following on radio stations across America.
Sardi, who said Tsarnaev " 'appears' normal, approachable and even charismatic," will offer insight on:
- WTIC-AM, of Hartford, with host Ray Dunaway at 6:20 a.m. on Friday, July 19.
- WDRC-AM, of Hartford, Torrington, Waterbury and Meriden with host Brad Davis at 7:20 a.m. on Friday, July 19.
- WDEL-AM, of Wilmington, Del., with host Allan Loudell at 12:15 p.m. on Friday, July 19.
- WCCO-AM, of Minneapolis, with host Steve "Moose" Miller at 7:35 p.m. on Saturday, July 20.
"It makes sense that Tsarnaev has a teenage girl following because he 'appears' normal, approachable and even charismatic," Sardi said. "I think the larger picture to take away from this is not necessarily who teenage girls are choosing to focus on, but rather the fact that terrorists do not necessarily fit the stereotyped profile that we as a culture have tried to place them into. What's even more interesting about the 'Rolling Stone' cover is the description of Tsarnaev as essentially being a 'normal' student who was sort of forced into doing what he did. So he's not really considered an active criminal in this case. We can juxtapose this with the discourse surrounding the Trayvon Martin case, in which George Zimmerman was found to be not guilty because Martin 'directly caused' his own death."
To speak to Sardi, please call John Morgan, associate vice president for public relations at Quinnipiac, at 203-206-4449 (cell) or 203-582-5359 (office.)
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New research suggests that a mother's ability to determine whether her child is overweight and at risk for physical health problems depends on her own weight. Overweight mothers seem to have a tendency of underestimating their child's weight, according to the findings of Dr. Petra Warschburger and Katja Kroller of the University of Potsdam in Germany. However, they do recognize that being overweight can lead to mental health problems for children because the mothers "experience weight-related emotional strain," according to researchers. Since many of the mothers were able to accurately determine whether an unrelated child was overweight, researchers believe the mothers' judgment of their children is affected by their emotions not a universal inability to recognize overweight children. [Reuters]
But their could be some hope for overweight children who become overweight or obese teens… Researchers at the University of Southern California are trying to motivate obese teens via text messages. Teens will be hooked into a wireless device "that includes an accelerometer, a heart rate monitor, a GPS device and a sensor that measures the electrical conductivity of skin." The sensors will know whether the teenager is active or stationary. And if the research team concludes that the youth has been parked in one spot too long, the teen will receive a series of texts prompting them to make moves. One team member said, "We'd like to be able to ping you and say, 'You've been inactive for six hours, and your friend Courtney is three miles away and running — there's an activity possibility for you.' " [SunSentinel.com]


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More than half a dozen U.S. dairy farm organizations met earlier this week to review a handful of concepts designed to improve dairy farm prices and offer long-term solutions to the economic volatility afflicting farmers across the country.
The National Milk Producers Federation's new Strategic Planning Task force hosted a meeting Monday and Tuesday "to consider both how the current milk price crisis developed, and how best to reduce the chances that a similar situation could arise in the future," explains Jerry Kozak, president and chief executive officer of NMPF. "Coming out of the meeting, I believe we have a keener sense of what has brought us to this point, and we definitely have a stronger sense that the industry needs to make significant changes in the economic regulation of milk prices."
The Task Force spent much of Monday reviewing a plan to manage milk supply growth by assigning production bases to farmers, a program endorsed jointly by the Holstein Association USA, the Milk Producers Council and Dairy Farmers Working Together. Representatives from each of those organizations discussed how such a program would work, and how it would have to be implemented legislatively in order to make it mandatory for all dairy farmers.
NMPF's Task Force is now in the process of conducting a more detailed analysis of the price stabilization plan discussed, and will meet again in August to review that, and other ideas to reform the milk pricing system.
The Task Force also heard presentations from other farm policy organizations about their perspective on the dairy crisis, including the National Farmers Union, the National Farmers Organization, the American Farm Bureau Federation and Western United Dairymen.
"Each organization has a somewhat different perspective on what potential future steps our industry can or should take, but there is a common understanding that this crisis presents an opportunity to make positive changes in our industry," Kozak says. "There is also a shared understanding that long-term changes have to be initiated by those farm organizations who best understand the nature of milk production and marketing."
