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When I first made Hopping John Soup I discovered how much I liked collard greens, and the only thing I might change when I make this again is to double the collard greens for even more veggie goodness. You could also use less pasta and more sausage and collards if you want to make this a lower-carb recipe.
(Pasta with Italian Sausage and Collard Greens was updated with greatly improved photos and better instructions, April 2013.)
Pasta with Sausage and Collard Greens
(Makes 4 generous servings, recipe adapted from The Best Recipes in the World.)
1 bunch collard greens (about 1 lb.) stems removed, cut in half lengthwise, then sliced crosswise into half inch slices (Use more greens if you'd like.)
2-3 T olive oil
1 T minced garlic (more or less to taste)
1 tsp. hot pepper flakes (optional)
3 links hot turkey Italian Sausage (or more)
1 cup (7 oz.) Dreamfields macaroni or whole wheat macaroni (about half a box of Dreamfields)
salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
freshly grated Parmesan cheese for serving
Bring large pot of water to a boil, add sliced collards and boil 5-7 minutes, until tender but still bright green. Remove collards from water and drain, keeping water in the pot and bringing it back to a boil. When water comes to a boil, add pasta and a generous amount of salt and cook 9-10 minutes, until done but still quite al dente. Drain pasta, reserving about 1/2 cup of cooking liquid.
Add remaining T olive oil (if desired, I didn't need it) and garlic (and red pepper if using) and cook 2 minutes, scraping bottom of pan to get browned sausage bits. Add collards and saute 2 minutes, then add sausage, pasta, and enough cooking liquid to moisten dish, and cook 2 minutes more or until the pasta and sausage are heated through. Taste and season with salt and pepper. Serve hot with freshly grated Parmesan cheese.
South Beach Diet / Low-Carb Diet Suggestions:
I first made this recipe long before I knew that Dreamfields loses its low-carb aspect when it's re-cooked, so now I would consider this phase 3 for the South Beach Diet if made with Dreamfields. If you use whole wheat or other whole-grain pasta, this would be suitable for phase 2 or 3 for South Beach dieters. (Use more greens and sausage if you want to make the dish even lower in carbs.)
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Pasta with Sauteed Swiss Chard ~ Jeanette's Healthy Living
Vegetarian Whole Wheat Pasta with Fried Kale, Tomato Sauce, and Goat Cheese ~ Kalyn's Kitchen
Broccoli Rabe with Pasta and Sun-Dried tomatoes ~ Simply Recipes
Whole Wheat Spaghetti with Garlic, Chard, and Pecorino-Romano Cheese ~ Kalyn's Kitchen
Quinoa Spaghetti with Garlicky Greens and Tomatoes ~ Aggies Kitchen
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Erin Cooks made this recipe and has a great photo of the finished dish.)
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The Black Cyclone The Charles Follis Story
Saturday, August 17, 2013 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
The Black Cyclone The Charles Follis Story, an original script by Jim Stoner will take stage at Malabar Farm August 9th through 11th and August 16th through 18th. "The Black Cyclone" features the little known story of personal strength that was embodied in Charles Follis. Picture Ohio in 1902, still in the shadow of the Civil War, and Civil Rights for Blacks was merely a volatile talking point. Small towns were fighting for identity and respect and enjoying prosperity for the first time. New ways to entertain oneself became popular - and many small towns began to field "Football Clubs" and compete with one another for bragging rights. "The Black Cyclone" captures the strength of one family, how they fought to make a home in white America - against a backdrop of what has become the NFL. The forgotten baseball and football legend, Charles Follis had no idea how he touched America....by impressing those he knew. Learn the untold story of the man who inspired Branch Rickey to sign Jackie Robinson in 1947 and change the face of sports forever.
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Phase I Pilot Study of CD34 Enriched, Fanconi's Anemia Complementation Group C Gene Transduced Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients With Fanconi's Anemia
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OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the safety of transferring the Fanconi anemia complementation group C (FACC) gene to hematopoietic progenitors by retroviral mediated gene transfer in patients with Fanconi's anemia, complementation group C.
II. Determine the extent of engraftment following this treatment regimen without prior ablation of recipient marrow in these patients.
III. Determine the ability of this treatment regimen to correct the cell phenotype and improve hematopoietic function in these patients.
|Fanconi's Anemia
|Drug: filgrastim Genetic: Autologous stem cells transduced with FACC retroviral vector Procedure: Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation
|Phase 1
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|Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|March 2000
PROTOCOL OUTLINE: Patients receive filgrastim (G-CSF) subcutaneously daily on days 0-6 followed by apheresis to collect peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) on days 5-7. PBSCs are processed in vitro for enrichment of CD34 cells and transduced with a Fanconi's anemia complementation C (FACC) retroviral vector on days 5-10. Patients receive transduced PBSCs IV over no more than 2 hours on days 8-10. PBSC infusions may be repeated no more than every 2 months for up to 4 courses total.
Patients are followed monthly for 3 months, every 3 months for 9 months, every 6 months for the next year, and then yearly thereafter.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|5 Years and older (Child, Adult, Senior)
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--Disease Characteristics--
- Fanconi's anemia, complementation group C (FACC) Confirmed by diepoxybutane or mitomycin testing AND DNA analysis indicating FACC mutations
- Patients at least 25 kg weight
- No acute leukemia OR Bone marrow aspirate with greater than 10% blasts
- No patients who elect bone marrow transplantation
--Prior/Concurrent Therapy--
- At least 14 days since prior therapy for any acute viral, bacterial, or fungal infection
--Patient Characteristics--
- Performance status: Karnofsky 40-100%
- Hepatic: SGOT, SGPT, and alkaline phosphatase no greater than 5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) PT/PTT no greater than 1.5 times ULN Serum amylase no greater than 1.5 times ULN Bilirubin no greater than 2.5 mg/dL Triglyceride less than 400 mg/dL
- Renal: Creatinine clearance greater than 50 mL/min
- Cardiovascular: Normal cardiac function No ischemic heart disease that may be considered an anesthetic or operative risk
- Pulmonary: No lung disease that may be considered an anesthetic or operative risk Resting transcutaneous oxygen saturation greater than 90% on room air
- Other: HIV negative Hepatitis B surface antigen negative No underlying condition that may preclude study therapy (e.g., allergies to study reagents)
- No acute viral, bacterial, or fungal infection Not pregnant or nursing Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use effective contraception
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00005896
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|John E. Wagner, Jr.
|Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota
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|June 2, 2000
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|June 23, 2005
Keywords provided by Office of Rare Diseases (ORD):
Fanconi's anemia
aplastic anemia
hematologic disorders
rare disease
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Fanconi Anemia
Fanconi Syndrome
Hematologic Diseases
Anemia, Hypoplastic, Congenital
Anemia, Aplastic
Bone Marrow Diseases
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
DNA Repair-Deficiency Disorders
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Renal Tubular Transport, Inborn Errors
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WHEN NICOLA ALLEN AND HER HUSBAND, ALDWIN, first moved into their home on Burton Street in north Hartford, Connecticut, 15 years ago, the bleak scene daunted her. "I fell in love with the house but disliked the neighborhood. We had gun violence, loitering, noise, petty crime, littering. We would sweep the lawns of trash before mowing. We didn't even have robins, cardinals or blue jays here. It was difficult emotionally for me to function."
For three years, Nicola sought sanctuary by spending hours after her night shifts as a mental health counselor driving through suburban neighborhoods that had the look and feel she wanted in her community. One day, she realized what those houses had that appealed to her: beautiful gardens that weren't surrounded by fences. Although she "didn't know a pansy from a marigold," she vowed she would stop window-shopping at other people's lawns and create her own "Garden of Eden."
