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Sign and trade: Jackson on way
Pacers deal Harrington to Hawks
By Mark Montieth
July 11, 2004
The Indiana Pacers are close to a sign-and-trade agreement with Atlanta that would send Al Harrington to the Hawks for Stephen Jackson.
The deal cannot become official until Wednesday, but Jackson and other league sources confirmed Saturday it is in the works.
"We're close and hopefully it will be done soon," Jackson told The Star on Saturday from his home in Port Arthur, Texas. "I'm definitely hoping it works out."
Jackson reportedly will sign a six-year contract worth $44 million with Atlanta and then be traded to the Pacers for Harrington, who has two years and $13.3 million left on his contract.
For the Pacers, the trade would alleviate an overcrowded situation at forward and add perimeter scoring and versatility.
Jackson, 26, averaged 18.1 points for the Hawks last season, his fourth in the NBA. He was a starting shooting guard on San Antonio's championship team two years ago, and averaged 12.8 points in the playoffs.
Harrington, 24, averaged 13.3 points in the regular season and 9.5 in the playoffs for the Pacers last season. He was runner-up to Dallas' Antawn Jamison for Sixth Man of the Year, but his desire to start led him to ask for a trade.
Pacers CEO Donnie Walsh declined to comment on the trade until it becomes official.
"We've had discussions," Walsh said. "I'm not going to confirm or deny a deal."
Harrington was unavailable for comment, as were his agent, Andy Miller, and Jackson's agent, Dan Fegan. Jackson, however, is already envisioning how he'll fit in with the Pacers next season.
"I see myself coming in with a championship under my belt and bringing some attitude and passion for the game," he said.
The acquisition of Jackson will fuel speculation that he will replace Reggie Miller at starting shooting guard. Jackson said he is willing to play as a reserve.
"I'll leave it up to the coaches," he said. "I'm coming in wanting to learn from Reggie. I have nothing but respect for Reggie. If I come in off the bench behind Reggie I'll be happy."
The 6-8 Jackson listed the Pacers, San Antonio and Atlanta as his preferences after negotiations for free agents opened July 1. San Antonio, however, took itself out of the running by agreeing to terms with Manu Ginobili and Brent Barry.
Jackson met with Pacers officials in September when he was a free agent, but they did not want to risk paying the luxury tax at the time. He was paid $1 million by the Hawks last season.
The Pacers' chances of working a deal for Jackson were enhanced last week when the Hawks hired Mike Woodson as their coach instead of Pacers associate head coach Mike Brown. Brown worked with Jackson for two seasons in San Antonio, and the two have remained close.
"I learned more about basketball, about being a teammate on and off the court, from coach Brown," Jackson said.
He also is comfortable with Pacers coach Rick Carlisle.
"We have a great relationship," Jackson said. "That's another blessing."
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Age: 26
Size: 6-8, 218
NBA career: Has played four seasons, one in New Jersey, two in San Antonio and one in Atlanta. Averaged career-high 18.1 for Hawks last season.
Previously: Attended Butler County (Kansas) Community College, but did not play basketball. Second-round draft pick of Phoenix in 1997, but was waived by Suns. Played for LaCrosse and Fort Wayne in CBA and in Venezuela. Signed by Vancouver Grizzlies in 1999, but was waived before the season. Signed by New Jersey in 2000 and averaged 8.2 points. Signed by San Antonio in 2001 and started on championship team in 2003, averaging 11.8 points.


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After gestating for a year or so in the mind of Cory Brown, Absolutely Kosher Records was officially launched in early 1998 with the release of P.E.E.'s The Roaring Mechanism. We set out to release great records with an eye towards diversity on the roster inspired by some of our favorite labels (notably Matador, Merge, and Simple Machines), while at the same time, trying to maintain the label-next-door feel of the amazing Shrimper Records (though plenty of other labels provided different forms of inspiration). The label started in a corner of the living room in San Francisco, moved into a garage in Berkeley and now resides in an office in Emeryville, a small city just over the Bay Bridge from San Francisco that is also home to CG Animation titans Pixar, a host of great food trucks and Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe, the diner owned by Mike Dirnt of Green Day. Our humble offices are under the Powell Street overpass, along Horton Street.
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A year and a half ago, Phil Pace bought a 15-acre property in Escondido, Calif., covered in avocado trees that were producing nearly $100,000 worth of fruit a year. But watering them turned out to be so expensive that he began ripping them out by the hundreds to clear space for a new endeavor: a vineyard.
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Cost: $30 regular/$20 student, includes lunch
Peter Rollins is a provocative writer, lecturer, storyteller and public speaker who has gained an international reputation for overturning traditional notions of religion and forming churches that preach the Good News that we cant be satisfied, that life is difficult, and that we dont know the secret.
Challenging the idea that faith concerns questions relating to belief Peter shows that an incendiary and irreligious reading of Christianity is possible: one that destroys the distinction between sacred and secular, blurs the lines between theism and atheism and sets aside questions regarding life after death to explore the possibility of a life before death.
This approach has been christened pyrotheology, and aims at burning up the basic assumptions that both critics and advocates of religion hold concerning the life of faith.
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Spondylolisthesis pain management
Hello! I have two questions about spondylolisthesis and chronic knee pain. For the past four months I have been going to an orthopedic surgeon for treatment of my chronically painful knees, which he says are in distress from Chondromalacia Patella. Treatment to date has been unsuccessful (rehab exercises, NSAIDS, cortisone shots, icing, stretching). My lower back and hips had also been aching for a few months and my toes felt numb & tingly, so the doctor took an x-ray of my lumbar and found I had spondy in the last two vertebrae. They`re bent around 15 degrees or so, which, he said, is probably the cause of my numb toes. I am having an MRI this week of my lumbar. After combing the Internet for treatment options and reading Arthritis magazines, I came across the medication Cymbalta.
My first question: is long-term use of Cymbalta good for management of chronic lower back pain and irritation in the hips? I`ve been taking NSAIDS for months and want to stop taking them before they do any damage to my stomach.
My second question: do you think it is possible for spondylolisthesis to be the cause of my chronic knee pain? The knee pain is mostly in the inner knees and the backs of the knees with occasional stabbing pain in the kneecaps.
X-rays of my knees were clean, and an MRI of my right knee did not show a torn meniscus, which was what my doctor though I had. As I said, my knees have not responded to standard treatment and the doctor said he wants me to consider lubrication injections.
I have not decided on that yet because if my knee pain is being caused by spondy I would not want to take the shots. Any advice you can offer me about my situation would be deeply appreciated.
I am almost 50 years old and have been active all of my life (running, bicycling, gardening). These knee problems and sore lower back have made me stop everything, and as you can imagine it makes me sad. I`m not used to being a couch potato and I really want to get outside and become active again! Thank you in advance for your reply. I look forward to hearing from you.
This sounds like a frustrating set of symptoms.
For further information RE: your questions about your knee symptoms, using the Search window on the homepage of the NetWellness website, typing "chondromalacia" currently yields 54 results, and typing in "chondromalacia patella" currently yields 37 results.
A physical examination should be able to determine whether your knee pain is due to a knee problem vs. due to "referred pain." Normal knee imaging studies certainly do not rule out the possibility that your knee pain is due to "chondromalacia patella".
The lack of benefit from knee steroid injection does not necessarily mean you won't benefit from knee "viscosupplement" injection(s).
You are right to be concerned about possible adverse effects from ongoing use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs): although stomach ulcers are one potential complication, NSAIDs may additionally increase the risk of kidney, liver, and/or cardiovascular problems.
If an NSAID has not provided significant benefit in terms of reduced pain and/or improved function after a couple weeks' use, switching from one NSAID to another NSAID, and/or adding another type of medication, may be helpful.
Cymbalta (Duloxetine) may help reduce musculoskeletal pain symptoms, but if trial use does not provide sufficient benefit despite adequate dosing, continued use would not be necessary. If, on the other hand, Duloxetine was tried and helped, long term use would not have the same risks as NSAIDs, but as is the case for any medication, continued use would not be free of potential problems.
The presence of spondylolisthesis ("slippage" of one vertebra upon another) by itself doesn't necessarily mean a person's symptoms are due to this. And, a lumbar spine MRI scan won't necessarily reveal the cause of pain or numbness symptoms: MRI scans reveal structure, but the significance of any structural abnormalities demonstrated by MRI needs to be interpreted by your physician.
The basis for your toe numbness and tingling symptoms could be further evaluated by electrodiagnostic studies (electromyography and nerve conduction studies = EMG/NCS) - if those results would change your management.
