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Kidney Diseases
Coincidence of Nervous Tics and Proteinuria
Odd question, I know, but both of my teens (boys) developed proteinuria and nervous (motor) tics at the same time that they were going thru BIG teen growth spurts. Do you know of any conditions at all that might link these things? Nothing jumps out at the docs, but I`m still racking my brain for an explanation for why these things happened concurrently for BOTH boys. I feel like we`re all overlooking something, but I can`t think of anything else to have checked!
I did check with our pediatric renal consultant, and neither he nor I can think of any disorders that tie the two problems together.
If you could provide a little more info, we might be able to look into this more.
For instance:
- How much proteinuria do they have (in milligrams per day)?
- What kind of tics are they?
- Are either the tics or proteinuria getting worse?
- Does either have an abnormal serum creatinine?
- Are there any other physical signs, such as a facial rash, or spots on the skin?
- Has either had a kidney ultrasound exam?
Let me know if you can supply more info, and we'll continue to think about this!
Mildred Lam, MD
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School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University


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Once tenured, many don't publish much but still keep their light teaching schedules. University bureaucracies are even worse -- presidents and deans often have staffs bigger than CEOs and managers running much larger businesses. And faculties, which make virtually all decisions by consensus, spend endless hours in committees advising presidents and deans, and are supported by mind numbing bureaucracies too.

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TUMBA, Sweden ― Last week, while attending the Cow Longevity Conference in Sweden, I got to meet people from all over the world.
Everyone was fluent in English, which made it convenient for me and some of the other Americans in attendance. I simply don't know any other languages besides English.
One evening, I was at a table of fellow journalists ― three from Germany and one from Russia. Every now and then, the others (even the Russian) would speak in German, but mainly they spoke in English in deference to me.
Bottom line: I was humbled by the fact that I could participate in a conversation as long as everyone chose to speak English.
Since English has become the second language for many people around the world, it's probably best to count it as a blessing.
It would be impractical to learn Swedish for just one trip to that country. (Interestingly, cross the border into Finland and there is a completely different language spoken.)
It doesn't let us off the hook, however.
As some of the speakers at the conference noted, Spanish is an important language to learn in the dairy industry because of the large number of Hispanic workers and managers. Not only does it allow you to communicate effectively with the workers and managers, it shows that you cared enough to make the effort.
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Raising Aces
Making the Grade, Part One
Grades on the 20-80 scouting scale are subjective by nature. Similarly, the scores that I dole out for the pitching mechanics report cards are based on what my eyes tell me. Each scout sees the player-evaluation world through a unique lens that has been shaped through experience, giving rise to an art of scouting that is rooted in personal observation. The greatest challenge in scouting is also the most fundamental aspect of the process: to convey with words what is seen with the eyes. The grades are only as powerful as the communicative value that the numbers carry, which should be sufficient motivation for an evaluator to be transparent with his process.
I laid the groundwork for the grades in my BP debut, outlining an emphasis on the kinetic chain of movement when pitching a baseball. The chain metaphor signifies the ripple-like influence of the pitching delivery, where a kink in the early links of the chain can lead to inefficiency further down the line. The order of operations is critical within the kinetic chain, and proper sequencing is necessary for peak efficiency, with timing as the key ingredient of the pitching motion.
While the grades are subjective, the evaluations have a quantitative basis, thanks to years spent analyzing motion-analysis data at the National Pitching Association. State-of-the-art technology allowed for the precise measurement of the physical components that make up the grades—I analyzed thousands of pitches, both numerically and visually, thanks to high-speed cameras and software that we specifically designed to evaluate pitchers. My everyday job was essentially a baseball boot camp for pitcher analysis.
A video-analysis background has come in handy in the era of MLB.tv and GIFs, and I look forward to a day when the game-tracking tools of f/x technology enable the quantification of these events on the field. In the meantime, we will have to lean on a bit of educated guesswork. Some of the following descriptions will be a review for those readers with an advanced degree in Pitchology, though I hope that some player examples representing individual grades will enlighten our sofa-scouts in training. Keep in mind that individual 20-grades are very rare among the major-league population of pitchers, as few players can survive at the highest level with such a glaring mechanical inefficiency.
With due respect to the kinetic chain, let's tackle the grades according to sequence.
What 20-80 looks like:
20 – Carlos Marmol
40 – Randall Delgado
60 - Zack Greinke
80 – Matt Cain
Development Path: When a pitcher lacks balance, it can be a symptom of poor conditioning, coordination, or technique. There are pitchers who set up the delivery from an imbalanced position—some players will shift their weight over the back foot when pitching from the stretch, and many pitchers will set up in a tall position that lacks athleticism. These players could improve their consistency by adding some flex to the knees in the set-up position, with the head positioned above a lower center-of-gravity.
To determine the appropriate amount of flex in the knees, a coach would lean on the player's natural balance point, consistent with the level that the player exhibits during the momentum phase of his delivery. But standing tall without athleticism is like an outfielder standing flat-footed until the moment he begins to run the ball down. Balance issues are commonly related to functional strength, and the concomitant ability to sustain the high-energy motion that is necessary to throw baseballs at or upwards of 90 miles per hour for a living.
There is a related coaching strategy that decrees that a pitcher should "stop at the top" of his motion (i.e. max leg lift) in order to find a balance point, halting his momentum while steadying his frame before charging toward the plate, though any method that interferes with a pitcher's natural progression is likely soiled with inefficiency. I have often described pitchers as having "two gears" in their momentum, starting slowly and then shifting to a faster speed after maximum leg lift—for these pitchers, the 20-80 grade considers both the early movement and the later burst to the plate. I also consider the windup versus the stretch when determining the grade, and many players will have better momentum from the stretch due to the common emphasis on a quick pace to thwart the running game.
What 20-80 looks like:
20 – Tyson Ross
40 – Jeremy Hellickson
60 – Clay Buchholz
80 – Tim Lincecum (2011)
Development Path: My general rule for momentum is "to go faster," as the vast majority of pitchers have been told not to "rush" their delivery, an instruction that is so pervasive that any pitcher who does create an obvious burst to the plate is at risk of being branded with the "violence" label. The rush to judgment is part of a widespread paranoia with regard to pitcher injuries and the presumed role of "effort" in the delivery, though a balanced pitcher who possesses structural integrity can safely take advantage of the extra charge.
Many pitchers who increase momentum will see an associated benefit to their timing, especially for those who have been raised under the "don't rush" doctrine, as the quicker motion will effectively shrink the time-window for the motion to fall off-track. A vague understanding of what causes injury has led to widespread paradigms that are increasingly conservative yet not necessarily more effective, a phenomenon which is at least somewhat due to the dichotomy of a baseball community that eschews violence yet craves velocity.
What 20-80 looks like:
20 - Mark Buehrle
40 – Tommy Milone
60 – Matt Harvey
80 – Aroldis Chapman
Development Path: Momentum and torque are the power grades, representing the kinetic energy that is flowing through the system, and pitchers who grade well on these two categories tend to fall into the "violent" bin. Part of the explanation for the assumed violence is that high-energy pitchers often struggle to stabilize the motion, resulting in issues with repetition and pitch command. There is generally a give-and-take for a pitcher in which more kinetic energy results in less stability, at least until the player learns to harness his ideal delivery.
Player signature dictates the relative proportion of hip rotation versus upper-body load, and both elements can be improved through targeted training. A pitcher can increase hip-shoulder separation by working on functional flexibility and core strength to safely add greater twist to load the shoulder-axis. Alternatively, or in addition, he can carefully extend the amount of time between foot strike and the firing of trunk rotation. In this sense, functional strength supports balance, while functional flexibility underlies torque. There are other factors, such as scapular loading, which can further increase torque and velocity, but such techniques involve muscle groups that are commonly underdeveloped, which puts physical conditioning at a premium in order to minimize injury risk.
To be continued…
Doug Thorburn is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @doug_thorburn
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Doug...Fantasic article and visuals! I grew up as a pitcher and still maintain a massive bias toward the science. I look forward to the continuation of the series....Mark
Dec 07, 2012 05:17 AM
Many thanks. Mark!