Nicola read about different kinds of plants and then asked a local gardening center to design a landscape for her. She planted her garden and, eventually, took down her chain-link fence. "My neighbors told me I wasn't very smart and asked why we would put our future children in jeopardy. I remember having sleepless nights afterwards."
But rather than suddenly being vulnerable to a wave of crime, Nicola saw people stopping to look at her garden. She began offering to plant gardens in neighbors' yards if they would also remove their fences. The couple even bought three houses on the block just so they could take down their fences and rent them out. Now nearly every fence is gone, and flowers flourish in most of the yards. Nicola has become a stay-at-home mother of three children and relishes the hours she spends gardening. "I see it as cheap therapy. I just feel better."
Nicola stumbled upon what researchers have been saying for decades yet now the healthcare community, urban planners and government agencies are acknowledging: Green spaces can revitalize a person physically, psychologically and socially. Environmental psychologist Kathleen Wolf at the University of Washington has gathered more than 1,800 research papers spanning the last 40 years—most published in the past decade—which show that green spaces in cities can provide a number of benefits. These include: faster healing; reduced ailments such as high blood pressure and diabetes; increased coping and learning capacity; promotion of a sense of community and self-esteem; and, in some cases, reduced crime.
With funding from the U.S. Forest Service, Wolf is conducting a multiyear review of scientific studies about these benefits to determine what kinds of green spaces produce what effects and their economic value. This information could help urban planners trying to green their cities to find shared funding sources with the public health community, which, Wolf says, is realizing it has to have "an integrated approach of nutrition and activity as well as prescriptions to achieve holistic health."
So what makes nature so powerful? Our reactions to it may stem from our deep evolutionary roots, says child environment and behavior researcher Andrea Faber Taylor. She and her colleague Frances Kuo at the University of Illinois have based their research of our relationship with our environment on the Attention Restoration Theory, which says that we have two kinds of attention: directed and involuntary.
"We only have a finite capacity for effortful attention. By making yourself stay on task, you can become fatigued, irritable and eventually less productive," explains Taylor. "Things in nature—insects, birds, moving tree leaves, flowing water, fire—are naturally fascinating to us because as humans evolved, those who paid attention to these things were better able to survive. We are calmed and our directed attention is restored by green spaces because viewing them is a gently engaging experience."
The body of evidence indicating that, as Taylor says, "a green space is not just an accessory but actually a necessity for human health," is growing. Children may particularly benefit from spending time outdoors. NWF's recent Green Time for Sleep Time report cites research suggesting that outdoor play can improve children's abilities to sleep and therefore to concentrate and do better in school. Kuo and Taylor are investigating how much green time might help alleviate symptoms of attention deficit–hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says could affect as many as 5.4 million U.S. children. Kuo and Taylor reported in 2011 that a nationwide survey of 421 parents of children with ADHD indicated children who played regularly in green settings had milder symptoms, resulting in better concentration and less impulsive behavior.
Yet the majority of U.S. youth are spending more time indoors than any previous generation. NWF's Be Out There™ campaign cites research that says each day, U.S. children spend an average of more than seven hours in front of electronic media and as little as four to seven minutes in unstructured play outdoors. The consequences of this "nature-deficit disorder," as author Richard Louv called it in his 2005 book Last Child in the Woods, includes childhood depression, asthma, vitamin D deficiency and type-2 diabetes.
Some health care professionals have decided to address these problems by writing "prescriptions for nature." Paul Dykema, a pediatrician since 1967 in Holland, Michigan, says he has seen "a dramatic increase during the past 20 years in obesity, ADHD, depression, anxiety and school underperformance in my patients. One-third of my patient visits deal with these conditions." This prompted him to begin writing prescriptions for decreased "screen time," 15 minutes of reading and one to two hours of unstructured outdoor play per day. The U.S. National Park Service also is encouraging doctors to write "Park Prescriptions" advising patients to spend time in these green spaces.
However, home and school gardens and green play areas may have the greatest healing potential. Kuo and Taylor have found that the size of the green space is not as critical as whether it is considered safe, accessible and easy to incorporate into a routine.
NWF's Certified Wildlife Habitat™ program provides guidelines on how to create your own wildlife and personal sanctuary, whether on your balcony or in your community. NWF's Schoolyard Habitats® program has provided habitat guidelines and curricula to schools since 1996 and now has certified more than 4,000 schoolyards. These outdoor classrooms teach environmental stewardship and teamwork while increasing self-confidence and improving academic performance, especially among minority students and those from under-resourced communities. Some cities and organizations also offer funding for community or school gardens. Since 1982, the National Gardening Association's Kids Gardening program, for example, has awarded more than 9,650 garden grants, reaching an estimated 1.6 million youth.
Nicola Allen has received several city and nonprofit organizational awards for her volunteer and landscaping efforts, some of which have helped fund what has become a living legacy. She helps maintain a garden at her children's school and continues to seek ways to turn more of Hartford from blight to bloom. But perhaps the most changed are her neighbors. Frances Skeete has lived on Burton Street for 30 years and says since Nicola moved in, the changes she's seen are "remarkable": less crime, people taking better care of their homes and exchanging plants, and children playing in the street. Nicola is "a force to be reckoned with," Skeete says. "She has made the entire block blossom, and not just with flowers. She has caused us all to grow."
Anne Bolen is the managing editor of National Wildlife.
NWF's Be Out There™ campaign offers a variety of activities and other resources for parents and educators to encourage children to enjoy our natural environment. These include a downloadable parent's guide, Green Time for Sleep Time, and other materials. For gardening tips, information about native plants and how to entice wildlife to your yard, visit www.nwf.org/nwfgarden.


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September 15, 2014 - Just this morning, Head Coach John Thompson III and his Georgetown Hoya program received another 2014 verbal commitment - Chicago forward Paul White has told its coaches he will accept their scholarship. G'Town beat out hometown DePaul, UConn and Miami.
A 6'8", 215 pound high school senior, White reportedly made the decision this morning, and has notified the other programs pursuing him. He attends Chitown's Whitney Young, and is slotted a four star performer by Rivals.com, who also rates him the 54th best prospect in the Class of 2014.
We will have more on White's decision, very soon. He joins Tre Campbell, LJ Peak and Isaac Copeland in White's Hoya class. They are a point guard, swingman, and two forward's respectively.
A shout out goes to Rivals Recruiting Analyst Eric Bossi, who dropped a great assist via our Premium Court message board. Go there to read what Bossi shared!
White's primary recruiter was new assistant coach Tavaras Hardy, formerly of Northwestern, where per Windy City sources he developed an excellent relationship with not only Paul, but also the Chicago basketball community.


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In June, VandySports.com released its initial Top 15 ranking of middle Tennessee's top high school senior prospects.
Today, the site releases its updated ranking following the 2012 season.
The top three prospects in the region stayed the same as Brentwood Academy's Jalen Ramsey solidified his status as a national five-star prospect. Ensworth's Corn Elder turned in yet another Mr. Football worthy season on his way to leading the Tigers to a third straight state championship. Clarksville Northeast's Jalen Reeves-Maybin had another strong year on both offense and defense and climbed to a four-star prospect.
The biggest jump in the postseason rankings was made by Siegel quarterback Brent Stockstill. The top player in Rutherford County this season, Stockstill led the Stars to the Class 6A semifinals by passing for 2,690 yards and 32 touchdowns. He also rushed for nearly 700 yards and 10 more scores.
Also making jumps were Shelbyville Central athlete Marquis Morton and Pearl-Cohn offensive lineman Darius Hooten. Morton, currently a MTSU commitment, enjoyed another strong season for the Golden Eagles and has begun to attract several BCS programs with his play. Hooten, a large 6-foot-7, 320-pound blocker has become a popular name for many programs in the ACC, Big East and SEC this fall.