In the meantime, rather than being a "couch potato", in most cases some form of exercise - low-impact or no-impact - can be found which does not exacerbate symptoms, and which if performed regularly will help maintain or improve overall physical conditioning as well as a positive mental outlook.
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Fister's rash of hit batters a product of mechanics
DETROIT -- Doug Fister wants to make it clear: He isn't trying to hit batters.
It's debatable whether he's even trying to brush anybody back. That makes his rash of hit batsmen all the more surprising.
Through five starts, Fister has hit eight batters, twice as many as anyone else in the Majors. He's even hit more batters in his past two starts alone than anyone else this season and he's the first Tiger since Justin Verlander in April 2008 -- and just the seventh Tiger since 1916 -- to hit multiple batters in consecutive starts.
If that pace somehow keeps up, Fister will hit 56 batters this season, which would top even the pre-1900 record of 54 set by Phil Knell with the 1891 Columbus Solons of the American Association. Even if Fister falls off the pace, he could still shatter the post-World War II record of 21 shared by Kerry Wood (2003 Cubs) and Tom Murphy (1969 Angels).
Of course, if this pace keeps up, somebody's going to take umbrage, even though Fister doesn't mean it.
"Unfortunately, I think it's more mechanics for me," Fister said. "Not staying back at times, my arm kind of drags and the sinker gets away from me. For me, it's never intentional to hit a guy. I'm looking over and making sure that they know that it's not intentional.
"Yes, I'm trying to go inside and trying to keep the sinker down and in. But by no means is it ever intentional."
Verlander shares the post-World War II Tigers record with Frank Lary at 19. Verlander did it in 2007, his second full season in the big leagues, after Lary set the mark in 1960.
Fister is already more than halfway to last season's leading total of 14 from Arizona's Ian Kennedy and White Sox veteran Gavin Floyd.
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Are Any Of The Patents Google Got With Motorola Mobility Any Good?
from the does-it-even-matter? dept
Still, the folks at M-CAM decided to put the Motorola Mobility patent portfolio to the test by using a variety of scoring techniques, and believes that the portfolio isn't all that valuable, both in the aggregate and at the specific level. It basically found that about 48% of the patents are probably worthless. At the specific level, the company looked at the 18 patents that Motorola Mobility had asserted against Apple, suggesting that these particular patents may be the "stars" of the bunch -- but, again, found that nine of those patents were "impaired," and were unlikely to be very strong or valuable.
The report notes that buying and maintaining dubious patents probably isn't a particularly good value by itself:
Google is paying $12.5 billion for alleged assets that include a 17,000 patent portfolio, of which close to half appear to serve as deterrent value alone. The cost of maintaining patents of dubious quality will be an ongoing and potentially unnecessary liability to Google and its shareholders. Regrettably, close to half of the portfolio deemed "best" based on previous assertions have substantial weaknesses. Google's patent stockpiling initiative appears to be focused entirely on deterrent value rather than on acquiring quality assets. Google shareholders may take some small solace in the adoption of a multi pronged defensive strategy, but may want to demand higher quality standards for the assets and liabilities acquired in future transactions.Of course, if Google's goal is longer term, it's possible that this isn't such a crazy deal. Already, we've seen that this acquisition alone has been a key driving force in getting lots of people (and especially the press) to admit that the patent system is clearly broken. Spending that much to get that kind of widespread awareness may be worth it... if it leads to real reform (which is still a big question mark). On top of that, if the quantity of patents has a deterrent value, no matter the quality of the overall bunch, it's likely that Google will still find it "worth it." However, the fact that it now needs to maintain these 17,000 patents, where approximately half may have no direct commercial value, really demonstrates (yet again) the massive "tax" of bad patents on companies.


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REVESTIVE has been granted an orphan drug designation by the FDA and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and received a positive CHMP opinion by the EMA on June 22, 2012. The marketing authorisation application was submitted in March 2011. Takeda has partnered with NPS Pharmaceuticals on the new product and holds the distribution rights for teduglutide in Europe where the medicinal product will be known as REVESTIVE.
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NPS Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company focused on bringing orphan products to patients with rare disorders and few, if any, therapeutic options. NPS is advancing two late-stage registration programs. A New Drug Application is undergoing FDA review for Gattex® (teduglutide) as a treatment for adult short bowel syndrome (SBS) and a Phase 3 registration study has been completed for Natpara™ -- recombinant human parathyroid hormone (rhPTH [1-84]) -- in adult hypoparathyroidism. NPS' earlier stage pipeline includes two calcilytic compounds, NPSP790 and NPSP795, with potential application in rare disorders involving increased calcium receptor activity, such as autosomal dominant hypocalcemia with hypercalciuria (ADHH). NPS complements its proprietary programs with a royalty-based portfolio of products and product candidates that includes agreements with Amgen, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Kyowa Hakko Kirin, and Nycomed (acquired by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited).
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GENEVA--(Marketwire - Mar 26, 2013) - STMicroelectronics (
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This new facility, which further strengthens the long-established relationship between ST and EIB, supports ST's activities in R&D and innovation related to the design and realization of the next generation of technologies and electronic devices for applications in Power, MEMS, Microcontrollers, Advanced Analog and Healthcare. This includes the full cycle from technology R&D and product development to application solutions that include software development and systems integration. These activities are mainly carried out in ST's Italian sites of Agrate Brianza, Castelletto and Catania.
Furthermore, on March 17th, 2013, ST repaid with available cash the residual Euro 350 million floating-rate senior bonds outstanding with a principal amount of Euro 500 million at issuance. ST's capital structure, already supported by a net cash position of about US$ 1.19 billion at the end of Q4 2012, and existing committed credit lines for about US$ 490 million, has been further strengthened by this new credit facility from the EIB.
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ST is a global leader in the semiconductor market serving customers across the spectrum of sense and power and automotive products and embedded processing solutions. From energy management and savings to trust and data security, from healthcare and wellness to smart consumer devices, in the home, car and office, at work and at play, ST is found everywhere microelectronics make a positive and innovative contribution to people's life. By getting more from technology to get more from life, ST stands for life.augmented.
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Today is the last day for millions of homeowners to submit their requests to have their foreclosure cases reviewed, if they believe they were victims of illegal foreclosure practices. But does it even matter at this point?
The deadline coincides with reports that regulators and several large banks are negotiating a new multibillion-dollar settlement that would halt the foreclosure review effort that has been in the works for more than a year. Is it really a coincidence or simply proof that the independent foreclosure review process failed?
According to The New York Times, regulators are negotiating a $10 billion settlement with 14 banks. Most of the money would be used to reduce the mortgage balance of homeowners struggling to pay their mortgages, to help them stay in their homes, the paper reports. The settlement would also provide $3.75 billion to people who have lost their homes to foreclosure.
The settlement would put an end to the independent foreclosure review process, which resulted from a consent order the banks signed in April 2011. That order required the mortgage servicers to notify borrowers who faced foreclosure in 2009 and 2010 that they could have their loans reviewed and could receive compensation if the reviewer found wrongdoing in their files.
Mortgage servicers sent out request-for-review forms to more than 4 million borrowers, and for more than a year, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency urged borrowers to reply. The deadline to request a review was extended twice because only a small percentage of homeowners had replied.
After 4.4 million letters were mailed to borrowers, less than 200,000 people requested a loan review, according to a report by the OCC released in June. "Independent consultants" identified an additional 144,000 loans to be reviewed, according to the report.
The process was expensive and turned out useless to most borrowers, which is probably why regulators are considering an easier way out of this mess.
In April, I asked the OCC if the low turnout could be attributed to the fact that many of the borrowers had already been foreclosed on and had moved out of the homes where the letters were being sent to. The OCC claimed servicers were using address-tracing methods to reach borrowers.
A few months ago, a letter arrived at my house. It was a foreclosure review offer for the former owner of my house. She lost the house to foreclosure in 2010 before I purchased it from a bank. I figured the lender or the OCC would track her real address at some point, but a few weeks ago, a second and final notice arrived. As I returned the letter, I recalled that the OCC claimed only 5.6 percent of the letters sent to borrowers were returned as undeliverable.
Since borrowers weren't able to benefit from this failed foreclosure review effort, perhaps they'll receive something out this potential settlement, if the deal is in fact reached.
But as usual, it's all about the fine print. Much will depend on how the settlement is written.
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El Guacamole is the perfect stop for a quick bite to get your energy up after shopping on rue Beaurepaire and rue de Marseille. This taqueria is small and simple but with very good authentic tacos and with a friendly staff. Price ranges from 10 to 20 euros depending on your appetite and your beverage of choice (Mexican juices or beers and let's not forget the killer Margaritas!).