While the NMPF Strategic Planning Task Force is focused on future changes in milk pricing, Kozak adds that NMPF is continuing to push for action steps to help improve prices in the short term. Last week, during a congressional hearing on the dairy crisis, an NMPF Board member called on USDA to boost purchase prices under the dairy product price support program, and reiterated NMPF's request that the USDA fully utilize the Dairy Export Incentive Program to boost overseas exports.
NMPF'S Cooperatives Working Together program is also conducting its second herd retirement in the past three months, with a bid submission deadline of this Friday, July 24.
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My husband and I just returned from our trip to Italy.
It was my second and my husband's first.
My being of Italian descent; it was very important to me that this visit to Italy was one that would leave my husband with a real sense of the Italian culture while at the same time experience the tourist aspect of what Italy has to offer.
I searched long and hard to find just the right place to make such an experience possible and when I came across villaromantia; in Massa Lubrense - somehow I got the feeling I found just what I was looking for.
Maybe it was opportunity to view the many photos that were available on the website that showed the grounds of this beautiful and very local residential getaway with all it's olive and lemon trees and the beautiful views the area has to offer while at the same time knowing that Sorrento; Amalfi, Positano, Capri and all of the other fabulous towns to visit are just a short distance away. The decision to spend our holiday at villaromantica was an easy one.
It wasn't until we actually arrived that we realized how true this was.
Maria,Giovanni, Antonio and their gracious and very sincere hospitality was more than I ever would have imagined.
From the moment my husband and I saw Giovanni's smiling face and warm welcome as he met us at the train station; Antonio's enthusiasm and always willingness to lend a hand and all of Maria's efforts and concern at making sure we were as comfortable as we could possibly be.
The villa was immaculate; beautifully decorated with a modern flair, fully equipped, and upon our arrival; some unexpected surprises to make us feel welcomed in this place we called home for the time of our stay.
The walks to town were always one of our favorite things to do and at times when time allowed us, we'd venture off to explore new paths of beautiful local properties each with their own unique personality. We saw persimmon trees, prickly pear cactus plants, walnut trees, olive and lemon trees; kiwi vines fig trees and grape vines. It was a delightful experience.
The local shops and markets were a pleasure to go to and was one of the things I looked forward to the most.
Among the many places Giovanni recommended we visit was a beach that turned out to have breathtaking views and the most beautiful waters. We were never disappointed with any of the outings we chose to do.
Oh; listening to the beautiful sounds of the local church bells will be well missed also.The first time I heard them; it put tears to my eyes. Such a wonderful place to be. Such pure delight.
I will never forget our last evening; Maria's hospitality; Giovanni and Antonio's sweet goodbye with such warm expressions on each of their faces.
Thinking of them will always put a smile on my face.
Thank you Maria, Giovanni and Antonio.
I hope to stay in touch.
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Garmin's Virb Elite action camera now integrates with the Garmin Pilot iPad/iPhone app, which can not only control the camera but also displays a live view of the video being recorded by the camera. The integration with Garmin Pilot (version 6.0 or later) is available only with the Virb Elite, not with the regular Virb.
The Virb Elite, which retails for $399, and regular Virb ($299) were introduced last August and demonstrate that Garmin designers did their homework, taking lessons learned from other action cams and applying them to the new products. The Virb cameras are housed in a rugged, waterproof case that meets IPX-7 standards (one meter for up to 30 minutes), useful for skiing or watersports. A dive case is available for shooting underwater. A 1.4-inch color display on the top of the unit makes it easy to see live-view video or photos, and the display's Chroma reflective technology delivers a clear view even in bright sunlight. It also consumes little power, so the Virb's 2,000 mAh battery can power the device for up to three hours.
The Elite includes a GPS receiver, altimeter, accelerometer and built-in Wi-Fi for communicating with an iPad or iPhone running Garmin Pilot. Other Garmin devices with ANT+ connectivity can also remotely control both Virb cameras.
Controlling the Virb Elite with Garmin Pilot makes shooting videos and still photos much easier, because the live view on the iPad or iPhone makes it unnecessary to try to see what's playing on the Virb's own screen. During a flight with the Virb Elite, I was easily able to control the camera using Garmin Pilot and see exactly what was on the camera, no matter where I had the Virb positioned. The Virb imagery is displayed on a split window in Garmin Pilot.
The Virb can record up to three hours of 1080P video on a charge, and it uses microSD cards holding up to 64 GB (up to seven hours of 1080P video). Still photos can be taken at 16 megapixels while shooting video. Changing settings on the camera, including three levels of zoom, is easy using either the camera's own controls or Garmin Pilot. The Virb also has built-in image stabilization and lens distortion correction.


