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'Tis the Season for Family Gatherings at Texas State Parks
AUSTIN— Spend a weekend at one of the 70 state parks that offer group facilities and create a new holiday tradition in the great outdoors. Serve turkey and all the trimmings in a park recreation hall equipped with a full kitchen or gather near a roaring fireplace in an open-air pavilion to sing carols and rejoice in the season.
Just in time for the holidays, Texas Parks and Wildlife is hosting an outdoor cooking contest that will run until Dec. 8. Submit your favorite recipes for a chance to win a Texas Outdoor Family workshop of your choosing for up to six people. The dishes can be anything from appetizers to entrees to desserts that can be prepared outdoors or made at home. A panel of judges will choose the top 10 entries and feature them on TPWD's website and the TPWD Pinterest page. The recipe with the most re-pins by Jan. 14 wins.
In addition to the cooking contest, parks around the state are getting in the holiday spirit and hosting Christmas- themed events for the whole family to enjoy.
In the Hill Country, the Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site will be hosting the 44th annual LBJ Tree Lighting from 6-9 p.m, Sunday Dec. 15. A tradition started by President and Lady Bird Johnson, the tree lighting will not be the only thing to enjoy. Visitors can enjoy carolers, a live nativity scene, Santa Claus and a traditional German Christmas setting at the Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm. For a sneak peek at the festivities, visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9PjqI1KwJg
In south Texas, Lake Corpus Christi State Park will begin a new tradition and host an event called a "Sparkling Christmas at Lake Corpus Christi" on Dec. 13-14. There will be a competition for best-decorated campsite and the winner will receive a weekend of free camping. The judge will be none other than Kris Kringle himself, who will stop by the campsite to see the decorations and eat some cookies.
Visit the calendar page for a listing of events happening around the state through the month of December. Also, be sure to view the printable PDF of the "Christmas in the Parks" brochure, which lists all holiday events in state parks.
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Bassmaster Classic Winner Alton Jones Headlines Pond Management Seminar at TFFC
ATHENS, Texas — When was the last time you had the chance to talk one-on-one with a professional bass angler who had just won $500,000?
That's just what you can do at the largemouth bass seminar set for March 28 and 29 at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center.
Bassmaster Classic winner Alton Jones of Waco will speak on fishing techniques for largemouth bass in small impoundments at the Athens meeting following the Friday evening fish fry put on by the Texas Game Warden Association.
Jones took home the top prize of $500,000 at the Bassmaster Classic in Greenville, S.C., February 24. Over three days of competition, Jones weighed in 49 pounds, 7 ounces of bass.
"This is the fulfillment of a dream I've had since childhood," he said. "My grandfather taught me how to fish, and I wish he could be here to see this."
Jones has qualified for Bassmaster Classic competition 11 times and won more than $1.5 million in tournaments.
Even though Jones spends most of his professional fishing time on large reservoirs, he developed his interest in fishing on private lakes.
"I am a member of the West Lakes Club, and that's where I learned to fish," he said. "My grandfather joined the club in 1928, so I have a long family history of fishing private lakes."
Jones has a strong faith- and family-based fishing ethic. Both those themes come through on his web site.
The Athens seminar will focus on how to grow and catch bigger largemouth bass in private ponds. A panel of experts will detail how to grow big fish. Jones will tell how to catch them.
Bass Pro Shops is providing door prizes that will be awarded on both days of the seminar.
"The Largemouth Bass: Better Fishing Through Private Water Management," will be presented by Texas AgriLife Extension, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, in cooperation with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Henderson County Wildlife Committee.
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One of the first bills passed this year in the Nebraska Legislature requires the salaries of school superintendents to be published on the state department of education website.
The vote was 43-0.
In addition to superintendent's salaries, the law also requires the salary of the top administrator of an educational service unit to be publicized. School districts must publish the contract of the superintendent and ESU administrator within two days after the contract is signed. Also, related costs to the budget must be published.
The contracts themselves must be published on the Nebraska Department of Education website by Aug. 1 of the year the contract is signed.
Many school districts, such as North Platte, already publish the salary packages of top administrators on their websites. The Bulletin has regularly reported those salaries. But many school districts do not make the information public.
Sens. Al Davis, Jim Scheer, Dan Watermeier, Jeremy Nordquist and Pete Pirsch sponsored the bill.
Norquist said the intent that "some of our highest-paid public employees in the state…should require a higher level of scrutiny."
"I think this is a pathway to get to that," Norquist said. "And I think it would just give the school boards making those decisions a little more pause as they make those decisions to know that there will be a higher level of transparency."
The bill passed the first round, but then, Sen. Tom Carlson, who is running for governor, moved to bracket (indefinitely postpone) the bill during debate Jan. 30, but his motion failed.