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Betts, Owens named to Futures Game roster
SEATTLE -- Mookie Betts, the prospect who has been drawing buzz in Red Sox Nation all season, will play in the 2014 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game in Minneapolis on July 13.
Betts, who was recently promoted to Triple-A Pawtucket, is hitting .346 in 74 games in the Minors this season with eight homers and 47 RBIs. The right-handed hitter has 28 stolen bases and a .957 OPS.
Betts has played second base and outfield this season, with his exposure to the latter position creating speculation he could soon join the Red Sox.
Lefty Henry Owens, who is currently at Double-A Portland and ranked the club's top prospect, will join Betts in the showcase game for top prospects.
Both players will be on the U.S. Team.
Owens has dazzled this season, going 9-3 with a 1.99 ERA in 14 starts.
The Futures Game, which is now in its 16th year, features the top Minor League prospects competing in a nine-inning contest as part of Taco Bell All-Star Sunday. The U.S. Team, which has won each of the last four contests, leads the all-time series, 9-6. The game will begin at 5 p.m. ET and can be viewed live on MLB.com and MLB Network.
The game can be seen live on MLB.com and MLB Network, and followed live on MLB.com's Gameday. In addition, XM Radio will broadcast play-by-play coverage of the event live on MLB Network Radio XM 89 and Sirius channel 209. MLB.com will also provide complete coverage before, during and after the game. Fans can stay updated by following @MLBFutures on Twitter and can send and receive tweets to and from the U.S. and World Team dugouts during the game by tagging tweets with the hashtags #USDugout and #WorldDugout.
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A STUDENT at Winchester university was killed by the toxic effects of a legal high substance, a coroner has ruled.
David Daniels had been studying at Winchester University when he was found dead having taken large amounts of Kratom.
It is thought to be the first time in the UK that the substance has been named as the sole contributor to someone's death.
The substance, which is from a tree grown in South East Asia, is currently legal to buy in the UK and Mr Daniels' death has sparked calls for the Government to take action.
The inquest in Southampton heard Mr Daniels, an American, had lived in New York with his girlfriend, who was originally from Hampshire.
He had decided he wanted to study sports science at Winchester in order to set up a psychiatry and physiotherapy business with his partner.
But on moving to the UK last summer they split up, and the 41-year-old then lived on his own at a flat in Marston Gate, Hyde, while studying at the university and working at a gym.
In October, Home Office officials started to investigateMr Daniels over the documents he had used to get a place at Winchester.
They found he had forged a reference and personal training certificate, and he was arrested as police were also looking into allegations that he had stolen items from his former girlfriend He was questioned at Winchester Police Station on October 15, and although the theft investigation was dropped he was informed that he would be deported back to the USA two weeks later.
Shortly after 5.30pm on October 21 police were called to his home after concerns over his welfare were raised, and officers forced entry to his flat after spotting his body lying on the kitchen floor through the window.
He was confirmed dead at the scene by paramedics.
The inquest heard Mr Daniels had used Kratom for several years, and toxicology consultant Peter Street said Mr Daniels had high levels of the substance in his blood.
He then said: "I do think it is something that the Government has got to pick up on soon."
He said there were at least ten other substances in his blood, including anti-depressants and anti-epileptic medication.
But coroner Grahame Short returned a verdict that Mr Daniels had died as a result purely of the combined toxic effects of the two chemicals contained in Kratom; mitragynine and 7 hydroxymitragynine.
He said: "I consider it my view that David took the drug recreationally and regularly, and that he either consumed too much over a period of time which led to a critical level of this particular drug being in his body, or that the quality of the Kratom was different and therefore he underestimated its effects."
When asked if the Government was considering banning Kratom, Crime Prevention Minister Norman Baker said: "The Government is determined to clamp down on the reckless trade in so-called legal highs, which has tragically claimed the lives of far too many young people in our country.
"We have permanently banned 350 substances previously sold as legal highs, mainly thanks to our use of generic legislation.
"I have also appointed an expert panel with the best brains in the country to look at how we can combat this dangerous trade. They are making good progress and will report to me shortly."


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It's a site where you click on an advertisers link. Everytime the advertisers get hits from clicklife they pay them money (a couple of cents I suppose), at the end of every month clicklife pass on there entire earnings to various charities that you want to help with.
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Pretty neat system if it's all going as they say it is.
Says it's down for maintenence right now.
Anyway, be well guys
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A skull fracture is a fracture or break in the cranial (skull) bones.
Basilar skull fracture; Depressed skull fracture; Linear skull fracture
Skull fractures may occur with head injuries. The skull provides good protection for the brain. However, a severe impact or blow can cause the skull to break. It may be accompanied by concussion or other injury to the brain.
The brain can be affected directly by damage to the nervous system tissue and bleeding. The brain can also be affected indirectly by blood clots that form under the skull and compress the underlying brain tissue (subdural or epidural hematoma).
A simple fracture is a break in the bone without damage to the skin.
A linear skull fracture is a break in a cranial bone resembling a thin line, without splintering, depression, or distortion of bone.
A depressed skull fracture is a break in a cranial bone (or "crushed" portion of skull) with depression of the bone in toward the brain.
A compound fracture involves a break in, or loss of, skin and splintering of the bone.
In some cases, the only symptom may be a bump on the head. A bump or bruise may take up to 24 hours to develop.
If you think someone has a skull fracture:
Although no child is injury-proof, parents can take some simple steps to keep their children from getting head injuries.
Not all head injuries can be prevented. The following simple steps can help keep you and your child safe:
Kerr HA. Closed head injury. Clin Sports Med. 32 (2013) 273-287.
Heegaard WG, Biros MH, Head injury. In: Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, et al, eds. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 8th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Mosby; 2013:chap 41.
Ling GSF. Traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 406.


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Immigration reform could be negatively impacted by the flawed rollout of the Affordable Care Act, according to Politico.
"There's a loss of confidence in the government's ability," former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said. "Clearly, the last few months, our experience with Affordable Care Act does not help when you look at other big things like immigration reform."
The Senate's version would expand the nation's temporary worker program, increase border security and create legalization pathways for the estimated 11 million people who are in the country illegally. Under the legislation, employers would need to check their employees immigration status through E-Verify, an internet-based system that has been criticized as unreliable.
But the legislation remains stalled in the House, and Speaker John Boehner hasn't said when it will come to the floor.


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The Mets have not won a series in San Diego since the 2002 season when the Padres were still playing in Qualcomm Stadium.
That streak will end if the Mets will either Tuesday night or Wednesday afternoon at Petco Park.
Tuesday night's game (7:05 p.m.; TV: 4 San Diego) will feature a left-handed pitching rematch of the Padres Cory Luebke against the Mets Jonathan Niese. The pair started last Thursday's game at Citi Field in New York won by the Padres 3-2.
After missing three starts with a sore left elbow, first baseman Jesus Guzman returns to the Padres lineup Tuesday night and will hit third in front of Kyle Blanks, who moves back to left field.
METS at PADRES
Time: 7:05 p.m. / Game 2 of 3
TV: 4 San Diego.
Radio: 1090-AM, 1700-AM, 860-AM (Spanish)
Mets LHP Jonathan Niese (11-9, 4.03 ERA in 25 games, 24 starts)
Niese vs. the Padres: 1-1 career, 1.08 ERA in two starts (0-1 this season, 1.83 ERA in one start).
Niese at Petco Park: First appearance.
Niese, 24, was the Mets' seventh-round pick in the 2005 draft. He has a 22-21 major league record with a 4.24 ERA in 63 games (62 starts). Niese allowed three runs (two earned) in 7 2/3 innings, but suffered the loss. He walked two and struck out seven. One of the hits was a solo homer by Cameron Maybin.
Padres vs. Niese
Jason Bartlett: .000 (0-for-1)
Kyle Blanks: .000 (0-for-3, BB, SO)
Aaron Cunningham: .250 (1-for-4, 2B)
James Darnell: .000 (0-for-3, SO)
Logan Forsythe: .000 (0-for-4, 2 SO)
Alberto Gonzalez: 1.000 (2-for-2, 2B)
Jesus Guzman: .333 (1-for-3, BB)
Orlando Hudson: .667 (2-for-3)
Nick Hundley: .000 (0-for-1)
Cameron Maybin: .316 (6-for-19, HR, 6 SO)
Will Venable: .667 (2-for-3, 3B)
Padres LHP Cory Luebke (4-6, 3.09 ERA in 38 games, nine starts)
Luebke vs. the Mets: 0-0 career and season, 3.60 ERA in one start.