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Pesto must be one of the most versatile items out there. The combinations are endless, as are the uses for it. Tossed with pasta, used as a pizza sauce, spread on a sandwich, mixed with eggs … pesto always adds extra flavour. I ate this kale & walnut pesto with penne and topped it with goat cheese – YUM.
Small bunch of kale (remove the thick part of the stems)
1/4 cup walnuts, toasted
1/2 to 1 clove of garlic
1/4 cup olive oil
Juice & zest of one lemon
Salt & pepper to taste
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Fill a large bowl with ice and water. Blanch kale for about 30 seconds, remove and place in the ice bath to stop the cooking process.
Dry the kale slightly, squeeze out some of excess water and set on a towel for a few minutes.
Blend everything together in a food processor. Pulse to create a chunkier pesto, blend longer to create a smoother one. Taste and adjust, adding more salt, pepper, lemon, olive oil, as necessary.
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The first hurdle in any job hunt is building your resume. Ultimately, your first draft is a template for something that you are going to tailor based on each opportunity (if you're serious about the job). Pulling it together is a painful process of learning how to see yourself from the outside. Writing for Glassdoor.com, John Sumser, founder and editor-in-chief of HRExaminer, offers a few guidelines for items you should definitely not include in your resume.
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With bikini weather here, Fox and Hound is offering an alternative to high-calorie cocktails especially for the ladies.
Now through June 23, Fox and Hound's Wednesday Ladies' Night will feature Skinnygirl Cocktails alongside Miller Lite and Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy as low-cal alternatives.
The sports bar/restaurant near the Foothills Mall is turning to best-selling author and daytime TV talk show host Bethenny Frankel, a master of squeezing calories out of cocktails. Frankel is largely credited with kicking the low-cal drink trend into high gear with her Skinnygirl Cocktails, which use less sugar.
The drinks include the Bethenny Breeze, which is akin to a cranberry and vodka; the "Moscatorita," which is like a margarita; the Skinny Fox, with fresh grapefruit juice; and two fruity drinks - the Bare Naked Soda (think screwdriver) and the Skinnygirl Moscato that Fox and Hound folks say has "notes of pear, peach and mango."
Ladies Night cocktails are available all day Wednesdays at Fox and Hound, 7625 N. La Cholla Blvd. It's open from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. weekdays, and from 9 a.m. to 2 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays.


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Severe Cold Causes Water Main Break
COLUMBUS, Ohio
A water main broke early Tuesday morning causing thick sheets of ice to cover streets in east Columbus.
It happened on Fairwood Avenue and Mound Street.
The streets were closed for several hours while crews cleared the ice and salted the roadway.
Crews are expected to dig underground once daylight hits to see where the pipe needs repaired.
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COSHOCTON About 250 Boy Scouts and leaders from throughout the state of Ohio and the state of West Virginia participated in a weekend campout May 14-16 at the Muskingum Valley Scout Reservation in Coshocton.The Muskingum Valley Council is hosted a regional event for honored scouts in a weekend of leadership training, personal fitness and learning more about the Native American Indians. The annual event is on a rotation basis with ten other boy scout councils. This event welcomed scouts from Huntington, Parkersburg, Wheeling and Morgantown, W.Va., as well as Cleveland, Canton, Akron and Youngstown.John Harding, Scout Executive, states that this event is a highlight for many of our scouts due to the opening of a new climbing and rappelling tower. This is the first time the tower will be in operation. It is over 40 feet tall and has been constructed with volunteer labor over a two year period.Other specialized events for the scouts will include team building exercises, safety demonstrations by local emergency services, and a Native American Indian Dance competition.Muskingum Valley Council is a United Way agency serving more than 4,000 youth in East Central Ohio.


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Adam I. Kaplan is a litigator in the San Francisco office of Munger, Tolles & Olson. Mr. Kaplan's practice includes complex commercial litigation, copyright litigation, securities litigation, and internal corporate investigations. At the appellate level, his recent experience includes obtaining a victory in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit defeating a forced patronage class action challenging a common securities industry compliance practice. In California state court, he recently secured the voluntary dismissal of age and gender employment discrimination claims after moving for summary judgment on behalf of the defendant employer. On a pro bono basis, Mr. Kaplan represents a native Guatemalan petitioning for asylum.