73 prospects from the region have signed with FBS programs over the last four recruiting periods, and close to 20 prospects in the 2013 class either have offers from FBS programs or will be candidates for offers in January.
The Mid-State Top 15 rankings are based upon in-person evaluations by VandySports.com during the high school season and summer camp period. Highlight videos are also used in the evaluation process.


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An air of excitement and nerves permeated the North Platte City Council meeting Tuesday, when the new mayor and three new city council members took their seats at the big table for the first time.
Mayor Marc Kaschke opened the meeting, remaining in charge long enough to call it to order and place on file the certification of the Nov. 6 election results.
Kaschke then awarded plaques to the outgoing council members Dan McGuire, Judy Pederson and Jerry Stoll.
Following that, City Attorney Doug Stack administered the oath of office to Mayor Dwight Livingston and new council members Brook Baker, Andrew Lee and Glenn Petersen.
The name plates were changed on the wall of the council chambers. There seemed to be a bit of difficulty getting Dan McGuires name plate off the board on the wall. It wouldnt slide out of the slot and comments were made that it had been there so long it had grown roots.
Once the new council took the seats, Livingston tapped the gavel and called the roll.
Livingston seemed excited and a bit nervous, but with a couple of pointers from City Administrator Jim Hawks, he steered the council through the agenda with no trouble.
Recycling bail out
A final vote was called on a controversial grant to Regional Recycling that provides $66,000, enough to keep the Curbside Recycling Program alive until prices for plastics, aluminum, paper, etc, hopefully improve.
The council authorized the grant two weeks ago, after delaying the vote the meeting before. This time, the council voted 5-3 to make the payments to Regional Recycling from the North Platte Quality Growth Fund.
Hawks took a few minutes to explain to the new council members what the agreements were and that they had been discussed at previous council meetings, and that this vote just finalized the approval.
Council members Tim Barrett, Andrew Lee and Jim Carman opposed the grant, voting no. Lee didnt think it a valid use of Quality Growth Funds.
One new council member, Brook Baker, was critical of the grant although he voted for it.
Baker asked about complaints that the trash and litter piled up around the Regional Recycling center.
Dick Maxwell, who has the business next to the center, complained at the councils Nov. 20 meeting, presenting a brief slide show of litter and piles of other materials from his view.
Baker said he is concerned because one of the main points of curbside recycling is to keep North Platte beautiful and I need to know if this has been cleaned up.
Brad Borges, who owns Regional Recycling, said he had visited with Maxwell, and stepped up efforts to clean up the area, efforts that will continue daily.
Baker also asked about the wording of the agreement to be sure it did not mean grant money would be paid to Regional Recycling every year.
Hawks explained that it doesnt. If Regional Recycling requests more money, they will have to start again at the citizens review committee for quality growth funds, and then ask the council, just as happened this time, Hawks said.
In other business, the council:
Voted 8-0 to send an application for a catering license from Sculleys Shooters, 2221 East 4th, to the Liquor Control Commission with no recommendation. The license will allow Sculleys to serve alcohol when they cater an event.
Voted 8-0 to authorize the mayor to sign an interlocal agreement with the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality regarding the implementation of the Storm Water Management Plan Program. The city will receive $37,710 from the state and will contribute $7,542 in city funds to implement the plan, which includes education, training, illicit discharge detection, storm water monitoring and other activities.
The five-page agreement was the first document that Livingston signed.
This report was corrected Wednesday to accurately report the members who voted against the grant for Regional Recycling. - Editor.
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When most machine shops in California's aerospace industry were closing their doors, one machine shop's doors opened wider. Reynolds-Mason Inc. (RMI), in San Diego, capitalized on its knowledge of high tech materials and machining techniques by finding new applications.
RMI specializes in close-tolerance machining, tool and fixture design and fabrication, developmental parts, and R&D using hard tooling alloys, titanium, plastics and composites. The company continues to grow with work in the aerospace, medical, consumer sports equipment, and oceanographic industries. To make everything come together, the company chose the CAMAND system from CAMAX (now part of UGS Corporation). This software provides an NC-focused solution for programming, verifying and simulating geometrically-complex and high-speed machining applications.
RMI recently produced a mold for a biomagnetometer, a medical device used to measure magnetic fields emanating from electrical activity in the brain. Biomagnetic Technology Inc. (BTI), a leader in Magnetic Source Imaging, designed the biomagnetometer using Structural Dynamics Research Corporation's I-DEAS solid modeling software.
According to Laurence Warden, senior engineer at BTI, the device relies upon a cluster of 148 superconducting pickup coils that are mounted in precise locations around the brain. Complex geometry was required for the composite mounting structure called a coil-dish. Reynolds-Mason translated the solid model, via IGES, to its NC programming system and was able to CNC machine the parts and composite molds without using dimensioned drawings.
According to Rich Reynolds, RMI president and founder, BTI considered other methods and materials for the lay-up molds, but decided that accuracy and durability were their prime considerations. The customer thought the design required a five-axis machining center, at about $100 an hour. "We were able to produce it rather nicely on a three-axis FADAL VMC with the power of our NC software and a skilled programmer," says Mr. Reynolds.
"The five-axis job was done on a three-axis machine by programming a constant tilt, fixturing, or using an articulated head. You can fixture that part and keep it tilting, cut the part and tilt more. These procedures are all programmed and run again. You have multiple uses of CAMAND's coordinate system, including the added indexing capability," says Arnold Goularte, RMI's CNC operations manager.
"The aluminum mold was designed and machined from four sections of plate, each bolted and doweled to each other from the inside, as opposed to machining from a solid billet. This method not only saved considerable material cost, it also let us easily machine the interior of each section to maintain a constant wall thickness of about 1.5 inches for cure considerations," Mr. Reynolds explains.
"The BTI product used a low temperature fiberglass lay-up mold. This was a cure at 240 degrees. The fiberglass cloth is laid up directly onto the tool, folded in, and then a vacuum bag is placed over the entire tool. It is then placed in an autoclave to cure it. After about an hour, the fiberglass shell is lifted off the tool."
RMI designs tooling directly from the CAD model, after it is imported to the programming system, by offsetting surfaces to compensate for material thickness and shrinkage. The system automatically generates parting lines from model geometry. According to Reynolds, however, the lay-up mold consists of either a contoured female cavity or a male plug. The fabric is laid onto the mold, typically an aluminum tool in RMI's case, in multiple plies, vacuum bagged and then cured in either an autoclave or oven. Advanced composite materials (fiberglass or graphite-woven cloth) are pre-impregnated with thermo-setting resins that become liquid when the tool reaches a predetermined temperature. As the mold and lay-up reach a higher temperature, at about 250 degrees, depending on the resin's cure temperature, it solidifies to a strong lightweight shell that is lifted off the tool.
Customers' files are input using IGES, usually from SDRC I-DEAS (now part of UGS Corporation), Parametric Technology's Pro/ENGINEER, and files transferred from CATIA. The company recently did a whole series of tools for a local company that deals with composites for the Comanche helicopter, all from CATIA files. The size of CAD files from customers is also "no problem," according to Mr. Goularte. "Our customers send data files of all sizes, and large files never affect the system."
T Reynolds-Mason is very pleased with the success they are having in making molds, and with their ability to apply their expertise in aerospace machining to toolmaking.
"When your only product is service," states Mr. Reynolds, "especially when you're the new kids on the block, you must provide even the most talented work force with the best possible tools to enhance that pride in workmanship. In this business, nothing sells your product better than performance."


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Emerging Arts Leaders Symposium a Big Success
Once again, the Emerging Arts Leaders Symposium at American University has proven to be a smashing success. The symposium, known by the acronym EALS, is in its sixth year. The annual meeting of students and young professionals who work in the arts is held at American University. As national partners with Americans for the Arts, EALS is the official kickoff for Arts Advocacy Day and is held the day before that event.