Luebke at Petco Park: 3-4 career, 3.77 ERA in 22 games, six starts (2-3 this season, 4.05 ERA in 19 games, four starts)
Luebke, 26, didn't get a decision last Thursday in his first career appearance against the Mets. He allowed two runs on three hits and four walks over five innings. He struck out eight. Luebke is 3-4 with a 2.98 ERA since joining the rotation on June 26. He has 56 strikeouts in 54 1/3 innings as a starter against 11 walks and opposing hitters are batting .212 vs. Luebke the starts.
Mets vs. Luebke
Jason Bay: .333 (1-for-3, SO)
Lucas Duda: .333 (1-for-3, 2B, SO)
Nick Evans: 000 (0-for-3, 3 SO)
Scott Hairston: .000 (0-for-2, BB, SO)
Ronny Paulino: .000 (0-for-2)
Ruben Tejada: .000 (0-for-1, BB)
Justin Turner: .000 (0-for-1, BB)
David Wright: .500 (1-for-2, BB)
Starting Lineups
New York Mets
1.Angel Pagan (S), CF -- .255-6-41
2.Justin Turner, 2B -- .265-4-42
3.David Wright, 3B -- .263-9-36
4.Lucas Duda (L), 1B -- .287-5-29
5.Jason Bay, LF -- .245-9-42
6.Scott Hairston, RF -- .254-7-24
7.Ronny Paulino, C -- .293-1-15
8.Ruben Tejada, SS -- .254-0-22
9.Jonathan Niese (L), LHP -- .067-0-0
San Diego Padres
1.Cameron Maybin, CF -- .275-7-31
2.Logan Forsythe, 3B -- .212-0-9
3.Jesus Guzman, 1B -- .344-5-31
4.Kyle Blanks, LF -- .250-3-10
5.Orlando Hudson (S), 2B -- .247-3-30
6.Nick Hundley, C -- .242-4-16
7.Aaron Cunningham, RF -- .190-1-4
8.Alberto Gonzalez, SS -- .214-1-25
9.Cory Luebke, LHP -- .150-0-0
Looking Ahead
Home: 3:35 p.m. TV: None
Mets RHP Dillon Gee (10-4, 4.07 ERA) at Padres RHP Mat Latos (6-11, 3.80 ERA)
Home: 7:05 p.m. TV: 4 San Diego
Marlins RHP Javier Vazquez (7-10, 4.68 ERA) at Padres RHP Tim Stauffer (7-9, 3.53 ERA).
Home: 7:05 p.m. TV: 4 San Diego
Marlins Chris Volstad (5-9, 5.60 ERA) at Padres LHP Wade LeBlanc (1-2, 4.54 ERA).
Home: 5:35 p.m. TV: 4 San Diego
Marlins RHP Clay Hensley (1-4, 4.53 ERA) at Padres RHP Aaron Harang (11-3, 4.08 ERA).


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WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS/pharmacy is holding on Oct. 23 its first annual "2011 Halloween Party and Customer Event" at all 7,200 locations nationwide.
Children who slip on a Halloween costume and purchase any item at any CVS/pharmacy location on Oct. 23 during regular store hours will receive one free Halloween gift pack per child, as well as an in-store costume photo shoot, which includes a free 5x7 print, during select times throughout the day.
The Halloween gift pack, available for free with any purchase while supplies last, includes:
$5 value of candy, toys, trick-or-treat safety items; and
$10 in coupons for additional Halloween products.
In addition, from Oct. 23 to 25, shoppers will find deals on two Halloween must-haves: candy corn and 4-in-1 pumpkin carver kits. ExtraCare cardholders can pick these items up for free after ExtraBucks Rewards.


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The Huffington Post
First they targeted former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Now the glitterati have struck former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, in hopes of drawing attention to his opposition to the policy priorities of both gay and women's rights advocates.
On Thursday, representatives from the groups Reproductive Rights and CODEPINK showered Pawlenty with sparkly pink confetti at a book signing for his memoir, "Courage to Stand, held at a private health insurance conference he attended, for a fee, in San Francisco. The activists demanded "courage" from the Republican presidential candidate on both reproductive rights and LGBT issues.
While Pawlenty is the second presidential-hopeful to fall victim to this stunt, it's telling that the groups that pulled it were not behind Gingrich's glittering as well. It was Nick Espinosa, a lone political activist, who glitter-bombed Gingrich, and he used different colored glitter.
Perhaps it's not a trend yet, but by the time the third Republican presidential candidate suffers this fate — and that now seems destined to happen — it will be.
Related articles
- Tim Pawlenty Gets Glitter-Bombed by Gay Rights Protester: VIDEO (towleroad.com)
- Now Tim Pawlenty Has Gotten Glittered Too (mediaite.com)
- Pawlenty Gets Pink: Is Glitter Bombing A Worthwhile Trend In Gay Guerilla Protest? (queerty.com)
- One of Tim Pawlenty's Biggest Supporters Called President Obama a "Jungle Alien" (slog.thestranger.com)
- Tim Pawlenty Admits Missed Chance In GOP Debate (huffingtonpost.com)


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Corn futures turned decidedly lower Friday, due in part to reports of increased farmer sales around the Midwest. However, traders were also reportedly turning their attention to the potential results of the USDA Prospective Plantings report to be released next Thursday (3/28). Doane apparently has company in anticipating huge corn acreage again this year. May corn fell 6.75 cents to $7.2675/bushel at its Friday close, while December dipped 3.25 cents to $5.6425.
Although soybean futures seemingly continue garnering support from South American logistical problems, anticipation of increased U.S. plantings apparently undercut CBOT prices Friday. Other firms are reported to be joining Doane in expecting a significant increase in U.S. soybean plantings this spring. May soybeans dropped 7.5 cents to $14.405/bushel at the end of trading Friday, while May soyoil rose 0.01 cent to 50.43 cents/pound, and May meal slid $3.7 to $419.3/ton.
Wheat futures turned downward Friday morning, with wire service sources citing precipitation from another weather system crossing the Plains this weekend. However, they staged an impressive comeback later in the day, which seemingly reflected relatively small acreage forecasts from a respected Memphis-based analytics firm. That diverged from the bearish numbers implied by the Doane survey. May CBOT wheat closed 1.0 cent higher, at $7.2975/bushel Friday afternoon, while May KCBT wheat rose 2.5 cents to $7.615, and May MGE futures gained 4.5 cents to $8.065.
Cattle futures remained weak Friday ahead of the monthly USDA Cattle on Feed report. Recent cash and wholesale weakness has not been at all supportive of nearby futures. However, futures will probably rise sharply Monday after the COF report stated February feedlot placements at their lowest level since the USDA started the current data series in 1996. April cattle edged 0.22 cents lower to 126.20 cents/pound at its Friday settlement, while August lost 0.67 cents to 122.85. Meanwhile, April feeder cattle futures dipped 0.25 cents to 138.05 cents/pound, and August skidded 0.15 cents to 147.95.
CME lean hog futures proved relatively weak again Friday. That probably reflected the ongoing decline in the CME lean hog index, which is expected to come in at 0.57 cents lower, at 75.30 cents/pound next Monday. Bulls keep thinking the market will turn seasonally higher in the near future, but that obviously has not happened yet. Moderate increases in pork stockpiles on the monthly Cold Storage report may boost prices next Monday morning. April hogs slipped 0.30 cents to 78.05 cents/pound at the Friday close, while June gained 0.15 cents to 89.72.


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Palo Duro Canyon State Park Honoring History While Opening Doors
CANYON — Spectacular, rugged and starkly beautiful, Palo Duro Canyon State Park has always been a worthy Texas bragging point. To make sure everyone has an opportunity to enjoy the canyon's scenic splendor, early this summer Texas Parks and Wildlife begins making more of this 76-year-old park current with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Construction is expected to be completed in spring 2011.
"There are accessibility issues that have to be conquered to give everybody the same access," says Park Superintendent Randy Ferris.
Thanks to bond funding authorized by the Texas Legislature and approved by statewide voters, Texas Parks and Wildlife is repairing and renovating several Palo Duro Canyon facilities to make them ADA compliant.
At the same time, TPWD is protecting the historical integrity of park structures. At the park headquarters, that is a particular challenge because it was built by the legendary Civilian Conservation Corps. Six CCC companies labored from 1933 to 1937 to build the park. Their work is carefully protected by the Texas Historical Commission and other entities.
"The main part of the building is a CCC-era structure," says project manager Ronny Gallagher. "There are two restrooms in the headquarters that are extremely small but are in that older, historic area."