Before joining Munger Tolles, Mr. Kaplan served as a law clerk to Judge Pamela Ann Rymer of the Ninth Circuit and Judge Alan C. Kay of the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii.
Mr. Kaplan obtained his J.D. from UCLA School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as a comments editor for the UCLA Law Review. Before becoming an attorney, Mr. Kaplan taught Government & Economics and English at a private high school in Los Angeles. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 2003, magna cum laude, with a degree in philosophy.
Mr. Kaplan is the president of the Bar Association of San Francisco's Barristers Club and serves on the executive committee of the litigation section of the Barristers Club. He also is a co-founding vice president of the Jewish Bar Association of San Francisco and he serves on the legal pipeline committee of the advisory council for the Bay Area Urban Debate League.


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U.S. soy and corn futures rallied on Monday as dry weather in agricultural powerhouses Brazil and Argentina raised concerns over supplies in the new year, overriding worries about the global economy and Europe's debt crisis.
Wheat also rose quite sharply, despite a picture of plentiful world supplies and a strengthening of the dollar following news of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's death.
India said it was on track to produce a new record wheat crop in 2012 after harvesting 85.93 million tonnes this year.
Fields in parts of Brazil, which is set to supplant the United States as the world's top soybean exporter next year, and in Argentina, the No. 3 shipper, need more rain, while rising temperatures forecast for this week could stress crops.
"There is support from dry weather in South America, and there could be more upside for corn because of the tight global supplies," said Lynette Tan, an analyst with Phillip Futures in Singapore.
"We are more bearish on wheat because of ample supplies, so there could be more downside for wheat."
Chicago Board of Trade January soybeans rose 1.5 percent to $11.46-3/4 a bushel by 1250 GMT, while March corn gained 2.2 percent to $5.96 a bushel. March wheat erased earlier losses to gain 1.8 percent at $5.94-3/4 a bushel.
Any decline in corn and soybean production in Brazil and Argentina could benefit exporters in the United States, who have been hampered by relatively high prices.
Ukraine has been undercutting U.S. corn exports, while the prospects of a bumper crop before the current weather concerns had put importers of U.S. soybeans on hold.
Agricultural meteorologist Drew Lerner, president of private forecaster World Weather Inc, said it would be warmer than normal in Argentina early this week, with temperatures rising into the 80s and 90s Fahrenheit.
The dry weather that will reduce soybean yields from last year's record in Brazil's southernmost state is hitting corn fields in the same areas even harder, crop specialists said.
Still, there was a bearish influence from outside markets.
Asian stocks fell, with Korean shares down as much as 5 percent, U.S. index futures extended losses and the dollar rose after North Korean television reported that Kim Jong-il had died at the weekend, which sparked immediate concern over who is in control of the reclusive state and its nuclear programme.
In Europe, stocks in defensive sectors such as food and beverage led a small rise in equity markets.
For the wheat market, prospects of higher winter crop production in the United States remained bearish.
Memphis-based analytical firm Informa Economics on Friday pegged 2012 U.S. wheat acres at 57.065 million, above the November forecast for 57.0 million.
It forecast U.S. corn acreage at 94.389 million, the most since 1944 and above the firm's outlook in November for 94.0 million acres, trade sources said.
The area is well above the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) corn plantings number of 91.9 million for 2011.
It trimmed its outlook for the 2012 U.S. soybean area to 74.608 million acres from the November outlook for 76.1 million. The USDA said farmers planted 75.0 million acres of soybeans in 2011.
China's State Grain Administration has confirmed it has been stockpiling corn from farmers in northeastern provinces from Dec. 14 to shore up domestic prices and refill depleted reserves.
The stockpiling, which will last until the end of April next year, may halt imports by the world's second-largest consumer during this period after the government bought more than 3 million tonnes of U.S. corn this year to help refill reserves, analysts said.
In Europe, the benchmark March milling wheat contract in Paris rose 1.1 percent to 181 euros, following Chicago's strong lead. Trade was subdued, though, with cash markets closed for the year-end holidays. (Editing by Jane Baird)


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My work is part of a continuing investigation of order, organization, and complexity within modes of information flow in which I control and reinterpret code in order to create electronic forms. I use an algorithmic visualization program called Max/MSP and Jitter to program and manipulate video live to create interactive environments to allow for my audiences to have immersive experiences. I obtained my B.F.A from the Kansas City Art Institute in Kansas City and am currently obtaining my M.F.A at Alfred University in Alfred, NY.