The symposium offers an opportunity to engage in discussions with experienced leaders in the field about issues that affect arts organizations. Past keynote speakers have included Rachel Goslins, Ben Cameron, Bob Lynch, and Adrian Ellis. Karen Brooks Hopkins and Aaron Dworkin provided the keynote addresses this year.
The theme of EALS 2013 was "Looking to the Horizon." Each speaker and panel discussed new and innovative strategies and ideas in their respective topics: international arts management, marketing, audience engagement, career advancement, innovative organization models, and fundraising.
As the executive chair, I am proud to report that EALS 2013 was by far the largest and most successful symposium ever. Counting the speakers, attendees, staff, and volunteers, 225 people walked through the doors on Sunday, April 7. That proved to be well over double last year's number, a record growth for the symposium. EALS also extended its reach throughout the country. In previous years attendees came mostly from the surrounding D.C. metro area or from within a few hours' drive from D.C. EALS 2013, however, drew attendees from the entire East Coast, the Midwest, and as far west as Utah.
What caused so many people from so many locales to flock to American University? We on the EALS Executive Committee, a selected committee of American University arts management students, focused on quality programming. At the beginning of the planning process, we made the decision to host big names from the industry who have valuable knowledge and experience to share. Doing so was a financial gamble, but we on the committee had faith that presenting the highest quality programming would pay for itself by attracting more attendees. We were right.
The morning began with my opening remarks and a welcome and jumped right into the keynote address by Karen Brooks Hopkins, president of the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). Since taking over as president of BAM in 1999, Hopkins has led the organization with stunning success, riding the waves of financial and philanthropic ups and downs. As a result of her leadership, annual attendance at BAM exploded, the budget more than doubled, and the organization's endowment has almost tripled to over $80 million. Her address connected the day's topics with her real and successful organization. A perfect start to the day.
The attendees then split off into the morning breakout sessions. Gail Humphries Mardirosian (American University, Department of Performing Arts), Todd Dellinger (Rider University), Stacy White (U.S. Department of State), and Ximena Varela (American University, Department of Performing Arts) discussed the newest research and issues in international arts management, a growing area of the arts.
The other morning panel, Marketing for Today's Organizations, saw leading marketing specialists expressing multiple points of view on issues such as subscription plans. Panelists included JoAnn LaBrecque-French (the Washington Ballet), Jennifer Buzzell (Strathmore), Khady Kamara (Arena Stage), and Jack Rasmussen (American University Museum director and curator).
One afternoon panel, Audience Engagement, focused on the importance of engaging audiences—not selling to them—and the strategies to do so. Those panelists included engagement experts Margy Waller (Topos Partnership), JR Russ (Dance Place), Alli Houseworth (Method 121), Doug Borwick (ArtsEngaged), and AU's Varela.
The second afternoon panel featured younger arts leaders who discussed starting and advancing their careers. Panelists included Jojo Ruf (National New Play Network), Christopher K. Morgan (Christopher K. Morgan & Artists and artist in residence at American University), Allison Peck (Freer|Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian), and Anne L'Ecuyer (American University, Department of Performing Arts).
The Innovative Organization Models panel rounded out the afternoon. Rachel Grossman (dog&pony DC), Thaddeus Squire (Culture Works Greater Philadelphia), Margaret Boozer (Red Dirt Studio), and Andrew Taylor (American University, Department of Performing Arts) discussed some of the most cutting-edge organizations.
Attendees came together again to attend a panel on one of the most important parts of arts management, yet one of the most uncomfortable: fundraising. The panel was moderated by Taylor and included Barbara Ciconte (Donor Strategies), Kendall Ladd (Sitar Arts Center), Pete Miller (local arts board member and philanthropist), and Russell Willis Taylor (National Arts Strategies).
The day concluded with Aaron Dworkin's closing keynote address. Dworkin is the founder and president of the Sphinx Organization, the leading organization focused on cultural diversity in the arts, and President Obama's first appointee to the National Council for the Arts. His poignant and invigorating address dealt with the issue of racial access to the fine arts and how arts leaders must work to make the arts represent the true diversity of the United States.
For more information on the Emerging Arts Leaders Symposium and to hear audio recordings of the conference, visit the EALS website.


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What is the current medications now being used to reduce the tremors in hands?
My husband was diagnosed 2 years ago with Parkinson's (mild type, Dr. says) and he has tried several medications with no relief from his hand tremors. He has tried Mirapex, Azilect and most recently Sinemet --working up to 1 tab (25-100 mg) 3x a day. He tried it for 2 months and stopped.
His doctor was advised and he was weaned off but has not been seen by the doctor. He has an appointment in July at the National Parkinson's Foundation in Miami. He takes COQ10 (1200) a day. Can he look forward to any relief?
Parkinson's disease tremor can sometimes be difficult to treat and refractory to respond to medications. In these cases, the trial and error approach of the various parkinsonian agents is appropriate.
The most commonly used medications in the United States are:
- carbidopa/levodopa (Sinemet),
- pramipexole (Mirapex),
- ropinirole (Requip),
- selegiline (Eldepryl and Zelapar),
- rasagline (Azilect),
- benztropine (Cogentin),
- trihexyphenidyl (Artane), and
- amantadine (Symmetrel).
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I made a start setting up a DB structure for multiple language websites, but I have the feeling that I miss something and I can't put my finger on what it is. This are the tables I have so far:
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `languages` (
`language_id` TINYINT(2) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`language` VARCHAR(12) DEFAULT NULL,
`country_flag` CHAR(8) DEFAULT NULL,
`isActive` TINYINT(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
PRIMARY KEY (`language_id`),
UNIQUE KEY `language` (`language`)
) ENGINE=INNODB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `pages` (
`page_id` TINYINT(2) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`page_address` VARCHAR(128) DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`page_id`)
) ENGINE=INNODB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `content` (
`content_id` TINYINT(2) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`page_id` TINYINT(2) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
`title` VARCHAR(40) DEFAULT NULL,
`heading` VARCHAR(255) DEFAULT NULL,
`content` TEXT,
PRIMARY KEY (`content_id`),
KEY `page_id` (`page_id`)
) ENGINE=INNODB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 ;
Those tables are self explaining I guess. table languages holds the different languages with the requested number of languages set to active. table pages are the actual pages in the website: about_us.html etc. table content holds the actual content for the different pages. And at this point I have a block! I think I need at least 1 if not more relational tables. Or should I add another field language_id to the content table? Can anyone tell me If I miss something here or that I'm on the right track
Is the language relative to the page or the content?
I would suggest that it relates to the content and so language should be a 1:1 relationship between each content record in the db. that means a 'title' and 'content' written in French, will show in French whereas a 'title' and 'content' written in Greek, will show in Greek. 1:1
in my CMS, I have these table structures
| language_abbr | language_full | flag |
| ENG (pk) | English | eng.gif |
| GRE (pk) | Greek | gre.gif |
| file_id | file_name_home_language | sequence_number |
*sequence_number determines the order they display in the nav menu
** home language is the home language of the business/user not the web viewer
| id | file_id | language_abbr | title | heading | content |
I hope that gives some assistance
You may want to consider something more standard like PO language files. I personally don't know much about them, though it's on my to do list.
If you use something more standard, you can find more support (whereas if you make something proprietary, it's on you).
content_translations- content_id ( fk content(content_id) )- language_id ( fk languages(language_id) )- title- heading- content- pk(content_id,language_id)
You may also want to add language_id to the content table to determine the contents origin language.
bazz, good explanation
by the way, it's one-to-one only as seen from the content side -- from the language side, it's many-to-one, as there can (hopefully) be more than one content for each language
i would use the international 2-char language code for the language PK, but the 3-char one is okay too, i guess
but please, not a auto_increment id, okay oddz?