The building also has a newer section, built in the CCC style but only about 40 years old. That section will be renovated so people in wheelchairs can easily access the building. The headquarters service counter also will be made accessible. But the historic area's small restrooms defied being altered without destroying their original character.
"So we are taking another building that is adjacent, a CCC building that was used to house a water tank," Gallagher says. That structure had the space to alter it without destroying its historic nature. "We are going to modify that tank and put restrooms inside there."
The more than $600,000 in improvements at Palo Duro Canyon are part of a long list of major Texas State Parks rejuvenation projects underway this year, all aimed at keeping the parks fun, safe and customer friendly. Texas State Parks general obligation bonds have been sold to fund more than $44 million in repairs and renovations to park cabins, bathrooms, electrical and water systems, and other state park infrastructure. Along with fixing up more than 40 state parks, the bonds provide an additional $25 million to dry berth the Battleship Texas.
Another ADA restroom update will be done in Palo Duro Canyon's Chinaberry Day Use Area. The walls of that non-CCC structure will be moved outward several feet to provide adequate wheelchair turnaround room inside, and the doors will be widened. Chinaberry also gets ADA-compliant pathways from the parking area to picnic pads and the restroom.
More upgrades will be made at the Sagebrush Camp Area, where three campsites will be brought up to ADA compliance.
"We are going to be doing some elevation work, some grading, adjusting the picnic pad to make sure it's the right size and allow easy access from the camper to the pad," Gallagher says. "And we will put an ADA walkway between those campsites to the restrooms."
Palo Duro Canyon is indisputably one of Texas' most spectacular state parks. It is often called the "Grand Canyon of Texas," although the experience, for many guests, is more intimate than visiting the national icon. The Grand Canyon is so vast, deep and challenging that most visitors see it only from the rim. A visit to Palo Duro Canyon State Park means driving — using a road originally built more than 70 years ago by the CCC — down the canyon wall and right into the heart of the canyon.
Ferris says it is the amazing contrast of the canyon with the surrounding landscape that most enthralls people. "You've driven across the Panhandle's flat farmland and ranch land. Then all of a sudden you've got the second largest canyon system in the United States."
The park features numerous examples of CCC handicraft. The visitor's center, originally the Coronado Lodge, was one of the first structures. Others, Ferris says, include the Rim Cabins and the Cow Camp Cabins. The latter were built as open air shelters and later modified into cabins using the CCC design. The CCC boys also constructed a number of the park's bridges and picnic areas.
The almost 30,000-acre park also boasts great geologic and military history. It took 250 million years of water erosion to carve out the 120-mile long, 800 feet-deep canyon (not all in the park). That story is revealed by the layers of rock exposed as the canyon deepened. The presence of iron causes the distinctive rust red of the Quartermaster formation, the lowest and oldest layer seen in most areas of the park.
One wonders if all this beauty was appreciated by the combatants — soldiers and Indians — in the month-long Red River Wars of 1874, which essentially ended the lifestyle of Plains Indians. The final battle of that war took place in and around the canyon, climaxing with the capture and destruction of the food and horses of the remaining Native American resistance.
Palo Duro Canyon State Park attracted about 277,000 visitors last year with its potent combination of scenery, camping, hiking, cabins, equestrian rentals and great diversity of plants and wildlife. It is located in the Texas Panhandle, 14 miles east of Canyon and 30 miles south of Amarillo.
Watch the official Palo Duro Canyon State Park video on YouTube:
For more information, call the park at 806/488-2227, or visit the official website: http://tpwd.texas.gov/spdest/findadest/parks/palo_duro/
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Knickerbocker Circus 016: B&P's Northampton #1
I recently took a quick trip to Northampton, and by quick I mean, R. Krasnova and I were there for about an hour. I wanted to show everyone the places where the book took place & maybe, just maybe read a few excerpts in those places. We didn't have a tri-pod, nor a mic so the video is a bit low & shaky. It works well with headphones though.
Holly and I used to find secret places in Northampton. Some of them were more secret then, than they are now. Over the bridge on Main St is a bike trail. Sometimes we'd hide away and just sit. Sometimes we'd just hide away.
B&P Noho Holly from Katelan Foisy on Vimeo.
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Research Groups
The fragmentation of DNA using restriction endonucleases (REs).
Analysis of plasmid, cosmid or genomic DNA in combination with various methods, e.g. Southern Blots, cloning, checking mini preps. Visualisation is achieved by running the/a sample of the digest on a agarose gel.
Ideally you should have access to the sequence of the DNA you wish to analyse, if not a map should suffice. This will help make sense of the restriction pattern when run on an agarose gel and/or isolating a specific fragment for sub-cloning.
General laboratory & molecular biology safety rules apply.
dH2O, DNA, Restriction Endonuclease (10U/µL) and its appropriate (10x) Buffer, incubator (i.e. a water bath) @ 37°C, ice, micro-centrifuge tube(s) (MCT)
Optionally: Ribonuclease A (RNase), Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP), incubator @ 65°C.
Thaw all the samples on ice, except the enzymes which are removed when needed. Label all tubes and ensure the incubator is ready.
Add the ingredients in order, to a MCT and place in the incubator @ 37°C for 1 hour (3 hours - overnight for larger digests)
Example of a larger digest (volume of DNA depends on its concentration)
Remove the enzyme(s) from the freezer when needed and keep all the other ingredients on ice. Restriction enzymes are measured in units; 1 unit will completely digest 1µg of λDNA in 1 hour, under optimal conditions. Double digests are possible but you will need to consult the manufacturers documentation on which buffer is most compatible for both enzymes. The addition of RNase might be considered if a small DNA fragment is expected that the RNA may otherwise obscure. Alkaline Phosphatase is used when a fragment is cut from a plasmid/cosmid to prevent the DNA from re-ligating; the phosphate group on the 5' end is removed to prevent this. Another method to prevent re-ligation is to heat the MCT post-digest to 65°C for 3 minutes then transfer to ice.


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Sonoma, Napa, Marin counties have had highest rates
Third baby dies from whooping cough in California
SACRAMENTO — California's growing whooping cough epidemic has claimed the life of a third infant, a tragic reminder that the very youngest are most at risk of hospitalization and death from the highly contagious bacterial disease, state health officials said Friday.
The officials continue to be alarmed that the number of cases has soared since Jan. 1, as the traditional peak month of July approaches. The number of cases is now at 4,558 — almost double the 2,532 reported in 2013.
The year-old baby, who contracted the disease at three weeks, was from Sacramento County. Officials did not reveal the gender of the infant, citing privacy reasons.
The two other infants who died this year from whooping cough, also called pertussis, were from Placer and Riverside counties. Those infants — both 2-months-old — contracted the disease last year.
The deaths are troubling to state health officials, who last faced a whooping cough epidemic in California in 2010 that took the lives of 10 infants. Since then, no pertussis-related deaths had been reported until February.
"We are off to a really bad start in 2014,'' Dr. Gil Chavez, the state's epidemiologist, told reporters during a Friday conference call.
Chavez said the infant deaths highlight the need for pregnant women to receive a pertussis vaccine during the third trimester.
"Vaccination of pregnant women is the most important thing that can be done,'' said Chavez, citing "good scientific evidence" showing that infants whose mothers are vaccinated against pertussis ensures the maximum protection against the disease.
Bay Area health officials echoed his words, though they said teenagers are coming down with the majority of pertussis cases. That's consistent with state figures showing that 84 percent of the whooping cough incidents so far this year have occurred in infants and children under 18, with the peak age after infancy at 15 years old.
"But we are most concerned with the babies," said Paul Leung, Contra Costa County's immunization program manager. "We have had five babies hospitalized with pertussis in 2014.''
He and other county health officials say they continue to use Facebook, Twitter and social media to alert parents about the epidemic, urging them and their children to get their shots at doctors' offices or, if they are uninsured, at county clinics for little or no cost.
"It's so important to vaccinate kids as they're entering middle school,'' said Dr. Sara Cody, Santa Clara County's health officer.
But she too is worried more about the babies. Three-quarters of those under age 6 months who contracted pertussis this year had to be hospitalized, she noted.
Health officials say that pregnant women who are inoculated pass immunity to their unborn babies that protect them until they can be vaccinated.
The first dose of pertussis vaccine can be given as early as six weeks of age.
Children need five doses of pertussis vaccine by kindergarten. And in California, seventh-grade students must receive the vaccine under state law.
Unlike the flu virus, which usually surfaces in the winter, pertussis historically occurs from May to September, peaking in July, Chavez said.
Statewide, Sonoma, Napa and Marin counties have had the highest whooping cough rates.