Dec 07, 2012 14:04 PM
Hey Doug...I grew up trying to emulate everything Tom Seaver. How would he grade out on your 3 point scale?
Dec 07, 2012 17:01 PM
Seaver was awesome. His balance grade was hurt a bit by some lean back toward 1B at max leg lift, and his head trailed behind the center of mass, but he finished with strong balance and posture (which will be covered in Part Two) - averages out to about a 50 grade. His momentum was excellent, probably a 65 overall, and I have seen pitches where it graded out as an easy 70 from the windup. His torque was elite, with huge upper-body load and great timing of trunk rotation - his torque grade was a solid 70, and reached 80 during his peak.
Dec 07, 2012 20:40 PM
Really awesome--just out of curiosity though, how the heck are Timmy's mechanics legal? I thought you had to toe the rubber the entire time the ball was in your hand. He's getting a couple extra feet towards home plate. I've heard Jordan Walden does the same thing?
Dec 07, 2012 08:06 AM
Awesome observation, jfribley.
Dec 07, 2012 14:14 PM
Doug, this is great work. I came for Jason Parks, but I am staying for the pitching analysis. Still love Parks though.
Dec 07, 2012 09:37 AM
Very cool article, love the visuals, Matt Cain looks so smooth and the super slow motion lincecum is just plain fun to watch
Dec 07, 2012 09:48 AM
Thanks, Andrew!
Dec 07, 2012 14:22 PM
Great article. One thing that I'm explicitly missing in some places -- though it is implied -- is the why.
Dec 07, 2012 10:16 AM
Fair point, Alan.
Dec 07, 2012 14:31 PM
Ross and Buehrle get 20 grades on the power categories. Roughly how much could they improve their velocity by being league average?
Dec 07, 2012 11:07 AM
Any adjustment would require the functional strength and flexibility to support it, and in that sense the degree of improvement would depend on pitcher conditioning. But if they had the underlying structural integrity, then both pitchers could add some velo through more efficient mechanics.
Dec 07, 2012 14:51 PM
Fascinating stuff! Who is a pitcher with close to 80 grades for all 3, or 80 grades in 2 of the 3 categories?
Dec 07, 2012 15:27 PM
Great question.
Dec 07, 2012 15:52 PM
I always remember Greg Maddux being noted for his mechanics. How he was always positioned well after throwing and a repeatable delivery. Does he grade out well? Phenomenal series....
Dec 07, 2012 20:35 PM
Thanks, Todd!
Dec 07, 2012 20:44 PM
I actually yelled out loud while reading this article, thinking about the number of times my pitching coaches had me pause mid delivery, balancing on one leg, before going towards home plate. I never understood the logic behind it, and it's both validating and frustrating to hear that it does in fact slow down a pitcher's momentum. Fascinating article!
Dec 08, 2012 07:19 AM
Haha, I hear ya, Zeustis! The logic behind that instruction never made sense to me, either. It seems to me that if you start balanced and stay balanced, then you shouldn't need to "find a balance point."
Dec 08, 2012 15:08 PM
Just wanted to say that this is one of the best features ever at BP! I always talk to scouts at ML games about this rating, but to see it demonstrated and explained with video is a big plus. PLEASE do this with positions like catcher, SS and batting. Great stuff!
Dec 09, 2012 06:30 AM
I would encourage BP to focus on producing fewer, high quality articles such as the Raising Aces series. This is the type of article that justifies the subscription.
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Let's take a close look on roster changes.
Our beloved Pacers ended this unsuccessful NBA-season for their part with the following 15 players on their roster.
Jamaal Tinsley
Flip Murray
Travis Diener
Andre Owens
Kareem Rush
Marquis Daniels
Stephen Graham
Danny Granger
Mike Dunleavy
Shawne Williams
Jermaine O'Neal
Troy Murphy
Ike Diogu
Jeff Foster
David Harrison
I think now it's time to ponder which players should and/or will return to the team for the start of the next season. Here is my conclusion for this matter based on a short yet impartial player-by-player positional evaluation.
Tinsley has been inactive quite often because of repetitive injuries and has become more and more unpopular among fans. He is pretty productive, but we cannot afford to let him mainly not be able to play. We absolutely need a reliable PG as a starter. So he should be traded.
Murray was a starter lately but didn't finish games often. He is a free agent and should be used as a combo guard. He could return because he can score and thus clearly carry some scoring load as a backup SG. However, he needs to be a bigger force defensively than he has been.
Diener shouldn't start games. He is too small and unathletic to guard opponent's starter, but he has some nice basketball IQ, he doesn't turn the ball over too often and can push the tempo up when needed offensively. He could well be used as a trade bait or as a sweetener.
Owens didn't earn much minutes late in the season. He obviously doesn't have quality playmaking skills, but he seems to be a capable perimeter defender, which is useful in our team. He is a free agent and in case his price tag ain't too high we could re-sign him as a filler PG.
Real-life prediction:
Tinsley, Murray and Owens won't be back, Diener will be back
Rush had his ups and downs during the season. Surely, he wasn't as consistant as we wished. He is a decent defender, but as a distance shooter too one-dimensional offensively. He is a free agent and likely will be offered such a deal elsewhere that we have no sense to match.
Daniels has been a disappointment to some degree. He simply ain't as productive as we hoped. Also, he has some off-the-court baggage.
He can play multiple positions and create scoring chances with his penetration, so he has value. Trading him would be best thing to do.
Graham didn't play much this season. He is a free agent with no special strengths. Typically he just got some garbage time, or DNP-CD, under his belt and even though he was relatively efficient, all indicates that he ain't going to be in our plans for upcoming season.
Real-life prediction:
Rush and Graham won't be back, Daniels will be back
Granger certainly established himself as one of our best players this season, if not the best. He is developing perhaps towards stardom. He definately has considerable value in the league, especially with his present contract, but we need to keep him and give him an extension.
Dunleavy was considered as one of the most improved players this season. He was very important for us offensively. Trading him should be investigated carefully, because his salary is high and his value is now surely at its highest. Nonetheless, he should be keeped as yet.
Williams is a project and accordingly he has been given some time to mature and develop. However, he seems sort of jammed in this SF position. Add to this his inconsistancy and some off-the-court issues
and figure that he should now be traded maybe for a good draft pick.
Real-life prediction:
Granger, Dunleavy and Williams will all be back
O'Neal was once again injured for the large part of the season. He proved to be defensive stopper in the paint, but it seems that he has lost a step in the offensive end. His salary is huge and we could invest that money better by trading him and getting a few pieces in return.
Murphy offered some inside-outside scoring and rebounded decently while nicely improved during the season. He struggles defensively but he can shoot the ball. Because he has relatively such a high salary, he could well be traded, but probably is still worth using as a backup.
Diogu didn't get meaningful minutes regularly in spite of O'Neal's absense. He is considered as somewhat undersized for his position. He could score inside but clearly ain't a good team defender. He has no real use and thus should be used as a trade bait or as a sweetener.
Real-life prediction:
Diogu won't be back, O'Neal and Murphy will be back
Foster is a valuable hustle player with limited scoring skills. He does
continuously a lot of dirty work on the court. Every team simply needs that kind of willingness. He is also a very dependable postup defender and rebounder. He is still very useful, mainly as a backup C though.
Harrison was practically our lone true C, but he didn't respond to that well enough. He wasn't such a force on both ends of the floor that we sure would have liked him to be. He also had a serious disciplinary problem. He is a restricted free agent and ain't considered to return.
Real-life prediction:
Harrison won't be back, Foster will be back
This is how Pacers' depth chart should present itself, in my opinion (starter/backup/filler) after these suggested changes are made.
PG: -/-/Owens
SG: -/Murray/-
SF: Granger/Dunleavy/-
PF: -/Murphy/-
C: -/Foster/-
Now I will try to suggest what type of players we are going to need to fill in holes in this depth chart in order to get a full roster.
1. First and foremost we need a star-caliber PG. No matter how. Not necessarily a superstar, but a very good offensive-defensive weapon, to say the least. He mustorchestrate our team and be good at that.