Sen. Tyson Larson opposed Carlson's effort. Larson said he received a phone call from his alma mater high school, Weeping Water, where the superintendent was offered a new salary package. He said members of the Weeping Water community that wanted to see what that package was, "but the superintendent said no, he didn't need to tell them what was in his package."
Larson asked the Nebraska Attorney General's office to call the superintendent to get him to release his package to the public. He said in many small communities, superintendents make $105,000 or $110,000 a year, while teachers are making $28,000 or $29,000.
"And in a small community, $110,000 is a lot of money," Larson said. "And the school district, especially where property taxes are today, the taxpayers deserve to know what they're paying for these individuals to run their schools."
Also in the debate, Sen. Ernie Chambers said "the public's business should be conducted in public."
"It should be in full view of everybody who has any interest in knowing what is going on," he said. "If there is any person feeding at the public trough (as we as legislators can be said derisively to be doing by accepting a salary comprising tax money,) then we shouldn't be in the Legislature or anywhere else where the salary is going to be made public."
Driving the point home, Chambers said, "if some people are so weak, so fearful that they think something bad will happen to them if their salary is made public, they should find another avenue for making their living, such as bank robbing, housebreaking, or sneak thieving...those are activities…which are done in secret."
This report was first published in the Bulletin's Feb. 19 print edition.
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A reliable water supply that keeps pace with San Diego County's ever-growing population is imperative to this region's economy and quality of life in coming decades. Achieving that water reliability will be incredibly expensive and politically difficult, but there is new progress to report.
In Sacramento, state officials earlier this month released a draft of the first four of a dozen segments of a fiercely contested plan to rebuild the plumbing infrastructure of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, the 500,000-acre estuary that serves as critical wildlife habitat for hundreds of species and also serves as a major source of water for 25 million people and some of the most productive farmland in the world. San Diego County receives about 25 percent of its water supply from the delta.
Much of the existing network of levees in the delta is 100 years old and vulnerable to floods and earthquakes. The delta ecosystem has been severely degraded by contaminants, habitat destruction and diversions of water – legal and otherwise. The environmental problems have made the delta an increasingly unreliable source of water in recent years as state and federal regulators have ordered cutbacks, such as one in February limiting Central Valley agricultural contractors to 25 percent of what they requested.
The centerpiece of the plan to restore the delta is Gov. Jerry Brown's $14-billion proposal to build twin tunnels, each of them 40 feet in diameter and 35 miles long, some 150 feet below the delta to divert water from the Sacramento River to the giant pumps near Tracy that push the water south.
This editorial page favors a scaled-down, single-tunnel alternative proposed by the San Diego County Water Authority, Mayor Bob Filner and a coalition of other water agencies and environmental groups.
That alternative would, in our view, stand a significantly better chance of ultimately being developed, not to mention being billions cheaper, and we hope it gets serious consideration. But doing nothing in the delta would be a worst-case scenario, and the release of the first segments of the delta conservation plan at least starts the official clock on ultimate resolution of the delta dilemma within the next year.
In San Diego, a City Council committee last week unanimously recommended full council approval of a separate project to turn wastewater into drinking water. The committee directed city staff to develop costs, a financing plan and a timeline. It is hoped that the project would not only serve to augment the city's water supplies, but also potentially enable the city to avoid nearly $1 billion in upgrades at the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant.
It is impossible to overstate the importance of a reliable and diverse water supply to the future of this semiarid, drought-prone region as it pushes toward a population of 4.4 million by 2050. Getting there will be a continual battle, and anything but cheap. But it will not be nearly as expensive as failure.


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Unfortunately injuries are a part of life for most competitive athletes. Injuries can be caused by things that range from simple overuse to traumatic impact. How the athlete treats and responds to the injury depends largely on the nature of the cause and the severity of the injury. I'm very fortunate to have been relatively injury free over the course of my athletic career, but, in the couple of instances that I have endured an injury, the treatments and recovery have been good lessons learned.
First, let's break down into categories various types of injuries and potential problem issues.
SORENESS: This can be caused by over use, or it can be caused by properly trained and worked muscles. If you're a cyclist in the weight room for the first off-season strength building sessions, you're going to experience muscle soreness even if you're doing things correctly. Soreness can be treated by not over using the sore muscles alternating ice and heat and incorporate stretching and massage. Some times the use of non steroidal anti-inflammatory meds such as Ibuprofen or Sodium Naproxen is called for. At any rate, soreness eventually goes away, but if you continue to push soreness, it may become…
PAIN: Pain is more indicative of a chronic problem. I'm not speaking of the momentary or short lived pain we all put ourselves through in hard workouts. I'm speaking here of pain that you experience when you aren't working out. Back, joint, or muscle pain that is consistent, persistent and long lasting can be an indicator that you're either employing improper technique, bike position, have structural problems or an over-use injury. Seek out the opinion and diagnosis of a doctor, chiropractor, physical therapist or athletic trainer and do what they tell you. Pain is most often a leading indicator of a potentially chronic injury that you'll have if you try to "push through the pain."