Good explanation indeed IBazz. :tup: This helps me a lot indeed. One question though! Is the a particular reason why you use the language_abbr as PK instead of a number?
@Rudy: can you explain what you mean with this:
The auto_increment was indeed the thing that made me confused I guess
this --> ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
the reason you would use it instead of a number is because it's so much better than a number!!!!!
Is the a particular reason why you use the language_abbr as PK instead of a number?
in simple terms it's because its unique to a language. (OK, so there is a variety of English such as US English and International english but, fundamentally, its all English). and if there is a natural PK in your table content, there is little benefit in using a surrogate key.
However, on a technical point, I am not sure if (in other circumstances), a huge PK value would be as efficient in terms of bytes, as an auto_increment number. Personally, I value readability quite highly when moving from table to table as part of the development process.
ISO 3166 are country codes, not language codes.... ISO 639 are language codes
Having built multiple multi-lingual databases, I would suggest you use BOTH... and establish a LOCALE table instead of a LANGUAGE table.
Locale is the combination of language and country, e.g. en_US, or en_GB. It gives you more ability to localize your application not only on language, but currency, number formatting, metric-vs-kings measurements, etc.
I typically structure my ML DB as such:
-- Fill this with all ISO-639 languages
CREATE TABLE language (
id CHAR(2) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL
) TYPE=InnoDB;
-- Fill this with all ISO-3166 Countries
CREATE TABLE country (
id CHAR(2) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL
) TYPE=InnoDB;
CREATE TABLE locale (
language_id CHAR(2) NOT NULL REFERENCES language(id),
country_id CHAR(2) NULL REFERENCES country(id),
name VARCHAR(255),
active TINYINT NULL
PRIMARY KEY (language_id, country_id)
) TYPE=InnoDB;
You can either prefill your entire locale table and use an active/inactive flag (as shown) or only fill it with locales you support.
Country should be nullable so you can create a default locale with no country (e.g. "en" or "es"). Typically you should have your application use a particular country's locale act as the default. This can be achieved by adding a "default" flag to your country table and making "country_id" not null... then any non-country-specific locale or unsupported country's locale would fall back to the default country's locale.
Extending my above example and applying to your DB:
Languages: http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.phpCountries: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2Locales: http://www.roseindia.net/tutorials/I18N/locales-list.shtml
-- Fill this with all ISO-639-1 languages
CREATE TABLE `languages` (
`language_id` CHAR(2) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
`name` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL
) ENGINE=INNODB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
-- Fill this with all ISO-3166 Countries
CREATE TABLE `countries` (
`country_id` CHAR(2) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
`name` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
`default` TINYINT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0
) ENGINE=INNODB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
-- Fill this table with supported locales
CREATE TABLE `locales` (
`locale_id` VARCHAR(5) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, -- This would be like 'en_US', etc.
`language_id` CHAR(2) NOT NULL REFERENCES `languages`(`language_id`),
`country_id` CHAR(2) NULL REFERENCES `countries`(`country_id`),
`name` VARCHAR(255),
`active` TINYINT NOT NULL DEFAULT 1
PRIMARY KEY (`language_id`, `country_id`)
) ENGINE=INNODB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `pages` (
`page_id` INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`page_address` VARCHAR(128) DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`page_id`)
) ENGINE=INNODB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `page_contents` (
`page_id` INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL REFERENCES pages(page_id),
`locale_id` VARCHAR UNSIGNED NOT NULL REFERENCES locales(locale_id),
`title` VARCHAR(40) DEFAULT NULL,
`heading` VARCHAR(255) DEFAULT NULL,
`content` TEXT,
PRIMARY KEY (`page_id`, `locale_id`)
) ENGINE=INNODB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 ;
Yeah, i would agree with that. On the application side of things two or three alphabetic characters isn't going to be an issue passing via the URL if its even needed.
transio, that new design doesn't support translations. How would you determine the available translations for an article that originated in English?
That design most certainly DOES support translations. Is the originating language important?
the page_contents table contains the contents of all pages in multiple languages. The page_id and locale_id combination define which page and what language the contents are in.
Well, I can't profess on the issue but, I wonder if locales is a bit 'PC gone too far'. Surely its about communication? so if the different dialects don't cause a breakage in communication then the does the adage 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it', apply?
Maybe it's useful for multi-national entities but the cost of translation is quite significant for smaller businesses. I digress :oops:
Locale implies more than just language, IBazz... For example, en_US, en_GB, en_CA, en_ZA, en_AU, en_NZ - all imply "English", and can fall back on the default "English" dialect you choose for your site... but which ones use mm/dd/yyyy vs. dd/mm/yyyy? Which use meters and kilos vs. feet and pounds? These are important "locale" settings that have nothing to do with language. If your mission is to localize your website, why restrict your DB to language when it's not much more work to account for full locale, and allow future localization of other non-linguistic information?
Don't think that's important? If you print your date for an upcoming event as 04/05/2011 - half your audience may believe it's April 5th, the other half May 4th... think that's not an important miscommunication? Think again.
[indent]patient: doctor, it hurts when i do this
doctor: well, don't do that then :)[/indent]
no confusion anywhere if you print 2011-04-05
but your point about locales and other attributes besides language is very well made
Heh... "equally confusing EVERYONE" doesn't equate to "no confusion anywhere". I've used dates in YYYY-MM-DD format in websites before... the specific case I'm thinking of was a form with a jQuery datepicker that filled the field with a Y-m-d date. I never saw so much negative user feedback in my life!!! People called us at least every other day confused about the dates!!! Don't assume people are smart... that's a sure way to develop poor usability apps.


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ALDS Game One Preview: Athletics at Tigers
The Braves had won a major-league record 23 consecutive games started by Kris Medlen when the righty took the mound against the Cardinals yesterday afternoon. Orioles starter Joe Saunders was winless in his six career tries at Rangers Ballpark before last night. So, naturally, St. Louis and Baltimore advanced to the Division Series, leaving Atlanta and Texas to wonder what might have been.
We're but two games into the postseason, and havoc has already been wreaked. Below, you'll find the PECOTA odds and projected lineups for today's Game One matchup between the two- and three-seeds in Detroit.
Athletics (Jarrod Parker) at Tigers (Justin Verlander) – 6:00 p.m. ET
Projected Starting Lineups:
Most teams with Cy Young award candidates are watching the playoffs from home, but the Tigers are a notable exception, and as PECOTA indicates, Justin Verlander gives Detroit a significant leg-up in the opener. Verlander won both of his starts versus Oakland this year, tossing seven innings of one-run ball at the Coliseum on May 13 and six shutout frames at Comerica Park on Sept. 19, and the 29-year-old righty closed the regular season with four consecutive victories, paring his ERA to 2.64.
The silver lining for the A's is that they were missing a key member of their now-healthy lineup in each of those past meetings with Verlander. Cespedes was on the disabled list with a hand strain in mid-May, and Crisp sat out the mid-September showdown with conjunctivitis, so Bob Melvin's offense lacked a power threat in the former encounter and a catalyst in the latter. A former Indian and Royal, and career American Leaguer, Crisp has seen plenty of Verlander, and his résumé is impressive. It includes an 8-for-22 (.364 average) line with two doubles and only three strikeouts, though Verlander has been able to control Crisp's speed, holding him to just one stolen base. No other member of the Athletics' post-season roster has more than two career hits off the Tigers' ace.
PECOTA does give the visitors a roughly one-in-three chance of upsetting Verlander in Game One, and that's partly because his opponent, rookie Jarrod Parker, is no slouch. Parker took the loss in his lone career start against the Tigers, which incidentally, came against Verlander in that 3-1 Detroit win on May 13. But that was a much-different Parker, then dealing with control issues that led to a disastrous outing at AT&T Park in his ensuing assignment. Parker issued four walks in each of those games, but he has done so only once in 24 starts since then, most recently on June 27. He logged a 74-to-23 K:BB after the All-Star Break, showing a marked improvement over his 67-to-41 effort in the first half.