- We would also like to have an offensive-minded backup PG. Owens could serve as a filler. I don't mind bringing back Diener as a backup PG, but then he shouldn't play nearly as many minutes as this season.
2. Defensive-minded SG, please. He should be our best perimeter defender, maybe capable to defend multiple positions. We don't need him to score much, just to stop opponent's best perimeter scorer.
- Then Murray could be our backup SG. He could also operate some PG duties. Furthermore, we would use a filler for SG. He should be able to shoot the ball. Rush would do fine provided his price tag ain't too high.
3. In case Williams will be traded, which I recommend, we could use a filler SF. Most likely he ain't going to play any significant minutes next season, so therefore his contract shouldn't be massive, nor his duties.
- Dunleavy could actually play as our sixth man, compared to Ginobili of the Spurs, for example. Of course, Dunleavy will eventually play major minutes out of position, like this season, together with Granger.
4. If O'Neal will be traded (most likely he is not going to opt out of his contract) we definately need a decent substitute for him. Preferably not even nearly as expensive. This sub should be able to defend well.
- Surely Murphy could start but it's better to have him as an offensive-minded backup sharing big minutes as PF with a newcomer starter PF. We also would hire a filler. He will be a bench layer for the most part.
5. In our system, a real inside presence would be very attractive. So we would love a dominator of the boards as starter C. We didn't have any this season with O'Neal sidelined. Use some big bucks to get this.
- With offensive-minded starting C Foster would fit in nicely for us as a supplementary backup C. As a filler we would like to have a big body, maybe a project much like Harrison. A promising big C surely is useful.
So, as I see it, we would indeed need pretty many new quality players in our team - perhaps as many as four new starters! But I must point out that we do have several ways to obtain them, naturally through trades, draft and free agency. To my understanding, by trading some of our assets presented above should all this revamping be possible.
I guess it's also worth keeping in mind that we need to be open for any improvements of the team we can get. This means that anybody should be tradable if opportunity comes. Building a team is very multidimensional thing in its entirety. Making one change affects to many things, tiny as they may be. (This part was for Larry Bird, )
There are two steps for us to get a competive team next season. Firstly, we must quickly get rid of all the bad or inappropriate parts, that is to say players that for some reason don't fit in to this team. Secondly, we just need to get the players necessary to accomplish this job. As simple as that. Here I have tried to address the first step.
I would like you to take a stand for this topic. Please feel free to express your opinion. Thank you for your attention!


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I have been thinking about incorporating Koans into my practice. Was wondering if anyone has any experience with using them, if so did you find it helpful (or not)?
Also, from the Theravada POV, are Koans useful for "reaching" nibbana or not? I realize they arent in the suttas and developed later but they seem very helpful from what i have read


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Thermographic Characteristics of Sore Throat by Thermographic Camera (thermography)
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Last updated: January 26, 2016
Last verified: January 2016
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Thermographic cameras are used to determine temperature and temperature differences. Attempts have been made to use the thermographic camera as a diagnostic tool in clinical practice. Thermographic cameras have been approved by the FDA in the diagnosis of breast cancer. The camera absorbs infrared radiation which is discharged from the tissue and than translates it to a digital data or a photograph. The camera does not radiate and direct contact with the patient is not needed. The safety is similar to a regular optic camera. No study on thermographic characteristics of inflammation of organs has been published. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate and document these characteristics of inflammation. The correlation between the thermographic imaging and the clinical diagnosis, using routine methods, will be analyzed. The differences of thermographic imaging between an inflamed organ of a subject to a non inflamed same organ of a normal control will also be analyzed. The management of the patient will be by standard practice and will not be influenced by the thermographic camera image and the study outcome.
|Fever Sore Throat
|Device: Thermal camera by Flir -HM series.
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|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
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|Thermographic Characteristics of Sore Throat by Thermographic Camera
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Correlation between the symptoms of sore throat and fever and the temperature of the tonsils as measured by the thermal photograph. [ Time Frame: one day ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Correlation between clinical diagnosis of tonsillitis and thermal camera photo [ Time Frame: one day ]Correlation between tonsillitis characterized by redness of tonsils and/or pharynx, exudates on tonsils, petechiae of the palate and temperature of the tonsils as measured by the thermal camera photo.
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|Study Start Date:
|September 2016
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|December 2018
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2018 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Experimental: Thermal camera by Flir HM series
all patients in both study and control groups will undergo thermal camera photo of the tonsils by Flir HM series
Device: Thermal camera by Flir -HM series.
The patient will be photographed twice by directing the camera externally to each tonsil from below the mandibular angle
Detailed Description:
Patients aged between 5 years and 18 years, who attend the primary health clinic for medical treatment with a complaint of only sore throat and fever will be offered to participate in the study and have a thermal camera photo of the tonsils. The study group will consist of 100 patients. Fifty patients will be enrolled who present with sore throat and another 50 patients will be enrolled who present to the clinic for any febrile condition other than a sore throat. A parent will sign consent after the parent and child have received an explanation about the study. The patient will be photographed twice by directing the camera externally to each tonsil from below the mandibular angle. The photograph will be saved in the camera and the investigator will not be able to see the photo. The number of the photograph will be listed with the patient name. The investigator will keep the list and only he will have access to the clinical data. Thereafter a standard clinical examination will be performed and all the patients will receive standard medical treatment irrespective of their participation in the study. The description of the tonsils and the pharynx will be recorded in the patient's electronic medical file and will consist of the following information (one or more of the following options): normal tonsils and pharynx, redness of tonsils and/or pharynx, exudates on tonsils, petechiae of the palate. Patients who will not have the full description as described above will be excluded from analysis from the study. The data will be analyzed descriptively for a correlation between the clinical findings and the thermal photograph
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|5 Years to 18 Years (Child, Adult)
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients aged between 5 years and 18 years who attend the primary health clinic for medical treatment with a complaint of sore throat and fever
- The control group will consist of patients with fever aged between 5 years and 18 years who attend the primary health clinic for medical treatment complaint other than sore throat
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Patients who are already treated with antibiotics
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Keywords provided by Doron Carmi, Clalit Health Services:
sore throat
thermal camera photo
normal tonsils and pharynx
redness of tonsils and/or pharynx
exudates on tonsils
petechiae of the palate
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pharyngeal Diseases
Stomatognathic Diseases
Respiratory Tract Infections
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases
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At 97 years old, George Tanimura admits he is an old-timer, a "horse and buggy guy" in his words. But the humble farmer resists praise for his legendary accomplishments during a lifetime of growing vegetables in California.
Tanimura, co-chairman of the board for Salinas, Calif.-based Tanimura & Antle Inc., can easily recall the days when a box of lettuce was topped with 100 pounds of ice before it was put on a railcar bound for Chicago or the East Coast.
Tanimura says he still finds enjoyment seeing crops grow.
"I still have to go outside and see the lettuce grow," he said. "I love to see a healthy-looking crop."
Though many Salinas-area companies have come and gone in his time, Tanimura's longevity is perhaps the least of his many accomplishments in the Salinas Valley.
A descendant of Japanese immigrants, the second-generation Japanese American was born July 2, 1915. In the 1920s, Tanimura thinned iceberg lettuce on his father's small farm. After just one year of high school his mother died. George had to quit school to farm with his father.
"Farming is all I knew," he said.
Tanimura's father was growing near San Juan, Calif., but George's father felt that region was a little too hot to grow summer lettuce. At the time, Salinas farm ground was dominated by sugar beets to serve the Spreckels Sugar Co.
In 1923, the Tanimura family, with 12 siblings, moved to the cooler Salinas region and began farming lettuce.
During the Great Depression, when George was only 16, his father died.
With George running the operation near Aromas, Calif., in Monterey County, the Tanimura family farm thrived. That happy time ended in December 1941, when Americans of Japanese ancestry were put in interment camps because of the U.S. conflict in World War II with Japan. The Tanimura family, minus two brothers who joined the U.S. war effort, were shipped off to a camp in Arizona. One of the good things that came out of that time was that George met and married his wife Masaye Yamauchi in September 1944. At the end of the war, George and his brothers went back to farming in the Salinas region, leasing small patches of ground.