Chavez and others attribute the current whooping cough epidemic to its three-to five-year cycle and a corresponding use of "acellular" pertussis vaccines, which cause fewer reactions than the whole-cell vaccines that preceded them. But they don't protect as long, lasting only three to five years.
The disease may also have spread in some areas because some Californians have chosen not to get vaccines for themselves or children because of religious or personal beliefs.
A state law that took effect on Jan. 1, however, requires parents who exclude their children from immunization requirements to submit a signed statement that they received information about the risks and benefits of vaccines from a health care professional.
Leung said one reason for the preponderance of pertussis cases among teens may be linked to those about to start seventh-grader who have not received a vaccine. For older teens, he said, it may be because their seventh-grade vaccine has worn off.
Dr. Scott Morrow, San Mateo County's health officer, said that "it's helpful" that many teenagers are out of school and "not in larger congregate settings where it can spread faster.'' But Morrow noted that many students are attending summer school or camps.
When a case is reported to his department, he said, the person is removed immediately from their school or camp. And anyone who has had contact with that individual is checked for their vaccine history because pertussis "can go like wildfire'' if the kids are not vaccinated, he said.
The disease affects a person's airways and is spread easily from person-to person through the air when people cough or sneeze.
Leung, the Contra Costa County health official, said it can start like a common cold with a runny nose, sneezing, cough and low-grade fever. The cough lasts for one to two weeks and then slowly gets worse, turning to coughing fits or spells, that cause vomiting, gagging or a loud gasp, sometimes like a "whoop," that can last for up to 10 weeks.


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The hotel, slated to go up at 1 Harper Ave., will have eight stories and 100 rooms
After nearly two hours of debate, the Carolina Beach Town Council at its meeting Tuesday approved a conditional-use permit for a proposed oceanfront Hampton Inn & Suites Hotel.
"It's good doing business with you guys," said Mayor Bob Lewis. "We're looking forward to it."
The hotel, slated to go up at 1 Harper Ave., will have eight stories and 100 rooms, with an outdoor pool, bar, sundeck and breakfast cafe on the second floor. The property will have direct access to the town's elevated wooden boardwalk, said Assistant Town Manager Ed Parvin.
Plans have been in the works for at least six years to build a beachfront hotel near the town's boardwalk. A plan was approved in 2007 for a 200-room Hilton Garden Inn on the same site, but the project fell through for economic reasons.
The Hampton Inn property requested 91 parking spaces – 73 on-site with an additional 18 in three existing public parking lots between Harper Avenue and Carl Winner Drive. The developer's proposal would revamp the existing lots to function as one large space. The lot would contain 167 public parking spots – 20 more than the space contains now – and the hotel would use 18 for guest parking only as needed, mostly during the height of tourist season.
"Basically, the hotel is paying to redo the parking lots to make them function better, and by doing so is able to add the 18 parking spaces they need," said Town Manager Michael Cramer. "They would have 73 parking spaces on their site, and would use spaces in the public lot only during peak times."
Those spaces would be marked, Cramer said.
The spaces in question sit at the corner of Harper Avenue and Canal Drive, the slice of the parking lot located closest to the boardwalk. That stipulation was a major concern for council members and town residents, who were hesitant to sacrifice prime parking spots in the central business district.
"It's about the fairness to the other businesses down there that count on these parking spaces," said Tammy Hanson, a Carolina Beach Realtor. "Those spaces closer to the boardwalk turn over more frequently. Families go down there, park, go to Britt's, shop, walk around, leave and then another car parks there. I feel the people coming to the hotel … more than likely, they're going to park their car and it's going to stay there."
Mayor Pro Tem Steve Shuttleworth agreed, noting that the spaces in question produce significant proceeds for the town.
"That is the money lot in town. That particular corner is the corner that gets the highest volume of people," he said. "I'm sensing resistance to saying that that corner is yours, as long as you operate the hotel, at no cost. After 15 to 20 years, maybe you'd need to start paying some kind of rate, or let's flip (the parking spaces) to the back side."
As a condition of approving the permit, council members instructed town staff to negotiate a lease for the parking spaces after a certain number of years.
"Staff can negotiate a lease after 20 years for the 18 spaces and report back to council what the lease is," Shuttleworth said.
Construction plans are expected to be completed for the project in December, with a groundbreaking slated for January. If the project remains on schedule, the hotel should open in May 2015.
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Information About Jewish
Textile Workers In the Year 1828
Translated by Gloria Berkenstat Freund
We possess very little reliable information about the number of Jewish workers in the textile industry in the twenties and thirties of the 19th century. However, it appears that even then there were more Jewish workers than one thinks. It turns out to be the case, according to research by A. D. Judicki[1]. that he built on the basis of Russian archival material. Judicki presents a chart about the number of Jewish workers in Jewish textile factories. We see from this that in 1828 there were 940 Jewish workers in Grodna gubernia, who represented 30.10 percent of all workers in the textile factories. One hundred workers are specified for the Bialystok region.
However, it is difficult to determine the number of Jewish workers in the textile factories because the official statistical information does not provide the nationality or the faith of the worker. We have only found in one place[2] an indication that in 1828, 674 workers worked in 19 Jewish cloth factories and among them, 562 were Jewish. It means that 83.4 of the workers in Jewish factories were Jewish.
We further know that 404 Jewish workers worked in the 14 talisim [prayer shawl] factories in Mohilow, Minsk and Vitebsk gubernias.[3] However, the question is if Jews worked in the non-Jewish factories?
The workers can be divided into three categories: 1) the first category was mainly German, French master craftsmen, technicians, who
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were only in the large factories and in a smaller number; 2) the second category was of peasants in servitude, who worked mainly for the landowners or in capitalistic factories who were bought or were leased along with the factory; 3) the third category was called free-hired in the official sources. The latter worked mainly in the capitalistic factories in the cities and towns.
It is assumed that a large number of Jewish Wolyn factories employed Jewish workers. According to an official report, in 1828 there were 1,469 workers in all of the 40 Jewish factories in Wolyn gubernia; of them, 339 were serfs who transferred from landowners to Jews and the remaining 1,130 were freely serving workers. Naturally, we can assume that in the Wolyn cities and shtetlekh with dense Jewish masses they were Jewish.
This premise is confirmed from another official source. This is the report received at the end of 1827 from the official, who was entrusted to investigate the western gubernias as to the situation of the manufacturing industries.[4] Certain information appears in his report about the number of Jewish workers in Wolyn and Grodno gubernias.
The report states about Wolyn gubernia: For a very long time there was no trace of manufacturing industry; only recently, a happy coincidence opened a wide field of activity in it. The government wanting to give employment to the factories in the fatherland demanded that all who have the desire should provide cloth for the uniforms for the Lithuanian corps. Many capitalists who were enticed by the earnings from supplying [such uniforms] began to found factories. From year to year they expanded their activity and in a short time they will be comparable to the largest ones. Some of the manufacturers are Jews. Of 3,285 workers, up to 1,000 were Jewish.
The same official writes about Grodno gubernia: The rules of the manufacturing industry in Grodno gubernia are compelling to note. The spirit of industry even has penetrated to the Jews. There are 10 cloth factories that belong to Jews, adequately large and well arranged, mainly it is notable that in them work more than 500 Jews, among them master craftsmen: cutters, mechanics, carpenters, dyers. The information from the correspondent from the manufacturing council agrees that
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562 Jewish workers are found in the Jewish factories in Grodno gubernia.
The correspondent from the manufacturing council of 1828 provides information about two non-Jewish textile factories in the Bialystok region: of the factory of Count Grabowskaya in the shtetl Orla, where a factory was founded in 1827 in order to give employment to its Jewish residents and to be able to sell the wool from its sheep. Forty-one workers were located at the factory. The same correspondent tells about a factory that was created by the Count Niesiolowskaja in the shtetl of Haradok in 1828 in order to give the residents of the shtetl good employment and to better their conditions. Jews are not mentioned here. However, the residents of the shtetl were Jews. The correspondent from Grodno gubernia reports that in 1824 a textile factory was erected in Slomin by the privy councilor Novoseltsev in order to find a market for his good wool and to give the poor population a means of feeding themselves. The factory employed several German and French master craftsmen and 150 free-hired - in such a Jewish center as Slonim, free-hired should be understood to be Jews.
This, at least, is Judicki's inference. However, while it may be partly correct with regard to other places, it is surely false concerning Slonim, because there was not yet a non-Jewish weavers guild at the beginning of the 17th century. As a result, there were non-Jewish weavers there. In Horodok, too, there were always non-Jews as well as Jews. Only the non-Jewish factory in Orla employed Jews exclusively. This is an exceptional case. However, it is not entirely correct to deduce from this that where free-hired is mentioned, it means only Jews. There could also have been free-hired peasants. True, Jewish workers, without a doubt, were called free-hired.