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Pittsburgh symphony, guests pay masterful tribute to Hamlisch
Seven months after Marvin Hamlisch's last concerts at Heinz Hall and five months after his death, the Pittsburgh Symphony Pops and a host of guest artists paid tribute to him at an emotional concert Tuesday night.
A large photographic portrait of Hamlisch, taken late in life, was placed on the rear wall of the stage in the downtown concert hall. Performers during the concert devoted to his music often saluted the portrait before acknowledging the audience's applause.
One wonders if Hamlisch knew, or could possibly have known, how deeply loved he was.
Of course he knew he was the only composer apart from Richard Rodgers to have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony plus a Pulitzer Prize. The concert offered another experience of the vast and vibrant musical legacy he created, which Pittsburgh audiences had the privilege of experiencing over the seventeen years he led the Pops. One couldn't help remembering during the overture to "A Chorus Line" the inimitable flair he brought to this music when he was on this podium.
Speeches by symphony board chairman Richard Simmons and Terre Blair, the composer's widow, provided some valuable reflections on Hamlisch, the man. She mentioned that he regarded Pittsburgh as his second home, as he often said, for three reasons: the great orchestra he loved, the wonderful people of Pittsburgh and the great shopping and restaurants. Some of the performers also took time to speak of Hamlisch, with Lucie Arnaz offering the most eloquent thoughts.
The emotional impact of the concert kept growing throughout the lengthy program, which lasted nearly three hours. Maria Friedman's performance of "If You Remember Me" from "The Champ" early on the first half was riveting and poignant. It was followed by pianist Kevin Cole singing the very personal song "If You Really Knew Me," which includes the line: "Did the man make the music or the music make this man?"
The only music not by Hamlisch performed Tuesday night was Leonard Bernstein's "Somewhere" from "West Side Story," which he chose to be played at his wedding. It was performed in tribute by the orchestra without conductor.
The second half opened with a few selections from "They're Playing Our Song" performed by Robert Klein and Arnaz, who starred in the original cast. Klein's voice may have seen better days, but he still made "Falling" a wonderful experience. And he was the only performer to offer a witty quip, a la Hamlisch. Arnaz offered a mesmerizing account of "I Still Believe in Love."
Another emotional highpoint followed immediately when conductor J. Ernest Green led the orchestra in the theme from "Sophie's Choice," graced by Anne Martindale Williams' eloquent cello solos.
Two other symphony musicians had prominent roles. Concertmaster Mark Huggins gave a masterful performance of "I Cannot Hear the City" from "Sweet Smell of Success," as deeply committed as technically admirable — and at end saluted Hamlisch's portrait before turning to the applauding audience.
Harold Smoliar, a devoted jazz pianist as well as the orchestra's English horn player, played piano in many numbers, as he had for Hamlisch over the years. He even has memories of playing piano with Hamlisch in concert. Smoliar's artistry Tuesday night included decisive and sensitive shaping of line, with a wonderful sense of time and ensemble.
After Friedman returned for a biting performance of "Nothing" from "A Chorus Line," Idina Menzel gave blazing accounts of "At the Ballet" and "What I Did for Love" from the same show.
The concert did not neglect Hamlisch's devotion to young people and young performers. The All Star College Chorus was conducted by Robert Page in a beautiful performance of "Through the Eyes of Love." Later the chorus sang the idealistic "One Song," during which it and vocal soloist Brian d'Arcy James were joined by two young singers discovered by Hamlisch, Rocky Paterra and Vanessa Campagna.
The evening was bittersweet. His artistic legacy will endure, but Hamlisch is gone. His enthusiasms were boundless, irresistible and youthful long after he was young. His wit was an astonishing delight, most often found in pertinent adlibs but also manifested in a hilarious recorded reading of the statutory warning about emergency exits. And unlike his creative output, Hamlisch's generosity to those he encountered in life can never be catalogued because it was so often expressed privately and is now part of his lore.
The man who made the music lived life with a joy that is inspiring.
Business executives sometimes say that everyone is replaceable. No one in Heinz Hall Tuesday night could agree. Our sense of loss is mitigated by recognition of how fortunate we were to have known him for so many years.
Mark Kanny is classical music critic for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-320-7877 or email@example.com.