"I didn't have 1 acre when the war ended," Tanimura said.
With the profits from growing, George's farm started to purchase land in the Salinas Valley.
In the 1950s, Tanimura developed an exclusive business partnership with Bud Antle, who at the time was in Watsonville, Calif.
"Some of the (produce) guys didn't want to handle Japanese-grown lettuce, but he did," he said. Tanimura said. "He was an amazing man."
Tanimura said Bud Antle absorbed red ink if the markets were poor so growers wouldn't suffer. Antle's cutting edge adoption of vacuum cooling technology and other advances served the partnership well and changed the industry in the process.
Antle was so impressed with Tanimura's prowess as a grower that Antle asked Tanimura to farm some of his land to produce lettuce.
Aided by drip irrigation and other innovations, Tanimura said lettuce yields have increased from perhaps 300 boxes an acre decades ago to close to 1,200 boxes an acre or more today,
Bud Antle died in the late 1970s, but Tanimura retains an enduring partnership with the Antle family, Bud Antle's son Bob Antle is co-chairman of the Tanimura & Antle board, serving with George.
Recovering fully from open heart surgery in 2004, Tanimura said he wants to still see Salinas lettuce fields when he is 100 years old. He goes to the rehab gym three times per week, determined to stay fit.
"You don't want to be pushed around the field in a wheelchair," he said.


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My RB and I decided a couple weeks ago we wanted to try a local duathlon. Sounds like a great idea . . . .except the du was in two weeks. No bother, we are BA so who needs to train, right?
I have been a recreational bike rider for years. We have taken our kids on 5 straight GOBA's (a week long bike tour in Ohio) and I have two centuries under my belt. But that was a few years back. I haven't ridden my bike much the last two or three years. My DH has really gotten into biking so he really isn't into casual riding with me. I get that, I cringed when he wanted to go to running club with me. This year though, I have been trying to cross train on my bike a little more. My running has felt a little stale and I needed something to keep me from getting to bummed about how my running was going. RB-G and I have been going to Club Rides on Tuesday and Club Runs on Weds.
We however, have never put the two together. Until, yesterday that is.
This race is a sprint duathlon. 1.5 mile run, 16 mile bike, 5K run. All of which don't sound bad at all until you have to do them one after the other.
I had a little bit of trouble finding the race location. It is WAY out in the country and my GPS kept telling me to go down roads I could not find even with it telling me to turn right now, with there being no road to turn onto. I knew the general direction so made it there but with less than an hour to get ready.
I had researched on multil-sport races so I wouldn't look like a total newb but still was pretty unsure of things. We got our ankle bracelets on and the numbers on our bikes. They also gave you a sticker with your number on it that was supposed to be on you at all times. Unfortunately, it was raining so it would not stick to anything. I eventually stapled it to my shirt.
We went over to the transition area and set our bikes up. It was raining so I kept everything in a zip lock bag. Helmet, chews, gloves, bike shorts, water on the bike, trail shoes for second run and jacket. Decided last minute to ditch the jacket because even though it was raining I didn't feel cold and didn't want it sticking to me the whole ride.
The race starts and we are off and running - fast. Luckily it ended up only being 1.37 miles. RB-G is ahead of me by about 20'. I am trying not to worry about what she is doing, I figure I can make it up on the bike. I hit the transition area and put on my bike shorts, helmet and get my bike off the rack. RB-G is gone. She only puts on her helmet and goes. I'd given her a pair of gloves to borrow for the race but she forgot she had them. Since I am not wearing a bike jersey I have no pocket to put my chews so I stuff them in between my running and bike shorts. I put my gloves on as I am exiting the transition area and now I am on the hunt. It is raining and this is only the second time I have ridden a road bike. My DH fixed me up with his old road bike. It was to small for him but fits me pretty good. The only thing that is hard for me is reaching the shifters and brakes. I am a little concerned about having to brake fast add in the rain, I am a little worried. But no time for that I hit the bike hard and am trying to catch up with her and seem to be closing in but she is riding with two people. I would not accuse her of drafting because she is so new to biking she wouldn't know that it is a benefit but later she would tell me she was just trying to stick with them so unknowingly she was drafting. They pulled further away from me and the head games started. Good angel on one side saying "go track them down" the bad angel saying "loser - just ride for fun now - you will never catch her". This goes on for way to many miles. At some point I realize the other two riders have left her so I am catching her again. I am also miffed at myself for staying so long at the transition that I got myself in this position. So, I shift into the hardest gears I can pull and pedal as hard as I can. End up about 1/4 mile back from her. Our ride times were only 20 seconds off. Coming in after the ride.
Second transition - Removing bike shorts, grabbing hand held water and changing shoes. G forgot water so asks if she can have some of mine. I hand her my water bottle and take off. I need to get some distance between us. My running has been rough lately and I know she is in better shape than me. I leave the transition area and attempt to run. OH MY GOSH - as this picture shows. OUCH! I have never hurt this much attempting to run. Not even when I started running.
I ran about the first 1/4 mile then started a 20 step walk, 40 step run pattern. G passed me about 1/2 mile in and it defeated me. Looking back I wish I would have gotten in behind her and tried to hold on but I sorta gave up for a little bit. My glutes and shins (weird) were so stiff and painful. It was a muddy trail that was all uphill to the turn around. I started trying to run more than walk and at the turn around, since it was downhill now, was able to keep running. Somewhere with around 1/2 mile to go I decide to take a short walk break and hear someone behind me. Dang it, don't want passed so I start running again. It is a girl I know from a church I used to attend. She has never beaten me at a race and she is usually pretty slow. She must have been training because the pace she held for that 5K was better than what she used to be able to do. She passes me with 1/4 mile to go and I can't pass her back. Finish 4 minutes behind G but still standing.
My pace for the first 1.3 was 8:46, the biking average was 15.1 MPH, the last 5K (I don't want to talk about). The biking average is a new PR for me and I have a PR since it is my first Du.
Today, the only thing that really hurts is my back. I am sure this is from riding the bike and pushing it hard while riding. I did a two mile shake out run tonight and my legs were just a little sore. Sat in an ice bath for a little bit and hopefully will be able to get a good run in tomorrow.
I learned that I could do more than I thought I could. Now I need to work on getting back the mental game. I think I have been afraid to push myself because I wasn't sure what was going on with my heart. I think that fear may still be in the back of my head, I need to get over that.
I enjoyed the challenge and will definitely be putting one or two of these in my yearly schedule.
Looks like Ohio is going to get the hot temps/humid weather back for the first part of the week so it will be a slog fest.
Hope you have a great week!


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Good win... insofar as every win is a good win. Plus a win without Granger is nice. But holy cow that is a really bad team. There's no way they make the playoffs.
Nice line by TJ tonight, but I question his decision-making more than ever. If he wasn't shooting out of his mind this would have been very bad.


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Winter Harbor was long a favorite safe harbor for mariners seeking shelter from storms. In 1856, the Winter Harbor Light Station was built for $4,000 on little (about four acres) Mark Island to guide vessels into the harbor and to warn of dangerous ledges. The lighthouse is now privately owned and not open to the the public. But it can be seen distantly from some roadside areas of the Schoodic Peninsula.


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A PAIR of gardeners from Winchester have come second in the BBC's The Big Allotment Challenge.
Kate Bennett and Eleanor Waterhouse, both 63, got through to the final broadcast last Thursday.
The show is gardening's answer to The Great British Bake Off.
Eleanor, a member of the Greening Fulflood group, said: "We had a whale of a time. It was very time-consuming but we really enjoyed it.
"When we entered we just hoped we weren't going to get thrown out the first week. It was a great surprise to get to the final."
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MORE routes could be coming soon to Southend Airport after bosses admitted they were in discussions with "potential new partners".
Planes currently jet off to 15 European destinations from the airport, but speculation has been raised that new routes to Denmark, Romania and Turkey could be on the horizon.