INJURY: This is the definite, diagnosed "I know exactly how it happened" thing we all hope to avoid. Maybe you crashed and broke a collar bone, some ribs or had a concussion. Maybe you pushed through the pain of a ligament or tendon sprain and now you need surgery for a tear. Whatever caused your injury, you'll be requiring medical attention. In 2002 I had some knee pain and swelling. I continued to race through and eventually the problem didn't respond to ice, compression and elevation. Turned out I had a meniscus tear that was exacerbated by the repetitive motion of pedaling. It was a season ender that required surgery.
The first orthopedic surgeon I saw told me I had the knee of an 80 year old man said I must quit cycling and take up swimming, but that I'd never be able to race again. I was devastated and sought a second opinion. The second orthopedic surgeon had been the team ortho for the US Air Force Academy and worked with the US Olympic Ski team in Colorado Springs. He'd seen knees similar and much worse than mine. He assured me that I'd be fine, but the recovery was slow and had to be done right in order to avoid re-injury. The full rehab took nearly 3 months before I was cleared to ride my bike again. Even though I was going crazy with the inactivity I did what the therapist and doctor told me to do and 2003 turned out to be one of the best seasons of my life with a big win on the NRC race circuit and a silver medal at Masters Nationals in the time trial.
As athletes, we'll all deal with soreness and pain from time to time. Pay attention to what is causing the soreness or pain and treat it accordingly. If you're injured, give yourself time to fully recover before forcing your way back into full fledged competition. Otherwise you're risking pushing yourself into the category of being "chronically injured" which isn't a season ending problem, it's a career ending problem.


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TCB: Vol.1 Tag Team
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What's up guys it's Heavy here, this is my second blog ever and thought whynot make my own series?? anyway well for the first volume of TCB(Takin' Care of Business) i wanted to talk about a few matches that i would love to see happen in the tag team division. now i know some (if not most of you,) won't agree with me on these but there just ideas so here i go!...
1. Team Hell No vs. Jerishow
These are two teams that i would love to see go against each other because i feel they would have great chemistry together. You got the technical wrestling that comes with both Chris Jericho and Daniel Bryan which i feel would and could put on some exciting matches, but don't forget the two big men of the groups who already have a history together as a team and as opponents. other than their in-ring ability they could also put on some good promos with each other and some pretty funny backstage segments together. think about having Jericho and Bryan arguing back and forth in the ring on the mike and Bryan trying to end it in a hug..
2. Rey Mysterio & Sin Cara vs. Tyson Kidd & Evan Bourne
Now i know that Bourne is out with an injury for the time being and him and Kidd aren't even a tag team but i believe that these two would have some great chemistry together as a team. and what better way to help revive the tag team division than with some good ole' fashion high flyers because lets face it that's what made the tag team so fun to watch when it was at highest peak. Rey and Sin Cara have a good thing going on between them i guess you could say for the time being but u think if you put the Mexican high flyers against the American style high flyers it could make for some really great matches. now as teams i know they probably wouldn't be on the mic considering they never say anything other than Rey, but if their matches were good enough they wouldn't have to say much in the first place.
3. Justin Gabriel & Tyson Kidd vs. Evan Bourne & Trent Barreta
If you wanna talk about ultimate high flyers then look no further than these four men right here. in singles competition we can see that all four of these men put on some pretty entertaining matches with their amazing high risk move-set, so could you imagine all four of them in one ring together?? now we've seen Kidd and Gabriel work together as a team here and there but i'd love to see these two be a stable team already. they have good chemistry in the ring and work well as a tag team. Bourne And Barreta on the other haven't been seen on TV for a while but i can assure you they are both entertaining and fun to watch. i feel you could bring this tag team up upon the return of Evan Bourne and have them bring some excitement to the tag team division. But again the only downfall with these two teams is that we have heard very few if not any from them on the mic so that could be an issue.
Well that's it for volume i hope you enjoy and i'd love to hear the feedback (positive & negative) but nonetheless thanks for reading and remember there just ideal dream matches for me if you will. Vol.2 COMING SOON.......


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Immersion Blender.)