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The number of housing benefit claimants is rising, and thus so is the cost to the Treasury, data from the Department for Work and Pensions shows. The number of people claiming housing benefit has increased by a startling 780,000 since the beginning of 2009 to 5 million.
There are a couple of small rays of light for the government.
Firstly, the rate of increase in claimants has slowed since the general election in May 2010.


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What: FINA World League Super Finals.
When: Monday through Saturday, four games each day. USA plays final game each day at approximately 7 p.m. through quarterfinals, also if it qualifies for semifinals. Final at 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
Where: La Jolla's Coggan Pool.
Who: Group A — Canada, China, Hungary, Netherlands. Group B — Australia, Greece, Russia, USA.
San Diego players: Tanya Gandy (Rancho Bernardo High and UCLA) and Kelly Rulon (USDHS and UCLA).
Tickets and schedule: usawaterpolo.org
Rancho Bernardo's Tanya Gandy still considers her hometown to be her main residence. When she can make it back here, that is. It's never easy given the global scale of her involvement in women's water polo.
In a little more than a year, Gandy has helped UCLA complete a sweep of four NCAA titles during her college career, earned a spot on the USA national team, turned pro in Spain, and, most recently, returned to the American squad for intensive summer training.
It's especially nice for Gandy that she's back home this week for the FINA World League Super Finals at La Jolla High's Coggan Pool from Monday through Saturday.
"Of course, it's great to play in front of family and friends," said Gandy, a 5-foot-7 attacker who set the UCLA season scoring record her senior year. "Also, I just think of how close people are in water polo and all the support that I've had."
The top-ranked Americans are hosting teams from seven countries in this week's tournament at the midpoint between the last Olympics and the next. On the squad are seven players with Olympic experience with the rest bidding for their own opportunity in the Games.
"That's always a goal, but I want to stay in the present," said Gandy, 22. "There are always things to learn and practice. I want to let time take its course."
The years have brought consistent progress for Gandy, who emerged in the local spotlight when she helped Rancho Bernardo win the San Diego Section Division I championship as a sophomore in 2003. As a youth, she played with the San Diego Shores club under coach Doug Peabody.
Gandy has been reunited on the national team with coach Adam Krikorian, who directed UCLA through 2009 before assuming his current role. Krikorian first saw Gandy on the recruiting radar when she was a high school junior.
"You could always tell she has real athletic ability. In baseball terms, she has a real live arm," Krikorian said. "... By her fourth year, she stepped up to a high level and became a team leader through all her discipline."
In her senior season, Gandy scored 79 goals for the school record and earned Most Valuable Player honors in the NCAA Tournament. This came after she also had a taste of training with the national team for the first time two years ago.
"Individual accolades are nice," Gandy said. "But what matters most is how we worked together. It took a real team effort."
Next came a smooth transition to the national team roster, followed by her venture to Spain to play in Sabadell. Along with a league schedule with Spain, her club also participated in tournaments with other European teams.
"It's been a great opportunity," Gandy said. "I've enjoyed it."
It's home today, the world tomorrow.Copyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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Dodge Repair Questions? Ask a Mechanic for Answers ASAP
Hi Janis, welcome to Just Answer!.
Is this something that happens only after the car sits overnight?
Do you ever see a CHECK ENGINE lamp or charge (battery) lamp illumination while driving?
Is this something that affects the car ONLY when it's been driven in rain?
Does a jump start get it going right away?
It sure sounds like an ignition-off draw, Janis. But I'm unsure how this would relate to a wet road condition at this point. If you have a draw, it should affect it in practically any condition. Let me know what your observations are.
It's getting a bit late here, so if you wouldn't mind, leave me some info that I can research in the morning. Let me know if there's anything besides alternators and batteries that have been changed to this point.
Talk later,
Thanks, XXXXX XXXXX description doesn't fit anything common on the Intrepid line, but it's most definitely something that can be fixed... but it's going to take a little investigation.
I'd start with the battery itself. If it shows signs of acid leakage or deposits on the top of the battery, you may be losing at least part of your charge through electrolytic draw once the acid gets wet. It's a bit of a stretch, but I've seen it happen before.
While the battery is mostly obscured from view, you can see at least the positive post from the air cleaner area and the positive post tends to collect much more acid and form bigger deposits. If the positive battery post looks OK, the negative side probably is as well.
But if it's mounded with crud, it needs to be cleaned up. You have the choice of removing the inner fender access panel (not handy) or working from the top (also not handy). You'd need to lift the car and remove the wheel to come out through the access panel by the way...