Industry website Anna Aero - airline network news and analysis - has listed five new potential routes for the airport to Copenhagen in Denmark, Frankfurt in Germany, Glasgow, Madrid in Spain and Zurich in Switzerland. Another website, therouteshop.com, which markets potential routes to airlines, has gone further and listed Nice in France, Munich in Germany, Budapest in Hungary, Dalaman and Antalya in Turkey, Rome in Italy, Lanzarote, Mahon in Menorca, Bucharest in Romania and Gibraltar as potential destinations.
A spokesman for the airport admitted talks were taking place.
He said: "We are working closely with all our current partners – as well as speaking to potential new ones – in order to offer an even wider variety of destinations for business and leisure travellers.
"As soon as we do have new routes confirmed then you will be the first to know."
Last year the airport flew one million passengers to holiday and business destinations. The Stobart Group, which bought the airport in 2008, has invested £120 million. The new £10million terminal extension, offering more check in desks is opening soon, while a train station, an air traffic control tower, terminal building, runway extension, 4-star Holiday Inn and radar have all been built.
Website therouteshop.com says major reasons to serve Southend Airport are the facts its a new airport, has a brand new railway station linking it with Stratford and London Liverpool Street, competitive charges and excellent slot availability. It lists its key facts as having a catchment area population of potential fliers of 5.4 million people within an hour and 19.3 million within two hours.
*HOLIDAY rather than city break destinations would prove most successful for Southend Airport according to a local travel agent.
Ian Burns, owner of Travel Smart in the Victoria shopping centre, Southend, welcomed more flights added to Southend's schedule. He said their most popular destinations for sales were Faro in Portugal and Mallorca. For cities Barcelona and Amsterdam have been big sellers.
Mr Burns, who has been in business for 14 years, said: "The more destinations they get, the better. Holiday places rather than cities seem to be more popular, so we'd welcome more of those.
"If they did go to Lanzarote that would be popular like Tenerife is currently. They could do with running that all year not stopping in March as they plan to.
"If they can get to Turkey and Bodrum especially that would sell well.
"But I do think they are missing an opportunity by not opening up the Greek islands like Corfu as they are within three hours and popular places."
Southend Airport flies each week to Amsterdam, Alicante, Barcelona, Belfast, Berlin, Edinburgh, Faro, Geneva, Ibiza, Jersey, Krakow, Malaga, Mallorca, Tenerife and Venice with easyJet. Aer Lingus has three daily return services to Dublin, where travellers can get transatlantic connections to Boston, Chicago, New York, Orlando, San Francisco and Toronto


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SAN JOSE -- A sense of normalcy returned to San Jose State on Thursday when it had its first practice in pads in three weeks.
The Spartans officially began preparing for their Dec. 27 matchup in the Military Bowl against Bowling Green while Kent Baer led his first practice as interim head coach in place of the departed Mike MacIntyre.
"To me, I'm just doing the same thing I did as a coordinator," said Baer, the team's defensive coordinator. "We've got a great offensive staff. I don't have to watch any of that. We're just moving forward. I really never even thought about it."
Baer wasn't necessarily pleased with the effort in practice. Aside from the off-the-field distractions with MacIntyre leaving for Colorado on Monday, it was San Jose State's first time in pads since ending the regular season with a 52-43 win over Louisiana Tech on Nov. 24.
"It was a little bit sluggish. It's to be expected," Baer said. "We'll get back in tune, it's just going to take a couple practices."
For the players, it's a relief to return to preparing for a game and move on from the departure of the only coach many of these players have known.
"It was painful at first. Shocking mostly," junior linebacker Vince Buhagiar said of MacIntyre leaving. "But after we all settled down and settled in, we're starting to gear things up and get ready to go. We've accepted it, and we've moved on and we're doing what needs to be done."
The defensive players, and linebackers in particular, are excited to see Baer in charge. He's been SJSU's linebackers coach since 2008 and added defensive coordinator duties when MacIntyre took over in 2010.
"It's always a fun time with Coach Baer," junior linebacker Keith Smith said. "He knows how to have fun, but at the same time, he knows when it's serious business and so do we."
Smith thinks that in terms of preparing for Bowling Green, the Spartans shouldn't miss a beat without MacIntyre.
"Coach Mac did a lot for us, but when it comes down to it, it was really our position coach that got us prepared for the games," Smith said.
Baer said he won't deviate from the plan that MacIntyre put in place to prepare for the bowl in Washington D.C. The Spartans spent the past week and a half doing conditioning workouts, and the coaching staff is keeping practices shorter with players in the midst of finals.
Thursday's practice included some tackling work and was heavy on team drills. They'll focus again on tackling Friday to get the team readjusted to contact. But overall, it's business as usual.
"To me, there's been enough change so we're not going to change a whole lot," Baer said. "We're going to do what we've done and get back in the routine, and I think that's the best way to handle it."
Baer seems interested in emerging as a candidate to become San Jose State's full-time head coach. He indictated as much in a Wednesday interview on KNBR radio. He has the support of his linebackers.
"He's just a caring person. He's a player's coach," Smith said. "That's probably the reason we love playing for him because we have a good relationship personally with him, off the field, too. That's why I think he's going to be good for us going into the bowl game and hopefully longer than that."
"He's the type of coach where you're going to find a lot of players that would die for him," Buhagiar added.
* Oakland Raiders quarterbacks coach John DeFilippo spoke highly of San Jose State but declined to state when asked by this newspaper if he has interest in the Spartans' opening.
"First of all, let me say I couldn't be happier for Mike MacIntyre and his family," DeFilippo said. "Mike did an unbelievable job at San Jose State. I love the place. It's a great place.
"My effort, 100 percent is on the Kansas City Chiefs this weekend and getting Carson (Palmer), Matt (Leinart) and Terrelle (Pryor) ready to go to 100 percent of their ability."
DeFilippo, 34, spent two years on MacIntyre's staff before joining the Raiders this season. He was the Spartans' quarterbacks coach both seasons and their offensive coordinator in 2011.
DeFilippo, whose offense is still run by San Jose State, seems a logical choice to emerge as a candidate. He was well regarded during his time with the Spartans and played a role in recruiting some of the current SJSU players, including quarterback David Fales.


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Two brothers-in-law, Eliyahu-Leib and Moshele Itses lived together near the house of my father-in-law. Their lives were full of ethical content. Eliyahu-Leib had a grocery store and was a wax and honey merchant. He was of average height and had a thin beard around his constantly happy face. Moshele, on the other hand, was a peddler, traveling around to villages on his wagon to buy grain from the farmers. He had a wide and honest face, and had a long beard in comparison with his short stature.
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When he was a town crier, Elikal would go through the streets with his drum announcing to the residents that the public bath was ready to accept customers, or that quality salted fish had arrived in the store of so-and-so, or that a visiting cantor would lead the prayers in a particular synagogue. After Elikal the Crier died, there were two people who inherited his position of making announcements Avrahamel the Crier and Leib the Crier.
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On one Sabbath during the winter, when everything was covered in a layer of thick snow, and it was terribly cold, the Jews of Gulian came to the home of an elderly couple, Berl and Reisel, in order to perform the morning prayers with a quorum of ten men. This couple's house was at the edge of the yard of a farmer named Neyo. It had a long hallway and a large room that served as dining room, guest room and bedroom. Next to it there was a small room that contained a small oven and served as the kitchen. This house stood at the main road from the railroad station in Dondushan, on the way to Yedinitz. All week at approximately 10 am, the carriages carrying travelers from Dondushan to Yedinitz would stop there, and the travelers would go in to drink something hot and rest from the rough ride. This was many years before World War I.
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- Video Shows Murder of U.S. Journalist Steven Sotloff
- Obama Says U.S. Aims to 'Shrink' Islamic State's 'Sphere of Influence'
- Rebecca Ballhaus: Outside Groups Spend Big in Key Senate Races, Report Shows
- Obama Expresses Skepticism About Ukraine Cease-Fire
- Seib Video: How Will U.S. React to Steven Sotloff Murder?