4 cups romaine lettuce
1 cup coarsely chopped red cabbage
15-20 cooked shrimp (I used 51-60 count size)
1/4 cup sliced green onion
1 cup chopped jicama
Dressing Ingredients:
1/4 cup rice bran oil, avocado oil, or olive oil
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
2 T fresh lime juice
1/2 tsp. Green Tabasco Sauce (or use your favorite hot sauce)
pinch salt
If using frozen shrimp, thaw overnight in refrigerator for best results, then drain well and pat dry. Put all dressing ingredients except oil in food processor with steel blade, and pulse until well combined; then add the oil and pulse just enough to combine. (I used the bowl attachment of my Immersion Blender.)
Cut shrimp in half and place in bowl. Add 2 T dressing mixture to shrimp and let marinate while you prep other ingredients.
Wash romaine lettuce, spin dry, then break into salad size pieces. Chop red cabbage and green onions. Peel jicama and chop into pieces about 1/2 inch square.
Combine lettuce, cabbage, green onions, and jicama in large mixing bowl. Mix in shrimp with dressing it has been marinating in. Add as much of the rest of the dressing as you prefer; you may not need all the dressing. Serve immediately.
South Beach Suggestions:
This is a perfect recipe for any phase of the South Beach Diet. If you wanted something more for phase two or three, this would taste great with Sun-dried Tomato Pesto Spread served with whole wheat pita bread.
Nutritional Information?
I chose the South Beach Diet to manage my weight partly so I wouldn't have to count calories, carbs, points, or fat grams, but if you want nutritional information for a recipe, I recommend entering the recipe into Calorie Count, which will calculate it for you.
More Delicious Salads with Shrimp:
(Recipes from other blogs not always South Beach Diet friendly; check ingredients.)
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From the theme (Hot Summer Nights) to the guest list, last night's Maxim Hot 100 Party was just that…HOT! I was lucky enough to have exclusive behind-the-scenes access inside the Vanguard in Hollywood and DJ Vice and C.C. Sheffield kept stars like Miley Cyrus (who topped this year's Hot 100 List), Kendra Wilkenson, Derrick Hough, Kellie Pickler, and Danielle Fishel rocking until 2 AM—which is way past my bedtime. But who wants to sleep when there's so much hotness going on!
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Justin Smith, the San Francisco 49ers' most indispensable defensive player, will be active for Saturday's home divisional playoff game against the Green Bay Packers.
That's according to 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh, who told reporters Wednesday the defensive lineman has made steady progress with his ailing left triceps — to the point Smith has "significant improvement" since a partial tear in triceps in the Week 15 win at New England.
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"God willing and the creek don't rise, he's going to play," Harbaugh said in his Wednesday press conference.
Smith missed the 49ers' final regular-season games against Arizona and Seattle. That snapped his string for 185 consecutive starts, dating to his days with the Cincinnati Bengals.
Now the question is just how effective Smith will be. The 49ers count on him to take on multiple interior blockers from his 3-4 end position. While outside linebacker Aldon Smith has a good edge matchup with the Packers' offensive line, Smith's push will be key to the Niners' effort to get in quarterback Aaron Rodgers' face.
The Packers have a sturdy right guard in Josh Sitton, but if Smith is healthy, he can give the combination of left guard T.J. Lang and center Evan Dietrich-Smith fits. Dietrich-Smith was promoted to the lineup in place of Pro Bowler Jeff Saturday down the stretch.
If San Francisco doesn't make Rodgers uncomfortable, it won't win. The Niners need Justin Smith as healthy as possible to make that happen.
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Just got this rack combo today. Let me say that it was a very hard install. Upon inspection of the rack and the bag. It's not a very good setup at all. First the bag. You have a carrying strap you must detach in order to attach the bag to the rack.The bag is kind of small so it would be good for short runs to the corner store. Underneath the bag is velcro the only thing holding the bag to the rack is the velcro and the attachment straps (not very secure).Secondly the rack. It appears to be very sturdy only time will tell how sturdy.The mounting hardware is a bit tricky because one of the mounting rails was longer than the other. Thirdly, the installation was a nightmare. It took me over two count them hours to install this thing.I didn't know you had to separate the base of the rack then slide the rails in between the legs and base then figure out your length from there (it will be short) I put this rack on a trek 7500fx where the rack mounts were inside the seatstays If you purchase this combo put the whole thing together before you mount it on the bike
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This summer, beef and dairy producers across Pennsylvania can help share the importance of Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) and Dairy Beef Quality Assurance (DBQA) with their families and friends on Facebook. "BQA is Here to Stay, Join Today," a Facebook-exclusive contest sponsored by the Pennsylvania Beef Council and Boehringer Ingelheim, is detailed on the Penn. Beef Council Facebook page: www.facebook.com/pabeefcouncil.