Shabbos and holidays in those old, pious times certainly prevented the Jews from working for non-Jews and also prevented non-Jews from hiring Jewish workers for their weaving workshops. I, too, did not hear of such cases in Bialystok and in its region during my time of almost 60 years ago and before my time, according to the tradition of 100 years ago. Just, the opposite - Christian workers always worked and still work today for Jews.
True, it is found in the old lists, for example, that with Sopieha, 77 workers worked in his factory in Wisoka-Litowsk, of them 72 were Jews and 3 non-Jews. But there, the actual
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owner was Leib Warhaftig; Sopieha only was the founder of the factory. And this was how it was in all of the non-Jewish factories in which there were Jewish workers; the true owners were Jews; they had non-Jewish names for the government, the names of those who had once established the factories.
General Characteristics of the Jewish Textile Workers
Translated by Gloria Berkenstat Freund
We learn a great deal of information about the Jewish textile worker when we approach the 40's and 50's of the previous century [19th century]. Here we can build on local Bialystok tradition according to which it appears that there were only printed calico weavers and printed calico weaving mills in the 1840's. Their production was for local use.
The first Jewish weaving specialists were later recruited from them. One of them, Tzalel NOWAK, already was working in 1844 in Dovid Avraham KEMPNER's weaving mill for wool overcoat cloth. It was maintained that several later large manufacturers, such as Ahron SURAZSKI and the like, were printed calico weavers.
The number of Jewish textile weavers began to increase together with the Jewish textile factories.
Jews also worked in the earlier hand spinning mills. Spinning and finishing masters also were Jewish not only in the Jewish factory towns, but even in Bialystok, because their work was not physical.
All of the Christian factories were free of Jews, but the workers and masters in the Jewish factories were mainly Christians. Jews only worked in their weaving mills and there mainly with Christian weavers. I speak here only about handlooms; we will see further on about the later mechanical weaving mills. In any case, a concept emerged that all mechanical work belonged only to Christians and the Jews were excluded from it.
The work in the weaving mills also attracted more Jews because learning hand weaving was easier. One needed only up to a month to train in this work, while one had to have more information for spinning and finishing and longer to gain experience with them. Moreover, they were paid better for their work: the spinners were the greatest earners in the factory.
Since they could learn weaving easily and quickly and it was not required, as with other trades, to also go through seven levels of hell of humiliation during the school years with the master craftsman artisans, most of the time the adult Jews and well-educated
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[young men] from the middle class families therefore became weavers. In their youth, other trades were a disgrace for them, but because they were not capable of [working in] business or they had already been expelled from it and, as a result, lost their dowries, they had to seek a way of making a living from a trade they had to become weavers. However, hand weaving is a difficult trade and not a healthy one. Until 1900 it provided weekly earnings, with continual work of 12 hours a day, from 7 to 12 and sometimes up to 15 rubles a week.[5]
At that time, the Jewish weaver was mainly a developing man. Found among the weavers were those who attended the house of study, learned men, Hasidim and followers of the Enlightenment. The Jewish weavers stood on a much higher cultural lever than their colleagues, the Christian weavers, who were recruited from the lower peasant and worker strata (their Blue Monday after their drunk Sunday was well known).
The Relationship of the Jewish Weaver to His Boss
The Jewish weaver developed a particular consciousness in the factory and developed into a particular type. The factory was his second home. He spent approximately 12 hours a day in it, excluding Shabbosim [Sabbaths] and religious holidays. Each factory and workshop was for its Jewish weavers, who worked together in a large, long room, a separate closed club. They ate there (the midday meal was brought by the wives or the children), drank tea or spent time talking.
Their conversations included various local and world questions, according to newspapers, which their enlightened ones would read. However, the main theme of their conversations was the manufacturer as a man and merchant and his manufactured products. The weavers would calculate their income from the completed work exactly against their debts and prepare the manufacturer's balance. They would critically analyze all the possible details and even his private life. The criticism was always bad. Jewish weavers always thought themselves better than manufacturers, because they were the most productive in the manufacturing. Compared to a manufacturer, an ignorant man, which was not a rarity, the Jewish weavers considered themselves higher and more important than him. In any case, as the manufacturer, whose better material and economic situation was still only
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an accident, which also could come to each weavers through good opportunities. And when the manufacturer would exhibit a bad relationship to the weavers, they began to hate him. As a result they developed an opposition to capitalism and searched for means to better the position of the workers. They did not have to learn this from anyone.
But conversely, the difference between the Christian German manufacturer and his weavers was much greater. The German manufacturer mainly was a qualified professional with a certain intelligence, from which the usual Christian weaver was distant. Therefore, the Christian weaver acted with respect to the Jewish manufacturer and thought of him almost as a higher creature. Therefore, they obeyed him more and were submissive to him. As a result, the Jewish manufacturer preferred to employ the Christian weaver before a Jewish one.
A large manufacturer described to me the difference that he felt between the two kinds of weavers in his weaving factory: when he came into his weaving factory for the first time, returning from a trade trip, he would go to the looms of the Christian workers and it would be mouse-quiet. They began to weave more fervently. Their heads were down as if a fear had descended on them. However, as he went to the Jewish weavers, they stopped working, left the looms and they put out their hand in a great Sholem Aleykhem [traditional greeting hello]. This Jewish manufacturer did not understand how much higher, intellectually and morally the Jewish weaver stood compared to the Christian and to he himself. Consequently the average Jewish manufacturer had a greater desire to take in Christian workers with whom he never had any conflicts. It turned out that a large number of the Jewish manufacturers would divide their weaving factories into Jews and Christians, while the Christian manufacturers did not employ any Jewish weavers and workers and not only because of Shabbos [Sabbath] on which many Jews could not, in any case, work.
There were also women in the weaving factories, who comprised 25 percent of the weavers. They were bobbin threaders, nuperkes [whose job was to ensure that the threads moved at a steady pace], thread cutters (there were also men who were thread cutters). Only Jewish women worked in the Jewish factories.
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About the number and condition
of Jewish workers in Bialystok in 1900
Translated by Gloria Berkenstat Freund
Before we talk about the subsequent struggle and confrontations, let us become acquainted with the general condition of Jewish workers in the main trades and present information about their number,[8] according to the trades in the year 1900.
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Textile Workers
The number of weavers who work in Jewish factories reaches approximately 3,000 men. Of these, 1,242 work for manufacturers and 1,600 are spinners for loynketnikes [working with customers' materials]. To them must be added 1,000 shpoliarkes [people who work with the bobbins to keep them from being overloaded], 200 nuperkes [people who keep thread moving to the bobbins], 100 shererkes [clippers, people who splice and cut the threads] and up to 40 shnelerkes [expeditors who keep the work moving smoothly], in total approximately 4,400. Two-thirds of this number are Jewish; this means close to 3,000. No Jews work at the very large factories, which belong to Christians.
The workers are employed in 70 factories and with about 200 working loynketnikes. The largest number of looms in the Jewish factories is 67; the smallest 5. With the loynketnikes, the largest number of looms is 28; the smallest 3. On average, each factory has 17 looms and the loynketnikes have eight and a half. In this way, the loynketnikes play a large role in the fabrication. The loynketnikes do not buy their own materials. They take the material from the manufacturers or from the merchants and bring back to them the finished pieces of woven goods.
The loynketnikes exploit the workers much more than the manufacturers. They pay less and the working conditions with them are much worse.
The workers everywhere achieved a 12-hour workday through strikes (12-hours including a mid-day meal time). The wages averaged from six to eight rubles a week at the factories, four to six rubles with the loyntetnikes; the nuperkes received two-three rubles a week, the shpularkes one and a half to two rubles a week, the shnelerkes and shererkes three to four rubles a week.
The tanning industry began to develop here at first in the 1880's starting with two not too large factories in Bialystok and in the shtetl Krinek [Krynki]. Each year more tanneries arrived in Bialystok, Sololke, Krynki, Sziszlewic,
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Zabludowa. The tanneries grew into large undertakings. Before wartime around 200 leather manufacturers with around 6,000 workers were located in Grodno gubernia [province].
The center of the entire leather industry was in Bialystok. This happened because of its large financial institutions that took care of money matters for all of the factories in the city and in all of the neighboring towns. Therefore, Bialystok also grew as a large center for the sale of raw leather, which came here from deep Siberia, Kavkaz as well as from Germany, Austria and France and directly from America, Argentina and Chile. Because of this the businesses for buying the materials hides, tanning supplies and extracts that were received directly from Argentina were opened by the manufacturers in Bialystok.