VIDEO SHOWS MURDER OF STEVEN SOTLOFF: The video posted by the Islamic State yesterday showing the murder of American journalist Steven Sotloff has brought further calls for the U.S. to more forcefully confront the militants in both Iraq and Syria. The White House said Wednesday the video is authentic. It's the group's second publicized killing of a captured American journalist in two weeks, appearing days after U.S. airstrikes helped break a two-month siege by the Sunni militants on the Shiite town of Amirli. The group said Mr. Sotloff was killed in retribution for U.S. airstrikes on its positions in Iraq.
The White House didn't indicate any immediate shift in policy as a result of the video, saying that President Barack Obama wants to see involvement by Iraqi and Kurdish forces, as well as regional and international powers. Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday in Estonia, Mr. Obama signaled a sharper response to the Islamic State, saying such violence only unites Americans and vowing that "justice will be served." The president said the goal of the U.S. effort to combat Islamic State is to diminish the extremist group to "a manageable problem," which he said would require a lengthy and broad international response.
Last night, the president authorized another 350 military personnel to protect U.S. diplomatic facilities in Baghdad, but said the troops won't play a combat role. Matt Bradley reports. ( Here's a look at Mr. Sotloff's life and career, and how it brought him to Syria.)
More coverage on the Middle East: The secret to Islamic State's brutal efficiency? Local tribal connections, military tactics blended with conventional terrorism, and learning from al Qaeda's mistakes … Relatives of Iraqi soldiers killed in a battle with Islamic State militants stormed the Iraqi parliament and shut it down … Authorities in Saudi Arabia arrested 88 people on suspicion of planning to carry out terrorist attacks both in the kingdom and abroad … An Islamist rebel group fighting to overthrow the Assad regime will release 45 captured United Nations peacekeepers if it is dropped from the list of al Qaeda-linked groups under U.N. sanctions … The leader of Somalia's al-Shabaab militant group was in a convoy of vehicles hit by a U.S. airstrike earlier this week, a spokesman for the movement said.
–Rebecca Ballhaus
Candidates and parties are only slightly outspending outside groups in the 27 Senate races with the highest levels of spending, another sign of the rapid growth of outside cash in recent years, according to a new report by the Center for Public Integrity. And in certain key 2014 races, outside spending has far outweighed that of candidates and parties. For more details on the report, including a breakdown of spending in key Senate races, read Rebecca Ballhaus's full post in Washington Wire.
O'MALLEY INCHES TOWARD 2016 RUN: Democratic fundraisers say Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley has told them he would enter the presidential race even if front-runner Hillary Clinton is a candidate. Though his camp signaled previously that he likely wouldn't run if Mrs. Clinton did, the governor appears to be making pre-2016 rounds—speaking at a fundraiser in New Hampshire later this month, dispatching campaign staffers to states with competitive midterm races, and donating thousands through his PAC to the New Hampshire Democratic Party and to a congresswoman in the state. Peter Nicholas reports.
GOP PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS TRAVEL THE WORLD: The current 2016 Republican hopefuls have touched down in South Korea, China, the Philippines and Guatemala, among other places—new itineraries that reflect changing U.S. economic and diplomatic relationships, analysts say. Possible 2016 contenders on the Democratic side are well-known for their foreign-policy experience, and these trips can offer potential GOP candidates "valuable perspective" for debating national issues, said one GOP strategist. Heather Haddon reports.
RUSSIAN MUSCLE LEAVES UKRAINE FEW OPTIONS: With his army in retreat amid an influx of Russian soldiers and heavy weapons, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is facing a tough choice between making concessions to Kremlin-backed separatists or fighting a bloody defensive war. The dilemma seemed unthinkable until last week, when Moscow turned the tide of the five-month conflict. James Marson reports. On Wednesday, the Ukrainian president's office said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to a cease-fire regime in eastern Ukraine. The Kremlin took issue with that wording, saying the two leaders only discussed steps toward peace. Neither Ukraine nor Russia provided details of what was agreed to. President Obama, who arrived in Estonia to show support for the Baltics and send a stern message to Mr. Putin, said it's too early to tell what a reported Ukrainian-Russian cease-fire means and expressed skepticism about Moscow's willingness to follow through.
ALSO IN THE NEWS: A third American missionary has been infected with Ebola while working in Liberia … U.S. regulators are opening a new front in their efforts to create a safer financial system with rules designed to ensure banks can survive a crisis without running out of cash … Banks are making less of their money from customer-account fees than at any time in the past seven decades … Detroit's municipal bankruptcy trial has begun … A federal appeals court spent nearly two hours yesterday peppering the government and a civil-liberties group with questions about the legality of the NSA's bulk collection of phone records … A strengthening manufacturing sector is fueling expectations that the U.S. economy will expand at a more robust clip in the second half of the year … Nebraska's lawmakers are working hard to be funny: Every Wednesday morning when the House and Senate are both in session, Nebraska's five representatives in Washington get together and tell jokes.
–Compiled by Rebecca Ballhaus and Kate Milani
After another gruesome murder of a captured journalist by the Islamic State extremist group, how will the American government react? Washington Bureau Chief Jerry Seib explains the potential impact on U.S. policy going forward.
–THE PRESIDENT: President Obama arrived in Estonia for a one-day visit that is both a show of support for the Baltics and a stern message to Russian President Putin. He will then leave to attend a meeting of members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Wales. He said he will use the NATO meeting to press for commitments from other nations to join the U.S. effort to combat the Islamic State.
–VICE PRESIDENT: Vice President Joe Biden will deliver remarks at 11:45 a.m. at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in New Hampshire, highlighting the shipyard's workforce engagement.
–SECRETARY OF STATE: Secretary of State John Kerry hosts a ceremony to honor the appointment of Shaarik Zafar as special representative to Muslim communities at 10 a.m. At noon, he delivers remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the U.S. Diplomacy Center. Former Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton, Henry Kissinger, James Baker III, Madeleine Albright and Colin Powell will also attend.
Timothy P. Carney of the Washington Examiner finds the decision by a boutique Wall Street firm to hire former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor troubling: "If an investment firm is willing to pay $220,000 a month for a politician's insight — even if he is an extraordinary politician — that tells us that Washington is more involved with our economy than it should be."
A Financial Times editorial says President Obama needs to provide genuine leadership to push back Vladimir Putin, ISIS and others, and argues he can do so by declaring the U.S. will do what it takes to remain a superpower, replacing his foreign-policy advisers with diplomatic veterans, and appealing to people across the democratic world, not just Europe, to stand together.
China's rejection of plans for a free and open election for Hong Kong's chief executive isn't just a crisis for Hong Kong but is also a test "of which political ethic will prevail across China in the years ahead: globalism or nationalism, two fundamentally different conceptions of how China will relate to the rest of the world."
"Contrary to the Horatio Alger myth," writes Richard Reeves of Brookings, "social mobility rates in the United States are lower than in most of Europe." Forces related to income, wealth, family structure and education "put the country at risk of creating an ossified, self-perpetuating class structure, with disastrous implications for opportunity and, by extension, for the very idea of America."
In WSJ's Think Tank, Haleh Esfandiari writes that, while beheadings and mass executions by ISIS fighters have gathered much attention, too little attention has been paid to is barbarity toward women, which has included gang rape and enslavement.
After peaking in 2009, the annual account fees collected at U.S. commercial banks have dropped nearly 21% to $32.5 billion last year from $41.1 billion in 2009, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
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A Look At 10 FREE Comics Available This Saturday, May 4...
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All across America and around the world in participating comic book shops, this Saturday, May 4 is one of the best days of the year. That's right, it's Free Comic Book Day.
So what's Free Comic Book Day?
Free Comic Book Day is a single day - the first Saturday in May each year - when participating comic book shops give away comic books absolutely FREE to anyone who comes into their stores. That's right, FREE COMICS! And you know what's better than FREE comic books? Yeah, me neither.
So what's on the schedule for great reading this Saturday? Thanks to Diamond Comics Distributing, we got our hands on a few of the comics which are sure to be super popular with readers everywhere.