The contest encourages both beef and dairy producers to become BQA Level 1 certified or to recertify and update their current BQA statuses. As a bonus, producers can enter for a chance to win a $250 gift certificate to their local veterinary practice. One winner will be randomly selected after the contest closes on Tuesday, Sept. 3. Producers can enter one time per day.
In addition to the randomly selected winner, producers can "refer a friend" to the contest on Facebook, when they enter, earning points if those referred friends enter the contest, too. The producer with the most referral points will win a $250 gift certificate to their local veterinary practice.
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Comparison of Staples Versus Prolene Suture for Skin Closure at Cesarean Delivery
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|Pregnancy Cesarean Section
|Procedure: Staples Procedure: Prolene non-absorbable sutures Procedure: Absorbable Sutures
|Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Comparison of Staples Versus Nonabsorbable Subcuticular (Prolene) Suture for Skin Closure in Cesarean Deliveries: A Randomized Study
- Pain levels during the post-operative hospitalization period and at time of staple or suture removal. [ Time Frame: Third to fourth post operative day. ]
- Pain at 6 weeks post op [ Time Frame: 6 weeks post op ]
- Wound complications (infection, seroma/hematoma, dehiscence) [ Time Frame: 6 weeks post op ]
- Patient satisfaction at post operative day 3, 4 and 6 weeks [ Time Frame: 6 weeks post op ]
- Operative room time [ Time Frame: Time of skin incision to time of skin closure ]
- Removal time [ Time Frame: Post operative day 3 or 4 ]
- Overall cosmesis [ Time Frame: 6 weeks post op ]A zero to 5 scale cosmesis score. Zero being worst and 5 being best appearance.
- Overall patient satisfaction [ Time Frame: 6 weeks post op ]Patient questionnaires completed at post op day 1, post op day 3 or 4 and 6 weeks post partum.
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|Study Start Date:
|January 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|August 2019
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2018 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Active Comparator: Staples
Use of staples for skin closure at cesarean section
Procedure: Staples
Staples for closure of cesarean section skin incision
Other Name: Reflex one skin stapler 35 wide. Manufactured by Conmed
Active Comparator: Prolene non-absorbable sutures
Use of Prolene non-absorbable sutures for skin closure at cesarean section
Procedure: Prolene non-absorbable sutures
Prolene non-absorbable sutures for closure of cesarean skin incision
Other Name: Prolene 2-0 18 inch on FS needle. Manufactured by Ethicon
Active Comparator: Absorbable sutures
Use of absorbable sutures for skin closure at cesarean section; monocryl or vicryl.
Procedure: Absorbable Sutures
Absorbable sutures for closure of cesarean skin incision
Other Name: Monocryl or Vicryl. Manufactured by Ethicon
Detailed Description:
Patients who meet inclusion criteria will be approached upon admission to Labor and Delivery. A study staff member will describe the study and offer participation. If a patient agrees to participate, she will sign research protocol and HIPAA consent forms and receive a copy of these forms. The patient's chart will be flagged, indicating that she is a study participant. The patient's prenatal care and labor and delivery will be managed by her physician per standard of care at the physician's discretion, including routine surgical preparation and procedures.
When a participating patient is scheduled for a cesarean section, she will be randomized to Arm 1 (Staples) or Arm 2 (Prolene) or Arm 3 (Monocryl or Vicryl absorbable suture). She will be treated as per standard of care and her cesarean section performed per physician discretion. After the closure of the fascial layer, the surgeons will follow the same protocol for each study participant, including wound irrigation with warm sterile saline and reapproximation of the subcutaneous layer if greater than 2.0 cm in depth (per standard of care). The patient in Arm 1 will have skin closure with staples. The patient in Arm 2 will have skin closure with 2-0 Prolene in a subcuticular fashion. The patient in Arm 3 will have skin closure with monocryl or vicryl in the standard fashion. Patients in Arms 1 and 2 will have their closure material removed at the physician's discretion per the standard of care at post-operative day 3 or 4.
Pain level will be assessed on the first and third or fourth day after surgery and again at six weeks.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
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- Pregnant women undergoing primary or repeat cesarean section
- Maternal age greater than or equal to 18 years of age
- Gestational age greater than or equal to 34 weeks
- Elective and non-elective cesarean section
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- Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes
- BMI greater than 35
- Pre-operative diagnosis of chorioamnionitis
- History of drug or alcohol abuse
- Contraindication to NSAIDs
- Chronic pain diagnosis
- Narcotic use prior to pregnancy
- Maternal age less than 18 years of age
- General anesthesia
- Chorioamnionitis, clinical suspicion of chorioamnionitis, or risk factors for chorioamnionitis (membrane rupture greater than 18 hours, GBS positive status)
- Vertical skin incision
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01509950
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A PLAN to equip 97 per cent of homes and businesses across the region with the kind of broadband speeds that will mean faster downloads and online streaming is underway.