Melvin also has a red-hot, if perhaps fatigued, stable of relievers at his disposal that could rescue Parker if what figures to be a low-scoring game begins to get out of hand. Most notably, closer Grant Balfour has retired the last 26 batters he has faced, a streak that dates back to Sept. 22 and includes a perfect appearance in each of the last five games of the regular season.
Daniel Rathman is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @danielrathman
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Hmmm...if we're relying on PECOTA to predict this playoff game, um, has the formula been updated? I thought PECOTA decided the A's were eliminated back in July. (tease, tease)
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• The 19-7 score of Spain's loss to the Orioles on Wednesday might appear discouraging, but there were a few silver linings. After being shut out by the Pirates on Tuesday, Spain put together a few quality at-bats and managed to score seven runs against mostly Major League pitching, including Orioles rotation candidates Jake Arrieta and Zach Britton plus late-inning relievers Darren O'Day, Luis Ayala and Jim Johnson.
"We scored some runs. We got a little more rhythm at home plate. Encouraging, even though we're far away," Mazzotti said. "But time is over, and we play Friday, so we'll do our best. ... You've got to do what you've got to do. We probably need another week of games like this to get the rhythm. ... We'll just try to go as far as we can."
• While Spain's hitters were getting into a rhythm, its pitching left something to be desired. Mazzotti tried to avoid using any pitchers with Major League-affiliated teams on Wednesday, preferring to save them for the Classic, and that resulted in Baltimore running up the score.
"The problem was the pitching, but we knew about that because we were going to save our best starters," Mazzotti said. "That's why we had hard times."
Starter Richard Salazar, who spent 2012 with Sioux City of the independent American Association, gave up five runs on six hits in just 1 1/3 innings.
"It's not easy when you want to pitch too fine and you fall behind in the count and you draw walks and this and that," Mazzotti said. "That happened."
Nick Schumacher, who also played for Sioux City last year, surrendered four runs in one inning. Ricardo Hernandez and Jose Cruz of the Italian Baseball League allowed three runs apiece, and Ivan Granados, who played in Italy last season, gave up four runs while recording only two outs.
Adam Berry is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @adamdberry. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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CBS's O'Donnell Repeatedly Presses Boehner to Implement ObamaCare Benefits, Frets About Loss of 'Protections'
CBS's Norah O'Donnell kept safeguarding provisions of ObamaCare on Sunday's
Face the Nation, daring Speaker John Boehner to oppose "protections for
individuals" in the bill. She also asked if Mitt Romney has a
"credibility problem" for opposing the law's individual mandate.
"But he [Romney] was for it before," O'Donnell insisted to Boehner. "Doesn't he have a credibility problem?"
O'Donnell continued her pro-Obama spin from the previous week by listing parts of the bill that might be hazardous for Republicans to repeal.
"Is there anything good in this law?" she pressed Boehner before rattling off a list of provisions in the bill like "free mammograms under Medicare" and coverage for those with preexisting conditions. "Why not, then, if you like some of the provisions in the Affordable Care Act, why not work with it rather than ap -- repeal the whole thing?"
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After Boehner admitted to being fine with certain provisions, but not
how they are carried out in ObamaCare, O'Donnell then badgered him about
why he wanted to repeal the whole law. "Why not, then, if you like some
of the provisions in the Affordable Care Act, why not work with it
rather than ap – repeal the whole thing?"
O'Donnell also scoffed at the Republican plan to vote once again to repeal the law. "What's the point?" she asked.
A partial transcript of the interview, which aired on the July 1 Face the Nation:
NORAH O'DONNELL: The House has already voted some thirty times to repeal or defund this law. What's one more vote going to do?
Rep. JOHN BOEHNER (R-Ohio), Speaker of the House: And we're going to do it one more time.
O'DONNELL: What's the point?
BOEHNER: It's -- we want to show people we are resolved to get rid of this. This law –
O'DONNELL: You don't think after thirty times they think you're resolved?
O'DONNELL: Is there anything good in this law?
BOEHNER: Well, there's always going to be parts of it that are good. But when you look at the 2,700 that no one read and, uh, you know, remember Nancy Pelosi said well, we have to pass this before we know what's in it. Republicans are not going to go down that path.
O'DONNELL: I asked you if there's anything good in it because I want to ask you about some of the specific provisions in the bill. Since you are going to be repealing it, are you willing to roll back the provisions that would provide free mammograms under Medicare?
BOEHNER: Listen, there are a lot of provisions that can be replaced. Remember, I said, we want to take a common-sense, step-by-step approach to replacing ObamaCare.
O'DONNELL: Let's talk about what's specifically in this bill because there are a lot of protections for individuals.
BOEHNER: Of course there are.
O'DONNELL: If you are under twenty-six years old, you are out of a job, you can stay on your parent's insurance. Do you support that?
BOEHNER: I do. And the health insurance industry has made that a practice within their industry.
O'DONNELL: What about it --
BOEHNER: They came out and made that statement a couple of weeks ago.
O'DONNELL: What about additional preventative care like for children, for instance, you don't have to pay a copay on immunizations?
BOEHNER: As I -- as I said, Republicans believe in a common-sense,
step-by-step approach to replacing this law. And all of those
provisions, popular provisions, many of them very sound provisions can,
in fact, be done in a common-sense way, but not in 2,700 that no one
O'DONNELL: What about preexisting conditions? What about the millions of Americans that have preexisting conditions and are discriminated against?
BOEHNER: We believe that the way it is done within ObamaCare is -- is pushing the cost of health insurance for all Americans much too high. We believe that the state high-risk pools are a much more effective way to making sure that those with preexisting conditions have access to affordable health insurance.
O'DONNELL: Access to affordable health insurance, but you're not saying you would be for a law that would prevent discrimination of those individuals?
BOEHNER: No, we just believe there's a better way to make sure that they have affordable access to quality health insurance.
O'DONNELL: Why not, then, if you like some of the provisions in the Affordable Care Act, why not work with it rather than ap -- repeal the whole thing?
O'DONNELL: It's clear you oppose the individual mandate, and yet your
Republican nominee Mitt Romney came up with an individual mandate and
proposed a tax penalty in Massachusetts. Does he have a credibility
BOEHNER: Listen, Governor Romney, just like all the rest of us Republicans in Washington, are going to work to repeal ObamaCare. And our resolve is stronger than ever with the passage or with the approval of the Supreme Court.
O'DONNELL: But he was for it before. Doesn't he have a credibility problem?
BOEHNER: Yeah, this is an issue that was in Massachusetts. That's in one state. That's why we have fifty different states. They are laboratories of democracy. Governor Romney understands that ObamaCare will bankrupt our country and ruin the best health care delivery system in the world.


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North Platte St. Pats volleyball coach Shelly Byrn couldnt help but feel relieved to have come away with a split in a triangular with Broken Bow and Cozad on Thursday.
The Lady Irish came out with a strong start in the 25-23, 26-24 loss to Broken Bow. They led 7-2 after Zandra Carlini served for an ace.
Broken Bow chipped away and the Indians were close toward the end. St. Pats went up 23-21 after a freeball by Bree Saner landed just inbounds.
But as would be a recurring problem throughout the evening, the Irish (4-1) just couldnt put it away. The Indians won the next point on a kill by Julia Loy and then it was tied when St. Pats committed a net violation.
The following play, Broken Bow (3-3) took the lead when Loy made a block. Then the Lady Indians ended it when Rachel Gaston made a kill on the left side.