For fans of superhero comics, there are a number of books which will appeal, including...
Marvel's Infinity preview book written by Jonathan Hickman and drawn by Jim Cheung is a great read for fans who'll no doubt pick up this fall's six-issue event, introducing Thanos as a larger cosmic presence and danger to Earth, the X-Men, the Avengers, and S.H.I.E.L.D. As an added bonus, a short story featuring Thanos from Logan's Run #6 (dated 1977) as is a short 4-page preview of the forthcoming Avengers: Endless Wartime original graphic novel by Warren Ellis and Mike McKone.
DC fans won't want to miss Superman: Last Son of Krypton - Special Edition by Geoff Johns, Richard Donner and Adam Kubert. An engaging first part to an on-going story, this gives fans an idea of what would happen were Clark to have found himself crash-land on Earth as a child.
For those who are looking for a more hardcore superhero books, there's Avatar's Absolution by Christos Gage and Daniel Gete. Available now in both hardcover and trade paperback form, this single issue presents both Chapters 1 and 2 of the first trade. A terrific tale of a superhero police office who realizes some bad guys need killing. Also included is a sneak peak of the new book, Absolution: Rubicon, available this July.
Likewise, Comix Tribe's The Red Team #0 will also be available. Created by Tyler James and Cesar Feliciano and with art by a variety of talent, this book is a preview of a forthcoming 10-issue series based on Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None." In this limited series, Oxymoron, a well-known Comix Tribe villain, taking on The Alliance, a corporate super hero team.
For those into sci-fi and fantasy, Saturday's offerings include a great variety as well...
Top Cow's Aphrodite IX, by writer Matt Hawkins and super talented artist Stjepan Sejic, reintroduces fans to the android beauty who first appeared way back in 2000. This new #1 issue provides fans with a new look at the assassin android in a futuristic world where two factions are at war.
Of course, if you're looking for war, you needn't look any further than 2000AD's 48-page 2013 2000AD Special, which is chock-full of awesome. Inside, readers will find six full shorts, including a brand new Judge Dredd story, an Indigo Prime story, a brand new Zombo story, a cool new Future Shocks story (my favorite!), The Visible Man, and Insurrection (Part One). Sci-fi doesn't get any better...
Fantasy fans will appreciate the new Graphic India's Ramayan 3392 AD book, featuring a number of original stories edited by fan-favorite Ron Marz with art by various talents, including Michael Avon Oeming, Jim Starlin, David Peterson and others. These six short stories introduce the five main characters as well as the Ramayan Reborn story, which is an ancient retelling of an old Indian myth. If you've read the original Ramayan 3392 AD book published by Virgin Comics, this is what you want.
Speaking of older comics, if you're a fan of comic publisher Valiant, both classics and the old retold, you're in for a treat. Valiant Masters 2013 Showcase Edition delivers a sneak preview at four different classic stories: Ninjak Vol 1 - Black Water, Shadowman Vol 1 - Spirits Within, Eternal Warrior Vol 1 - The Fist and Steel and Rai Vol 1 - From Honor to Strength. Each of these previews reprints a few pages from the first chapters of these now classic books, originally published in the early 1990s and available now in collectible hardcovers. Likewise, Valiant 2013 provides a sneak preview of a number of new books from the publisher, including Harbinger Wars #1, X-O Manowar #11, Archer & Armstrong #0 and Quantum & Woody #1. Other special features include a Valiant Universe pin-up as well as interviews with Fred Van Lente and Robert Venditti.
Last but certainly not least of the books we previewed is The Walking Dead. This Free Comic Book Day 2013 Special includes four origin stories looking back at the early days of Michoone, Morgan, Tyreese and Brian Blake - The Governor. All four short stories extend the history of each of these four characters a bit and provide some engaging insight into these traumatized, terrified and frightening characters.
If you're a comic collector and fan, this Saturday is one of the best days of the year. It's essentially like Christmas, your birthday and Earth Day all wrapped into one...but with free comics at your local comic shop. So head on over to FreeComicBookDay.com to find a participating local comic shop near you and prepare yourself for a day filled with fun!
- Jess C. Horsley


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Starting today, Samsung customers can take advantage of TecTiles 2, the next generation of Samsung's original TecTile NFC programmable tags launched last summer. Fully compatible with all Samsung NFC-enabled smartphones, including the Galaxy S 4, TecTiles 2 and the new TecTile mobile app allow users to simplify smartphone actions and connect to the world around them using NFC technology. TecTile 2 programmable NFC tags are available at Samsung.com beginning today for $14.99 for a 5-pack sleeve and will be at other retailers nationwide in June.
Samsung TecTiles 2 are the next generation and evolution of TecTiles, programmable NFC sticker tags that allow users to automate everyday functions of a smartphone through a single tap. TecTiles 2, paired with the new Samsung TecTile app, allow consumers to program the tag for various functions, including sending text messages, silencing the phone when entering a meeting, playing a specific song and dimming the display before going to bed.
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'It is only at its first season with Buffalo that its heart started to show signs of tiredness. I knew that an operation awaited me one day, but I thought of having still ten years in front of me before passing under the lancet", has it says. "I did not feel any faintness. All was well, but during an examination of routine, the doctors noted that malformation that one had detected with my birth worsened. A problem of valve caused an ignition of the aorta and the operation had become necessary. I remember where I was on similar date last year."'


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Three weeks ago we spent two refrigerated hours inching along hard wooden benches in the gaunt, unheated grandeur of Westminster Hall. Luckily, it's one of the best rooms in Britain, hammerbeams to die for. Unluckily - for him, if not for posterity - it is where they sentenced Charles I to death by beheading.
Charles died, you might say, so that the House of Commons might live; the one for the many. So it seems a kind of memorial act to queue here in the monarch's tres froid death-chamber, to witness the Commons' gay marriage debate that he unwittingly made possible.
It's the Second Reading debate, the day of the big division. The kids have chosen this over both the London Eye and tea at the Savoy as prime entertainment; history as it comes from the mould.
The press lead-up has gaily trumpeted the supposed emotion and ''vitriol'' in the gay marriage debate but I am struck, as we slowly thaw in the lovely shoebox of Barry's Commons, by the sophistication, nuance and sheer moral elegance of this prolonged parliamentary exchange.
Up there, behind the terrorist-proof glass, there's no doubt. This is it, the ritual dance of democracy. I feel like Attenborough, hushed to camera, watching the brolgas bob.
Sure, there's still implacable disagreement. Plus a conscience vote does varnish a debate in authenticity. But, as MPs from both sides and the middle take the floor to reveal this or that experience, affiliation or belief and to draw from it their argument, it seems that every possible type and twist of view is framed within this shared scaffold of manners and respect.
Comparisons are inevitable. The constant giving way to ''my honourable friend'', the compliments exchanged, however disingenuously, across party lines and deep differences of opinion and the eloquent acuity of thought make Australia's parliamentary grandstanding look like thickneck buffoonery. Entertainment the Commons may be, but as gripping as Lincoln.
Yet the next day the media were back to it, emphasising the personal and emotional aspects of the debate instead of congratulating the Old Blighty on this remarkable, consensual step.
I'm not by nature a compromiser but I do see this. Society is the art of complex mutual compromise or (if you prefer) balance. And perhaps the most significant fulcrum any society must find is that between public and private.
To craft laws and mores that protect both public and private spheres while encouraging a creative exchange between is perhaps the core cultural act.
It isn't easy. Whether you're framing a mental health law to protect adult freedoms while allowing the mother of a 32-kilogram, 18-year old anorexic to prevent her daughter's hospital discharge (and subsequent death), as happened recently in Bristol, or devising a planning scheme that constrains individual dwellings to produce walkable neighbourhoods while still accommodating choice, it is treacherous ground.
Not easy, but crucial. Indeed, the centrality of this public-private transaction explains why so much of our most stirring literature, from Lear to Mockingbird to Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall, deals with precisely that. The authors deploy history not as backdrop but as antagonist, enmeshing character and history until the struggle becomes universal.