The first households and firms are now being linked up to high-speed fibre broadband that will guarantee data download speeds in excess of 24 megabits per second. That means your favourite TV programmes over the internet, movies, YouTube videos, and music, for example can all be experienced without freezing or buffering.
The Superfast West Yorkshire programme is focusing on those areas which have either no or poor coverage. Spreading across the region, the £24 million project aims to fill in the gaps left by the commercial providers and offer fibre broadband speeds to areas that would otherwise lag behind. Funded by the Government, the European Regional Development Fund Programme, the West Yorkshire authorities of Bradford, Calderdale, Wakefield and Leeds, and BT, the region's digital infrastructure will be upgraded - and bring with it the benefits of better broadband.
Many of the towns and villages that are set to benefit are in the more rural areas. So far in the Bradford district two new green street cabinets that connect up people's homes have been installed in the Ilkley area, with 245 homes and businesses now able to benefit from the new network. Streets include Wells Road and Westwood Drive and people in these areas are being encouraged to sign up. By September a further 29 cabinets will link up a further 2,000 homes and businesses in Keighley, Steeton, Cullingworth, and Drighlington.
John Bullivent, contract manager at Superfast West Yorkshire explained that it is akin to bringing the telecoms exchange closer to people's homes.
"As it stands now there is an exchange, and a copper line from the exchange to an old green cabinet on a street corner. It's then a copper line to your premises - hence it slows down as the distance increases from the exchange and you get problem areas with slower speeds or no speed at all.
"With fibre to the cabinet, it is fibre from the exchange to a new green cabinet on your street which is close by the old green cabinet. The new cabinet is joined up to the old cabinet, then the copper wires from the old cabinet to your premises remain. So it is fast to the cabinet and doesn't slow down at all, but it is still copper to your premises, so could still slow down if you are far away from the cabinet."
Fibre to the cabinet, the main technology the project uses, delivers speeds of up to 80Mbps, but the final speed at a home or business depends on a number of factors, such as the distance from the exchange or street cabinet, geography, and the wiring within the premises.
A map on the Superfast West Yorkshire website indicates which areas are part of the project and people can register their interest there to be kept updated as to when the higher speeds become available. More than 5,000 people have already done so.
But as Mr Bullivent explained, it is not an automatic switch over. Anyone wanting to make use of the higher speeds that fibre can bring, will need to contact their internet service provider and sign up to a fibre broadband contract.
"You don't get upgraded automatically - the speed is not just turned up. You've got to go to your ISP and get a new contract for fibre broadband," he said.
The project is designed to help boost the local economy by improving the way that people access the internet and online services as well as how businesses operate. For many of us this could be as simple as having improved access to online shopping and banking, but for others it could make the difference that means you can work from home as effectively as from the office, or set up your own business and run it from home.
Up to 85 per cent of West Yorkshire already has access to superfast broadband, or will receive it shortly through BT's commercial roll out. So the Superfast project focuses on the parts of the 15 per cent that do not have good coverage. Come autumn 2015 the intention is that every property in West Yorkshire will have access to a basic broadband service as a minimum. But when both Superfast West Yorkshire and commercial fibre has rolled out, 97 per cent of these homes and businesses will be able to reach the higher speeds.
The project also involves a series of business support events to help small and medium sized firms develop and grow through use of the internet with a number of the sessions in Bradford.
So far the Superfast West Yorkshire team have linked up 6,957 homes and businesses to the fibre network - about ten per cent of the project area. But in doing so engineers have already laid 56,864 metres of fibre cable and the project is currently ahead of schedule.
With many more metres to go, the team are hoping to raise further funding to help the remaining three per cent of properties that the initial project does not reach. If their bid for further Government funding is successful then basic broadband could become a thing of the past in West Yorkshire.
More information can be found online at superfastwestyorkshire.co.uk.


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By Justin Crotty, senior VP and GM, NetEnrich, Inc.
The benefits and complexity surrounding cloud computing are driving businesses of all sizes to tap the expertise of MSPs and VARs. This is great news for the IT channel — but, where this opportunity starts to fall apart is in the migration to the cloud, and the execution and ongoing management of the new, and complex hybrid IT environments.
One of the biggest obstacles MSPs and VARs face when moving businesses to the cloud (in part or entirely), and then managing the infrastructure, is the "Do-it-Yourself" mentality. Many people figure it must be easier to build these capabilities rather than buy them. For some, this may hold true, but for most, the better answer is to partner with those providers who have made the management of complex IT environments — from on-premise to cloud and SMB to enterprise — their business.