From the top, you can remove the air cleaner box and then take the headlamp out for access to the negative side of the battery. The air cleaner box lid pops off with the two large snaps, then remove the push-pin from the right side fender attachment point. The center of the pin is removed to relieve its bite on the fender. A flat-blade screwdriver loosens the large tube at which point the upper section is free.
The lower air cleaner housing then simply pulls off at the rubber grommet on the end of the housing that's closest to the engine.
The headlamp comes out easier than you'd expect... only two bolts, using 7mm hex heads. Unscrew the bolts and pull them out... they're a bit long. The headlamp slips out pretty easily at that point.
A mixture of baking soda and water (1/2 cup soda/ 1/2 gal water) does a great job of neutralizing the acid, but then it needs to be scrubbed a bit and rinsed to get all the stuff off. Consider removing the terminal clamps for cleaning if they haven't been serviced in some time.
It seems likely there may be a circuit that stays awake on your car when it gets wet, something you can confirm by using an ammeter, placed between the battery negative post and the body harness. It's much easier to do at the jump start terminal, where you can remove the battery cable, hang it on the stud using the loop on the cable, then connect your ammeter in series with the car.
A small amount of initial current flow is normal as systems are powered up, but total current flow should settle down to about 60 to 80 milliamps (0.06- 0.08 amp) within ten minutes. Remove the key completely from the ignition for this test and don't open doors during the whole time or the time-out process will be interrupted.
If you see no significant electrical draws, it might be a good time to break out the garden hose. Start wetting parts of the car by working low and going up to make it more obvious what the problem might be if you get a reaction.
No circuits in particular come to mind concerning your problem, but the good news is that you can't hurt anything with the water... so hit everything at least once. Keep an eye on the ammeter for any changes in current flow over time as it may take a while for something to happen.
If you don't already have a digital multimeter, it would be a great time to pick one up. They've come WAY down in price, with decent units available for $20 or less. These units will handle up to 10 amps of current, which is plenty for this test as long as you avoid having the key or other circuits turned on. For key-off draw testing... checks OK. Most meters don't come with aligator clips, so you may need to improvise some way to clip the leads to the connections...
Pulling fuses... one by one... will tell you roughly where the draw is once something starts happening. Some fuses have multiple duties, even feeding smaller fuses inside the car, so it's not always immediately obvious what's causing the problem. If you get a positive reaction, let me know and I'll research the circuit.
Current drain from the top of the battery won't show up on this test, so it's important to have the battery clean and DRY before the test.
A quick and easy test for the battery itself would be to disconnect the negative cable at the jump start post and leave the cable disconnected overnight when you'd expect it to wake up dead the next day. If the battery still dies overnight, the problem isn't with the car... it's the battery itself (electrolytic drain).
If the car still has power in the morning, we'll need to look deeper.
As always, don't hesitate to write back if you have questions or problems. I'll be glad to help!
Talk later,


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Investors should consider factoring in goodwill when they are examining the value of a stock because it can often predict the outlook of a company, especially serial acquirers.
The enhancements to Dynamics 365, Microsoft's sales software, will present a challenge to Salesforce.com and represent Microsoft's first significant initiative from its $26 billion acquisition of LinkedIn
Google could break ground on the campus in April, the same month Apple is set to move employees into its own new headquarters.
Some relationships just aren't meant to be.
A top public pension fund manager called Snap's issuance 'junk equity.'
Vantiv, Global Payments and other could look beyond tuck-ins to major consolidation.
Selling puts of Twitter can help investors generate additional income as the social media company faces headwinds amid missing estimates in the fourth quarter and downgrades from Wall Street.
The tech industry depends on its ability to attract highly skilled migrants.
Cramer shares his views on Western Digital and Seagate being just plain old buys, and how some companies are having some very good quarters.
President Donald Trump could boost M&A deal flow in 2017, according to PwC's U.S. deals leader Bob Saada.
Even up here, these companies, along with Intel and Microsoft, are tempting.
M&A co-head Alan Klein advises ChemChina, Microsoft, ADT and Tyco and sneaks in a few movies on the side.
Facebook plans to test new ads that play during videos.
It's on Microsoft now to execute on its ambitious long-term plans to use LinkedIn to strengthen its empire and avoid the fate of its previous multibillion-dollar blunders.