We were up by like eight or nine points and they just crept back in, Byrn said. Theres a lot of learning taking place with this team because were so young.
In the second set, Broken Bow gained control and led 20-14. But the Irish were able to rally late with a chance to even the match.
Brittany Lawrence tied it at 24 after the 6-foot-3 senior made a block and a kill on consecutive plays. But the Indians got matchpoint after a kill by Lexie Berghorst. Then Ashley Kirkpatrick got a kill just in front of the line to hand St. Pats its first loss of the season.
Things werent any easier against Cozad, who the Lady Irish defeated 24-26, 25-23, 27-25.
In the first set, St. Pats got a lead of 24-22 after a kill by Amanda McClellen. But the Irish attack imploded and Cozad won the next four plays, including the winning points which came on Cydney Christners kill in the middle.
Cozad (1-5) then started the second set with a head full of steam. The Haymakers led as much as 13-8. But the Lady Irish were able to get back in it and tie the set at 14-14 before overtaking Cozad.
St. Pats got some momentum toward the end. The Irish took a 20-17 lead after an ace by Jordyn Childears that followed kills by Saner and McClellen.
This time, the Lady Irish were able to hang on and force a deciding third set.
Both teams battled intensely in the third. But St. Pats had matchpoint after two straight kills by Lawrence.
The Irish still couldnt put Cozad away. Peyton Irish hit the ball into the net to give the serve back to the Haymakers. Then Claire Christner made a block to tie the game.
Cozad got matchpoint when Amanda German served for an ace. But Lawrence responded with a kill in the middle. Then St. Pats got its third match point when Kenzi Klein hit the ball out. Then Childears ended it with an ace and the Lady Irish finally escaped the day.
It was a great opportunity for a little adversity and I liked how the girls handled it, Byrn said. You have to give credit to Cozad. They played great defense. I am really proud of Jordyn Childears. For a freshman to come in and serve with the score at 24-24 was amazing.
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Having 3 jobs is kicking my ***. I didnt hear anything about a fine. Was it for apparel again?
They are one of the most bizarre teams I've ever seen in any sport. The two Super Bowl wins against New England are epic, yet there have been so many years where they've looked like complete crap during the regular season and can't even get into the playoffs. Ultimately, the rings matter far more than anything else, but the Eli-Coughlin Giants have a very bizarre legacy. Last year was the year where Eli needed to put a complete choke hold on the division and cement himself as a true elite quarterback. When the team was 6-2, they looked like the best team in football and Eli was playing like an MVP. But then they stumbled to a 3-5 finish with some embarrassing defeats. That's just what prevents him from being in the true upper crust of quarterbacks. Peyton and Brady don't ever blow a division by finishing 3-5. Eli looked awful down the stretch last year.
Like I said, at the end of the day your Skins won more games than anyone else, including crucial victories against Dallas and NYG down the stretch. You deserved your division crown.
I agree.
IDK if the numbers back it up, but a few weeks ago a fan said the Giants were due for a good yr. he said theyalternate choking years and then a deep playoff run
I care as much about all the hype that surrounds RGIII as I did about Tom Brady.
I only care what Luck and previously Manning did on the field. After a few more years Luck's stats will do all the talking.
RGIII is too much of a diva. I'm so glad we opted for Luck.
Turner and Young are THE FUTURE!
Got caught up. I have no problem with the operation patience t-shirt.
Like I said last year, I would have been happy with Luck or RG3. Still thrilled we took RG3, and still dont see him as a divo or a coach killer.
bring on the regular season!
Knocking RGIII isn't going to make Luck any better.
So if you had a choice between luck and RGIII?
I am not a NFL GM. Cant even play one on TV.
Though i did say, and i stick by what i said all of last year. Esp with our terrible o libe 2 yrs ago. RG3 made more sense for us. Having a mobile qb saved us....a lot
Though i guess if you put a gun to my head I would say Luck. Thiugh i love mobile QB's, Luck ran a pro offense in college and he also had zero injuries in college (at least none i know of. )
But like I said i ant even pretend to be a NFL GM. Though i did stay at a holiday in express one tine
Who said it did? I knock RG3 because I see flaws in his entire presentation, and he gets ridiculously hoisted up by the entire media. Has absolutely nothing with making Luck better.
There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
He looked good last night. Guy is like a seasoned vet out there.
Yes he was a rookie with a 100+ rating and you see flaws in his presentation? Yes he's not exactly perfect yet and neither is Luck. I am a Luck guy all the way but can appreciate RG too.
If you don't like the media hoist blame the media.
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Again, nothing you're saying has anything to do with what I'm talking about. Like the original point --- bashing RG3 has absolutely nothing to do with Luck, and yet somehow you equated that. Then I said I don't like his presentation --- as in, I don't like the way he presents himself, and you bring up his 100+ rating???? And OF COURSE I blame the media for his hoisting --- who else would I blame?? Seriously, I know you're a Luck fan, but what the heck are you doing, lol...
There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
I am just trying to be fair to a QB that I think deserves some praise for the way he performed last season. I couldn't care less about another team's QB.
Luck was on Mike and Mike this morning. His national push is coming......
Being unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel
Even though he hasn't won a championship, playoff game, division title, MVP, passing title, he's just as good as the top QB's in the game who has done it for years?
Obviously the talent is there, but can we give the guy a few consisteny years of greatness before we put him in the same category as record breaking, HOF'ers?
Edit: This is NOT meant as a knock on Luck at all whatsoever as I believe he is a very very good player. I picked him up in the 5th round of my fantasy league as well
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My biggest fear about Luck is keeping him vertical and in one piece. Not sure the OL is that much improved. LT is inconsistent, RT is new to the line. I wonder if Iljalana can still play.
It is a worry that. Not impressed with the OL so far unfortunately. Pass protection has been average at best and you gotta wonder at Pep's preaching of a power run game. That OL can't open up lanes for the RBs.
Iljana, from what I read, hasn't taken part in a lot of snaps, rather limited number I should say, so he must not be rated a lot by the coaching staff or they may be trying to ease him in. Wonder if he's gonna make the next cut.
While your general concern with our OL is valid, they are still really bad if Satele and McGlynn are starting and all indications point that way, Castonzo is very good and Cherilus is at minimum an improvement over last season. LT and RT are easily our best spots on the line right now.
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People still say RG3 is better just because he is faster. I just don't see RG3 being a great QB. Injured too much and doesn't thrown the ball down field. He is the most overrated player I can ever remember
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We really need to start out with a 3-1 record. Our first four games: Oak, Mia, @SF, Jax.
You have to think that we'll probably lose the SF game, but we have to take those other three. Boy, if we could somehow win that SF game.....
After those first four games, our next four games are: Sea, @SD, Den, @ Hou. Obviously that's a brutally difficult four game stretch. We gotta start off the season at 3-1 just in case we go something like 1-3 during that second four game stretch. This will be a fun stretch for obvious reasons, most notably Manning's return to Indy. SD is Monday Night Football, and then Denver and Houston are both Sunday Night Football. That's three straight weeks of intense national exposure. It would be awesome if we could win those games in front of a national audience, especially the Denver one.
We would be in tremendous shape if we started the season out at 5-3. Even at 4-4, I think we'd still have a good shot at the playoffs. The last eight games are: STL, @ Ten, @AZ, Ten, @Cin, Hou, @KC, Jax.
There are a couple of toughies in there, but overall that's a fairly easy second half of the season. If we can make it through the tough first half without too many bruises, then I think we'll have a great shot at the playoffs again.