Consider this. If you were faced with a serious illness or life-threatening situation, you would consult a physician or head for the local emergency room where trained experts would be able to save your life. Likewise, if you needed major surgery you would consult with a qualified surgeon who specialized in whatever procedure was required. Why learn the hard way that it is pretty difficult to do it yourself when trained experts are available to help?
The same is true for modern IT. Nine times out of ten, MSPs and VARs who set out to develop their own capacity for complex IT infrastructure management learn the hard way that partnership is the better option. More often than not, they will find that the increased operational expenses and diminished ROI associated with DIY, ended up costing them more in the long run.
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Oren Alexander; A 20-‐Something Power Brokers By LAUREN SCHUKER BLUM
In the luxury real estate market some young brokers are making a name for themselves. Photo: Noah Rabinowitz for The Wall Street Journal In August, broker Oren Alexander shattered real-estate records when he sold the most expensive home on record in Miami, a $47 million estate in Indian Creek. Just a month earlier, he celebrated his 25th birthday. Now, he's marketing two adjacent estates in Alpine, N.J., with a total price tag of $95 million.
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Noah Rabinowitz for The Wall Street Journal Young real-estate agents, like Oren Alexander, are on the rise. "Quite frankly, I'm addicted to my job—the hours, the lifestyle. I love that I get to hang out with wealthiest people in the world and it's considered work," says Mr. Alexander, who says he is currently marketing more than $175 million in property. "Plus, being a broker is entrepreneurial—and entrepreneurship is dominating right now." Mr. Alexander is part of a growing group of well-connected, youthful brokers finding success in the world of high-end real estate. Selling houses has grown more attractive as more traditional options—such as finance and law—have grown more difficult with the downturn. In addition, reality-television shows about real-estate brokers have glamorized the profession, drawing more young, ambitious college grads who see it as a lifelong career rather than a side gig.
Rebecca Greenfield for The Wall Street Journal Twenty-nine-year-old Caroline Bass, above, found fashion personality Tim Gunn a penthouse duplex in Manhattan. "We are seeing more and more young people coming into the mix especially as the job environment has grown tougher," says Yuval Greenblatt, an executive vice president who oversees a team of about 125 brokers at Prudential Douglas Elliman in New York, including Mr. Alexander. "It's pretty hard for young people to get decent-paying jobs, while in real estate you can make $200,000 or $300,000 in the first year or two," he adds, noting that roughly 25% of his team is currently under 30, compared with just 10% five years ago.
Last year, broker Kyle Blackmon, 34, sold former Citigroup Chairman Sanford Weill's penthouse on Central Park to 20-something Russian heiress Ekaterina Rybolovleva for $88 million—the largest residential transactions on record in Manhattan. Also in New York, 29-year-old Caroline Bass found fashion personality Tim Gunn a penthouse duplex on Upper West Side. In 2010, Soly Halabi, a 29-year-old agent who is a junior-college dropout, brokered a deal for Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim to buy a 20,000square-foot mansion across the street from the Metropolitan Museum of Art for $44 million. And this month, Josh Flagg, a 27-year-old broker in Los Angeles who stars on Bravo's reality show "Million Dollar Listing," got the listing for Hollywood producer Gavin Polone's $15.9 million house in Beverly Hills, having just sold a house a few doors down for $6.3 million.