Of course the public-private divide is not identical with that between the many and the one, between head and heart or between male and female - which makes it the more interesting how far these things, historically, align.
Many societies have considered that all women, all emotion, or all individuality should be confined to the private sphere. Now we seem to be swinging the other way, so that all public discourse is coloured by the emotive and the personal.
That this shift is profoundly shaped by the media is perhaps unsurprising. A medium is that which transmits but also, in so doing, distorts.
British media have long been my personal favourites but now, driven by survival frenzy, they seem determined to render even the most abstract stories solely in personal and emotional terms.
And certainly, the privacy parameters of British media in particular have been intensely scrutinised of late. But it's not just about legal rights, as per the Leveson inquiry; the issue covers our entire public debate.
Potentially more dangerous even than phone-tapping is the murky and manipulative determination to reduce all public discussion to a base emotionality once considered appropriate only to the private realm.
This is especially fascinating in Britain, whose empire was after all founded so emphatically on the rigid public-private distinction of the stiff upper lip. And even more in a week when the loss of both the top Catholic bishop to a sex scandal and the prized triple-A credit-rating to a dogged deficit suggests that empire may have some way yet to crumble.
I was reminded of this again in last week's Hilary versus Kate stoush. It was clear at the time that Mantel's savagely funny speech was aimed not at the Duchess of Cambridge the human, but at the system - that collusion of spin-doctors, marketeers and media - that creates first the public hunger for celebrity and then the ''plastic princess'' to fulfil these expectations.
Yet the press insisted on underlining Mantel's point by repeatedly and willfully misrepresenting her speech as the first eye-gouge in a personal bitch-fight motivated by envy and spite. Even The Guardian insisted on defending first Kate, finding any number of fluffy-slippers to gush over her niceness and (prize quality) ordinariness, then Mantel herself.
But all of it missed the point, effectively depriving this two-time Booker winner of a voice in the public conversation. This is our tragedy, more than hers. It's not about being fair to one or other woman, but about the need to establish and defend to the death a public intellectual climate of clear-eyed critical exchange.
I want the media to survive, God knows. I have a personal stake as well as a cultural one. But the reason it matters (beyond feeding my children) is the higher value of sustaining intelligent public discourse without dropping into the mosh pit. If we cannot do that, Charles I might as well have kept his pretty plastic head, and his throne.
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Counselors help students develop the skills needed to overcome personal problems that are interfering with their academic progress. Some of the personal issues for which students seek counseling are: family issues/conflicts, drug and alcohol related problems, sexual concerns, self-confidence, anxiety, depression, interpersonal difficulties, developing a sense of identity, and loss and bereavement.
Students receive personal counseling services through individual short-term counseling sessions, and counselors may make referrals to outside agencies when necessary. The counseling relationship is completely confidential and private.
Students can meet with counselors in the following ways:
Through career counseling, students explore, establish, clarify, and plan appropriate and realistic goals. Counselors help students explore their interests and skills, complete career inventories, interpret results, and use this information to develop a career plan.
For more information please visit the Counseling Department located in B-100, or call 718.482.5250.


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CASTLE Point Association of Voluntary Services is asking for volunteers to help rehabilitate offenders.
Essex Offender Services wants to hire a volunteer mentor to speak with people who are offenders.
The volunteer should be patient and understanding as they will have to help ex-convicts get back into the community through work placements, help them with skills needed for employment and encourage offenders to complete tasks set to them.
The role will include speaking with offender managers and police officers who are working with the ex-offenders to help them overcome their problems.
The volunteer will also have to help out in Jaywick on Tuesday mornings at a drop-in group, which offers support to ex-offenders.
Castle Point Association of Voluntary Services states it needs a volunteer who is flexible during the week and the opportunity would be ideal for someone looking for a career in the criminal justice system.
For more information, call Castle Point Volunteer Centre, which is based in the Tyrells Centre, in Seamore Avenue, Benfleet, on 01268 638416.
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How does the tax benefit work? Here is a simple example:
If you had an annual income of $40,000, filed an individual tax return, itemized your decuctions, fell into the 25 percent marginal tax bracket, and pledged a $200 gift to IUPUC in February 2011, it would have only cost you $50.
Your $200 gift would be subject to a federal tax saving of $50 and, minus the Indiana tax credit of $100, your net cost would be $50 ($200-$50 = $150-$50 = $50 net).
Did you know that tax savings can reduce the net cost of your gift to IUPUC?
As an Indiana taxpayer, you cab receive a tax credit of 50 percent on gifts up to $200 if filing a single return and $400 on a joint return.
A charitable deduction on your federal income taxes may be available if you itemize your expenses and deductions on the IRS Form 1040.
Always consult your tax advisor for individual guidance based on your financial situation. Then talk to us and learn more about how a gift to IUPUC may not cost as much as you might think!


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Twitter Watch: Neil Meron Tweets from Oscars Set!
BroadwayWorld.com presents Twitter Watch, which brings you only the best and most interesting reports straight from the mouths of Broadway stars, shows and more on the hot social networking service - Twitter!
On Twitter, Neil Meron had this to say @neilmeron
Backstage again...I love a good ghost light...
The Academy Awards air Sunday, February 24, beginning at 8:00 p.m. on ABC. The show is executive-produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world's preeminent movie-related organization, with a membership of more than 6,000 of the most accomplished men and women working in cinema. In addition to the annual Academy Awards - in which the members vote to select the nominees and winners - the Academy presents a diverse year-round slate of public programs, exhibitions and events; provides financial support to a wide range of other movie-related organizations and endeavors; acts as a neutral advocate in the advancement of motion picture technology; and, through its Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, collects, preserves, restores and provides access to movies and items related to their history. Through these and other activities the Academy serves students, historians, the entertainment industry and people everywhere who love movies.
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Whenever Troy resident William Elijah talks about his career, he is immediately compared to Adam Sandler's character in the movie "The Wedding Singer."
Like the character, Elijah began singing at weddings in the 1980s, when he was 19 years old. And he's performed at more than 2,000 weddings in his life.
With a laugh, Elijah said people always ask him, "Do you ever sing 'I Wanna Grow Old With You' from the movie?"
He said Big Will and The 360� Band plays everything from "the old jazz artist Horace Silver to Kesha."
"It's funny seeing a black guy with dreadlocks singing 'Need You Now' by Lady Antebellum," said Elijah, who also works as a disc jockey. "If you didn't leave with your shoes in your hand at the end of the wedding, then we didn't do our job."
The other members of the band are Diana McNary, Michele Hobbs, Charles Prophet Jr., Michael Privett and Andre Bell.
In the midst of the 2013 wedding season, Elijah encourages couples to relax and not to be so nervous for their wedding day.
"A lot of times, brides and grooms get so involved in their planning that they forget to have a good time," he said. "If you're a control freak, that's all you care about. You just have to go with it. It's your day; just let the people love on you and party with you."
After all, nothing could be as bad as what happened at a wedding he sang at on New Year's Day.
"The groom's brother stood up to give a toast. The speech was all about the major fights they had as kids. As the speech went on, recalling the memories made him madder and madder. Finally, he looked over at his mortified brother's face and yelled for all to hear, 'See, that's the look that ticks me off,'" said Elijah. "Adding a few expletives, he dropped the mic and fumed out the door. The reception came to a screeching halt and everyone just stood there with their mouths open."
Another memory he shared was from two years ago at a wedding reception at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial.
"When they arrived, there was a bad storm. And it knocked the power out," said Elijah. "We started playing an acoustic jazz set, and it was pitch black. They did find a generator. ...� The poor bride -- she was just a nervous wreck. I kind of talked her off the cliff; we made it work."
Elijah said, just like a movie, as soon as the band was packing up to leave at 1 a.m., all of the lights came back on. He tries to make sure that at least the music is the least of the bride and groom's problems.
Elijah gave some advice to men for after the wedding day.
Elijah, who has been married for six years and has two kids, said, "Learn to listen; learn to say, 'Yes;' and learn to say, 'It's ok.'"
To contact Elijah, email him at email@example.com, call him at 248-565-5790 or visit bigwillonline.com.