I think there's a difference between skillsets and accomplishments. Sure, it's silly to compare Luck to Tom Brady or Manning on pure accomplishsments. But it's not silly to compare on straight eye tests and judging what those individual players *can do* on the field. I can say with all honesty that just on the eye-test alone, Luck is right there with the top QBs in this game *right now* in terms of the fundamentals, the technique, the form, the intangibles, the leadership, the confidence, and intelligence, decision-making, demeanor and cadence, throw-making, athleticism, clutchness, cool-under-pressure --- all those qualities you see in an elite QB. It's easy to consider 'Geek over-zealous in his eagerness for Luck, but to be honest, he hasn't been "off" in any of his outlandish predictions, lol..... like last year, everyone predicted 4-to-7 wins for Indy, and 'Geek predicted 11 or 12 wins. Everyone said he was crazy. He was the only one who was right.
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There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
I'll even take it a step further and do a direct comparison to my favorite player of all time (Manning) by their respective year 2's, remember this is both as rookies and heading into their second seasons:
By my count, the ONLY category that Manning clearly exceeds Luck is release-time. The rest were all even, or actually favored Luck.
Work ethic Push Manning was legendary, but by all accounts, Luck is just as dedicated. Leadership Push Manning commanded the locker room with authority, whereas Luck leads the lockerroom because his peers respect his game, demeanor, and confidence. I actually prefer Luck's way of doing things, and I would even go further to say that Luck had a much larger leadership mountain to climb last year and by all means met/exceeded it, but I can't deny Manning's command of the locker room either. Arm Luck Not really a question to me. Decision-making Push Could argue Manning was actually worse; often made really, really bad forces, and had a lot more "wtf" interceptions. A lot of Luck's stuff was receiver deflections and wrong routes by receivers, but I'll just call it even. Athleticism/Strength Luck Not a question. Luck could rep Manning 10 times on the bench press. He sheds linebackers like a.... linebacker. Manning often went down like a sack of potatos upon contact. Legs Luck Not a question. Intelligence Push I think this is fair to say, amazingly. Manning was a super-computer... but there's nothing to show that Luck *isn't* one, too. No happy feet Luck Not a question. Outside the pocket, running Luck Not a question. Grasp of NFL defenses Push Again, both had a ridiculous grasp of opposing defenses very early. Grasp of reading and calling plays Luck Before you go crazy, remember Manning didn't really start doing his own line calls until season 3, but he revolutionized the game once he grasped it. Luck is clearly building on Manning's shoulders here, but the student is becoming the master. He's ahead of Manning's curve, which is amazing. Release-time Manning I think this was something that Manning was amazing at; he released very high and the speed of it was ridiculous. Manning was a lot more hyper (see happy feet). He could get rid of a ball faster than most in history. Luck gets rid of the ball in his own time, and it's very effective, but to compare direct times, Manning got rid of the ball faster. Throwing Luck Manning threw a duck. It was usually in the right spot, but he often hammered it, and developed a decent touch later on. Luck already has ridiculous touch on his passes. They are pretty spirals. He hammers it when he needs to, weaves it between 4-5 defenders like a magician, and lofts it over shoulders like an artist. I have never seen a QB with such a complete arsenal of throws, with the entire range of throws that he has at this stage of his career. Clutchness LUCK This is absolutely not a question. Luck's clutchness was unlike anything I've ever seen by a rookie. Manning fought clutch criticism well into his career and often crumpled under pressure early in his career. On-the-run Luck Not a question to me. The best on-the-run QB ever in my mind is Aaron Rodgers, and Luck is, in my mind, already right there with him, and likely will become even better. In fact, I almost prefer Luck rolling out than sitting in the pocket! He's absolutely stunning to watch on those roll-outs. To run like that and place the ball like he does is…. superhuman.
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Former Oakland University golfer Brian Stuard made his return to the PGA Tour this season having persevering through a return stint in the Web.com Tour before regaining a spot in the big show. Now, he's been rewarded with his first start in a tour major at this weekend's U.S. Open.
"Golf is a crazy game," he said. "One minute, you've got it, the next minute, it's gone. This time around, I feel more confident in my game. You just have to keep improving all aspects of your game."
Despite finishing as high as second place in his first season on the PGA Tour in 2010, Stuard missed out on consecutive campaigns following a disappointing season on the Web.com Tour. Now, he's scheduled to tee off at 12:45 p.m. Thursday at the U.S. Open in Ardmore, Pa., making him the first former Oakland golfer to qualify for a major tournament.
Stuard said he's keeping calm, approaching the Open as any other PGA event.
"At the end of the day, it's still golf," he said. "This is pretty exciting. Hopefully, I can play well."
Stuard qualified for the Open with a six-stroke victory in a qualifying tournament in Springfield, Ohio, earlier this month.
"It was just one of those days and I was playing really well," he said.
He calls the course at Merion Golf Club a "typical U.S. Open course," complete with long roughs, nice fairways and fast greens.
"It's going to be interesting how it plays," he said.
Stuard secured his tour card finishing 20th on the money list of the Web.com Tour this seson. He can retain his PGA Tour card by finishing among the series' top 125 earners or with a successful trip to Qualifying School at season's end. He's in decent shape in the season's early going.
Stuard has had three top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour, including two in the top five -- at the Puerto Rico Open and Sony Open -- making the cut in 10 of 16 events this season. He said he improved his putting and short game during in his time away from the PGA Tour.
"That's where you make your money," he joked.
Indeed he has. Stuard has earned more than $750,000 and stands 69th in PGA Tour earnings.
After turning pro, Stuard spent 2006-07 on the Hooter's Tour, before earning conditional status on the Web.com Tour in 2008.
The Jackson, Mich., native was Mid-Continent Conference Player of the Year in his senior season at Oakland in 2005. He admitted he hasn't visited campus in recent years, but still has fond memories of the road trips shared with teammates.
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From the mighty city-states dotting the Greek landscape to the burgeoning ports of Phoenicia, critics throughout the Mediterranean are singing the praises of the seventh century's newest lute sensation—the lovely Sappho!
Poetry lovers throughout the civilized world agree: Not a single voice in the whole of the Ionian Isles more enchantingly captures the flush of adolescent affairs; the sweetness of girls' voices at the Altar of the Moon; or the delicate, crystal clarity of air, wind, water and wine than the beguiling songstress Sappho, the pride of Mytilene in Lesbos!
The verdict is in, and the refined sophistication of Sappho's elegant seven-stringed lyre is all the rage, and her newest collection, tentatively given the preproduction title Yes I Am, hits marketplaces in December.
Ah, Sappho! You have delighted king and fisherman alike, evoking with the slightest turn of phrase the ephemerity of a sun-splashed terrace of Minos' grand palace at Knossos, the hypnotic flow of windblown hair in the infatuated eye and the soft, tender resonance of fine cloth on bare, pale forearms.
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"Up until now, poetry has been, I think, more Mycenaean: grand, heroic epics that take hours to sing, with the rhythmic meter pounded out with a big stick," the poetess said in a recent interview. "And though I love Homer, really, I'm a big fan, I'm trying to do something new and lyrical. Being a Lesbian, sure, it's caused some controversy. The island culture here on Lesbos is largely untouched by Pylos, Crete and the kingdoms of the Eastern seas. Even the influence of the Lydian Empire on the mainland is muted. But the lyric meter is something the fans are really responding to, and I'm proud of that."
Added Sappho, "I [ ]/the willow-girl's ankle/Arkhaptia O mine/ the figs [ ]/sweet[ ]brightness."
Dreamily erotic, yet fused with the pain of longing, Sappho's gentle, breeze-blown lyre-plucking accompaniment—the untranslatable "imeros"—gives her captivating words a graceful voluptuousness.
Though future generations will likely know her only through the scattered fragments of her writings painstakingly reconstructed from crumbling papyrus and shattered shards of pottery, her fame will live on always, borne by muses on wings of wind. "Mere air, these words," the lyricist says on a fifth-century kyklix, "but delicious to hear."
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