Bialystok also served as a market for finished leather. The buyers from southern Russia and the central gubernias would come here.
The monthly volume of business of the Bialystok leather market is estimated to have been about three-quarters of a million rubles.
The foreign exchanges would also be interested in the business spirit of the leather market in Bialystok.[10] In Bialystok there were then 14 tanneries in which 320 men worked (of them 100 were Christians). There were 50 middlemen. The workday for the Jews was a 12-hour day, 13 hours for the Christians. The wages were from four to six rubles a week. They worked for the market, not for orders. No mechanical methods were in use then. Six strikes took place among the workers during the last three years of the 19th century. Three hundred workers took part in the last strike, that is, almost all of the tanners. The main demand was that there not be any work for a flat rate, and for a shorter work day. They prevailed in all of the strikes.
Cigarette Makers
Three hundred and seventy Jews worked in JANOWSKI's cigarette factory: 200 cigarette makers, 70 cigar makers, 50 female wrapper makers, 50 female packers and others. No mechanical methods were used. The wages for the women were up to two rubles a week; the men, who made the better kind from five to six rubles; [those] who made the worst kind four to four and a half rubles a week.
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They worked for the market and [to fill] orders. Seven strikes took place during the last three years of the last century [19th century]. A varied number of workers, up to 200, took part in them. The strikers demanded that they be treated better and [receive] higher wages. The owners fought with the workers through the police; arrests took place.
In 1900, there were 80 bakeries in Bialystok. Four hundred and fifty Jewish bakery workers worked in them. They were divided into bread bakers, roll bakers, cake and bagel bakers. Fifty women aged from 15 to 25 worked in the last two trades.
They worked in the bakery 18 hours a day. The workers would not come home during the entire week, with the exception of Monday and Tuesday for four to six hours. The only pleasure they had was to come to the baker's house of study early and to ask that they should once be asked to read the Torah from their Torah scroll which they had provided years before with their hard-earned groshns. This was a truly remarkable form of class warfare: to demand of the boss that they also should read from their Torah scroll! The school of education of the young boys in the bakeries lasted three years. The apprentices were paid from 30 to 50 kopekes a week. They were put in their proper place with all kinds of harassments on the part of the older workers and of the members of the baker's family.
The bakeries were in the worst hygienic condition. The most beloved talk of the adult workers at work was: girls and cards. Friday at night they would carry their hard-earned rubles to the taverns after 100 hours of work a week.
This description[11] can apply only to a portion of the Jewish workers. The Jewish working class, taken in general, was then religiously disposed. The delinquent element quickly became the exception to the rule. Pious Jews and Torah scholars came out of these bakery workers, such as
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for example, Rabbi Dovid BRAJNSKI, who in his old age was the shamas [synagogue caretaker] and rabbi of the Piaskower House of Study and was the author of the book, Minchas Dovid [David's Commentaries].
There were 50 tailor workshops with 200 workers. No mechanical methods had yet been applied. There were 20 middlemen, 50 apprentices. They worked [based on] orders and for the shops. The workday was 12 hours. The wages were from four to five rubles a week. Six strikes took place during the years 1898-1900. In the first three strikes, a total of 200 workers took part and in two strikes 400, in the last strike 100 men. All of the strikes achieved their goals, except the first one in which the owners were strongly united and they denounced the workers.
Three categories of workers were employed in the tailor shops in Bialystok: the first category manufactured men's clothing, the second manufactured women's clothing and the third seamstresses. The manufacture of men's clothing was elevated to a craft with a workshop, with an owner, six to seven junior journeymen and one to two apprentices and work to orders. Capitalistic development also had an effect here; the warehouses of finished clothing began to take more of a part in the production; there were warehouses that employed from 15 to 20 workers and large artisans' workshops. The products were only sold here and in the surrounding areas. There was work for the entire year, but there was much work only for seven and a half months a year. At that time there were almost no tailors in the city who did not have work.[12]
Key Makers (Locksmiths) and Tinsmiths
There were 50 locksmith workshops with 100 workers. There were no mechanized methods. The wages were five rubles a week. They worked to orders. Eleven strikes took place in the course of the last three years of the 19th century. The workers won eight strikes. They had mainly demanded a shorter workday. There were 75 apprentices.
There were 25 tinsmith workshops where 40 workers labored. There were no mechanized methods used. The workday was 12 hours; the wages were five rubles a week. They worked for the market. There was only one strike during the entire time (in
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1899). The strike achieved its goals. Mainly they had demanded a shorter workday. There were five middlemen and 30 apprentices.
Furniture Makers
There were 50 furniture workshops in Bialystok. Seventy workers worked in the 50 workshops. No mechanized methods were used. The workday was 12 hours. The wages were five rubles a week. They worked for the market and from orders. Five strikes took place. Fifty men went on strike. All of the strikes achieved their goals. They mainly demanded a shorter workday and higher wages. There were no middlemen. There were 100 apprentices. Denunciations and arrests took place.
Building Crafts and Others
Jewish workers were in many other trades that we do not have the occasion to present. There were many Jews among the building workers. Of the 250 masons who were officially counted in the workers movement, 150 were Jews. Of the 200 construction carpenters in the movement the greatest majority were Jewish. There were approximately 100 painters.
As for other trades, cap making was almost only in Jewish hands, about 70 men. Bookbinding was a Jewish trade. Twenty-five bookbinding workers were members of the workers movement.
Mechanical Workshops and Metal Industry
WIECZOREK's was the largest among the mechanical workshops. W. WIECZOREK's mechanical workshops were founded in 1865 outside Bialystok by MAYNER and GITNER and they were moved into the city in 1888. In 1901 WIECZOREK's factory employed 400 workers with an output of goods [worth] 220,000 rubles.
The workers in the workshops were exclusively Christian.
There also were small Jewish mechanical workshops.
Among the workshops, the one (on Bielosczanski Street, in his house) belonged to Moshe CZICHOCKI, a son of Berl Leib the mechanic with his workshop on Waszlikower (Sienkewicza) Street. Moshe CZICHOCKI was the best mechanic in the city to repair boilers
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and steam machines and all parts of machines. Even in his deep old age, when he relinquished his workshop, he would be called to repair machines that had broken, to show their faults and how to repair them. The mechanical workshops of Ayzyk SZTURMAK, Moshe AYZNSZMID and Chaim Dovid FARBER were also well known.[1*]
Steam Mills
The first steam roller-mill in the entire region of Bialystok was founded at the end of the 1860's or the beginning of the 1870's by Reb Moshe BACER in his courtyard, which today belongs to the Artisans School The mill stood on the spot on which today is found the First Hebrew School; the mill later burned.
The second steam mill, a one-story brick building, was erected by Leib PERELMAN, near JANOWSKI'S tobacco factory. Today it belongs to the government alcohol monopoly.
After Moshe's water mill on Mill (Palacowa) Street burned, he erected a two-story steam mill on Piaskes [sand]. ZAKHAJM and DAWIDOWSKI'S (a Christian) steam mill was located on Mill Street. All of the mills burned. One of the largest roller mills was a stone mill that the Russian government burned before its withdrawal.[2*]
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Today (in about 1935) are located in Bialystok: a two-story roller mill on Mazowiecka Street owned by Shmuel SZTUPLER, in addition to Christian windmills around the city and a Jewish [mill] down from Khona the miller on Piaskowa.
A Jewish Beer Brewery
There was a Jewish beer brewery in Bialystok owned by Sender MIODOWNIK on Legionowa Street, which was liquidated after the [First World] War.
Publisher's Footnotes
The mill was built around 1900 with all of the modern facilities of that time with the hope of grinding grain for the Russian military. However, nothing came of this. The mill had to be transformed into a commercial undertaking for the Bialystok market. Without the necessary capital, the mill had to close. Around 1908 the mill will taken over by the Bialystok private bankers, Samuel GOLDBERG and Aba MILECKI along with a third partner who was the actual manager. During the war 1914-1918 the mill failed. Return
The mill was built around 1900 with all of the modern facilities of that time with the hope of grinding grain for the Russian military. However, nothing came of this. The mill had to be transformed into a commercial undertaking for the Bialystok market. Without the necessary capital, the mill had to close. Around 1908 the mill will taken over by the Bialystok private bankers, Samuel GOLDBERG and Aba MILECKI along with a third partner who was the actual manager. During the war 1914-1918 the mill failed. Return
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