Fitbit is acquiring intellectual property and staff from Pebble, which is being shut down. Reports have suggested the deal cost between $34 million and $40 million.
The EU's conditions for approving the deal do little to change hefty potential value to Microsoft's empire. But executing on the opportunity will take some work.
The surprise factor turned out not to be a surprise.
Cramer shares his views on how the world hates tech right now and opines that taking a step back might give some perspective.
Jim Cramer ponders how some stocks are the way they are. And how other stocks are the way they are, too.
Plus other sectors to watch in this rotation.
In previous tech sector declines, it did not pay to buy the first day after the crash.
Salesforce and Microsoft are no longer frenemies, Cramer says -- they're enemies.
The cloud computing giant reports third-quarter earnings on Thursday and investors will be looking for CEO Marc Benioff to address its guidance and comment on the Trump effect.
Here's a technical look at how to trade some of the most active stocks on the market right now.
Reports suggest Snapchat could go public as soon as March. The company is looking at a valuation of $20 billion to $25 billion.
U.S. stock futures point lower Wednesday and European stocks slip; Snapchat's parent files confidentially for an IPO, a report says; Google will build a new headquarters in London.
Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in LinkedIn Corp , where a total of 6,203 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 620,300 underlying shares. That amounts to about 59.2% of LNKD's average daily trading volume over the past month of 1.0 million shares.


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Join experienced birders and explore the mixed habitats that surround the nature center. Each month will bring different birds to the forefront. Please wear appropriate protection from the weather. Donations welcome.
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The Marshall University baseball team will play its final series of the season at Appalachian Power Park when the Herd faces Old Dominion in a Conference USA game at 1 p.m. today.
Old Dominion is 28-20 overall and 14-13 in Conference USA, while Marshall (20-25) is 10-13 in league play.
Former Herbert Hoover star Corey Bird brings a team-leading .291 average among Herd regulars, including 11 stolen bases.


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Gucci Carbon Fiber Bike
High-fashion and biking royalty team up to create a luxury 11-speed bicycle for the wealthy urban cyclist.
Gucci partnered with bicycle maker Bianchi to produce an 11-speed carbon urban bike that costs $14,000. The collaboration joined two uniquely Italian traditions of design and craftsmanship, from leaders in their respective industries.
Designed by Gucci's creative director, Frida Giannini, the matte black carbon fiber bike features the fashion label's signature green-red-green web stripe, a 'Bianchi by Gucci' logo on the seat and frame, and handlebars that recall the iconic diamante pattern.
Giannini also designed a series of accessories to complement the bicycle, including a helmet ($890), gloves ($305), and a water bottle ($105).
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Goodyear Wrangler DuraTrac
Initial Review: 15,000 miles on tires
November 16, 2011
Awesome tire! When I first got them they were very stiff. But since breakin they have been good. Wet whether traction was awesome compared to the bfg muds I ran before. I tow for a living and use the truck for offroad recovery as well as my daily driver. I have had the tires in mud, sand, loose dirt, and rocks all with exceptional performance. My only regret is I can't get the tire in 37s.
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Miller Redpath: Body found at Wenhaston home of missing teenager
A body has been found at the home of a Suffolk teenager who has been missing for over two months.
Miller Redpath, 18, was reported missing by his mother Anastasia Miller after he had not been seen by her since 13 August at their house in Wenhaston.
Police said the body was found in an overgrown garden at about 13:10 BST, but has not been identified. The death is being treated as unexplained.
The house has been identified locally as the teenager's home.


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We had someone post on our Facebook Wall asking to hear from Lunapads users about how our partners feel about Lunapads. I felt compelled to reply because my hubby is for sure a LunaGuy!
With a gaggle of girls in the house, we had a huge negative impact on the landfill & a lot of bathroom garbage. So many used pads! I'm not sure many enjoy dealing with used disposable pads. Mind you, our dogs love them! My husband is an environmentalist – the kind of guy who recycles the wrappers on straws. He is also a Poly Sci major, animal lover and would go out and buy pads for us in an emergency! (he is a sweetie)
When our family discovered Lunapads, he was on board before my teenagers were, because:
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I read a study somewhere about the blood in umbilical cords, and that this blood (which is supposed to be pure) is already filled with toxins. This means mom does not filter out everything as previously thought. We do not start with a clean slate, and it will take generations of clean living to rid the bloodlines of the past mistakes. More info here: The Body Burden – The Pollution in Newborns
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