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Noah Rabinowitz for The Wall Street Journal "A decade ago, I didn't know too many kids who said 'I want to be a real-estate agent when I grow up.' Today, I hear that all the time," says Dottie Herman, chief executive of Prudential Douglas Elliman. "Being an agent is a whole different ballgame today—you have to know the financing and the market better because home buying is much bigger part of every American's investing strategy." The National Association of Realtors' Young Professionals Network—primarily a group for younger brokers—has seen its membership swell in recent years to 29,000 today, compared with 18,000 members in 2009. And Ms. Herman says the number of brokers under 30 in her Manhattan office has doubled. Enlarge Image
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Noah Rabinowitz for The Wall Street Journal Mr. Alexander helped client Jim Ferraro, on the left, buy two penthouses in Manhattan. Many young brokers initially got into the business because of family connections. Mr. Alexander, for example, says he got his real-estate license at a young age—18 years old—because his father was a home builder in Miami and taught him a lot about high-end real estate. "My parents gave me the opportunity to see a lot of luxury real estate, and I really fell in love with the field at an early age," he says. Jared Seligman, a 25-year-old agent in New York, says he has multiple family members in the industry, including an uncle who pushed him to pursue a career selling property. Those family connections have also helped some of these younger brokers kick off their careers—and land high-profile listings. Mr. Alexander's father was one of the partners who developed the estate on Indian Creek that he sold, for example. Mr. Blackmon, who sold Mr. Weill's penthouse, was one of the first buyers in the building, 15 Central Park West, paying $2.8 million for a two-bedroom there in 2005; his mother was the founder and managing director of Farm & Home Advisory for Citigroup Private Bank. A spokeswoman
for Mr. Blackmon's brokerage, Brown Harris Stevens, says Mr. Blackmon met Mr. Weill through another client and "it is purely coincidental that at one time his mother was at Citi." Others landed listings through overlapping social circles. Mr. Seligman says he met a lot of his celebrity clients, which include actors James Franco and Kirsten Dunst, "through mutual friends and just growing up in the city," he says. Ms. Bass met Mr. Gunn when she appeared on his reality show, "Tim Gunn's Guide to Style," in 2008. "He gave me a makeover, and I helped him find an apartment," she says. Meanwhile, buyers and sellers are turning more toward younger brokers who may have a competitive advantage in today's market: technology. Sites that track home sales have made the process more transparent, and digital marketing has become necessary to draw buyers. As digital advertising and social media are rapidly remaking the home-buying process, Internet-savvy brokers are more in demand, and those tend to be younger agents, says Stuart Gabriel, the director of UCLA's Ziman Center for Real Estate and a UCLA professor. "Younger brokers are much more comfortable with digital approaches to selling and marketing homes, like social media, and that not only appeals to the buying public but also gives those younger brokers a substantive advantage over other agents," says Mr. Gabriel. Enlarge Image
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Caroline Bass, a broker with Citi Habitats, and her assistant, Delilah Owens, at an apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan Buyers and sellers say that younger brokers can also bring a drive and determination that a more seasoned agent might lack. In 2009, Mr. Alexander brokered a deal for trial lawyer Jim Ferraro to pay $8.2 million for a penthouse apartment in Manhattan's Park Imperial building. Three years later, Mr. Alexander helped Mr. Ferraro purchase the adjacent penthouse for $7.8 million—a deal that is closing this month. "Older brokers are often pretty set in their ways and don't want to change their style, while Oren was really opening to listening to me and to doing different kinds of deals," says Mr. Ferraro. "I knew I was taking a risk with a younger agent, but I also knew that Oren was young, hungry, and had the energy and intelligence to do a great job." Mimi Assanti, who is selling her house in a gated community north of Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, for $8.8 million, also chose a younger broker when she and her husband decided to list her 8,400-squarefoot home last month. They asked Mr. Flagg, who went to middle and high school with their son, to take on the listing. "A lot of these more mature agents have been there, done that, and don't bring a lot of excitement to the process—it's just another house for them," she says. "But we've seen the energy and excitement Josh brings to his sellers on television—it just exudes from him—and we knew he could bring that to potential buyers." To be sure, the industry isn't getting a total youth makeover. In fact, the median age of real-estate brokers is now 56 years old, up from 52 a decade ago, according to data compiled by the National Association of Realtors. "In the past, most people have come to real estate as a second career, so it has always skewed to the older side," says the Association's spokesman, Walt Molony. And while the most successful agents can make millions each year, many take in far less. The national median income for a real-estate agent in the U.S. is $37,390 on an annual basis, according to Salary.com. Job experts say the sudden interest in real estate has taken hold in part because it's an entrepreneurial profession that students can pursue even when other jobs aren't available. Roberto Angulo, chief executive of AfterCollege, an online-recruiting service for college students, says 63% of graduates surveyed by his company had a hard time finding a job this year. Because unemployment is high among this group, he adds, many college graduates are becoming "more free agents and entrepreneurs, starting companies, working on projects, and going into things like real estate." Another factor in the youth movement in real estate: reality television. Shows about buying, selling and flipping houses proliferated on cable television alongside the housing boom earlier this past decade, which helped popularize real estate as a lucrative profession. Kennon Earl, who stars on HGTV's "Selling LA," says he currently has two interns who got into real estate because of the show and receives dozens of Twitter messages each week from fans wanting to enter the business. "The money and the glamour of being an agent definitely attracted me in the beginning," says Mr. Seligman, who caters to young star clients like designers Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. "When I first went
into real estate, a lot of people asked me if I was crazy," he recalls. "But I think now it's considered a much more legitimate career, definitely in part because of the shows." Mr. Flagg, a star on Bravo's "Million Dollar Listing," first started selling homes nine years ago midway through his senior year at Beverly Hills High School, closing deals via text message in math class. Since then, he says he has racked up half a billion dollars in sales and that many of his friends are fleeing other careers and starting to join him in the industry. "Most of them don't realize how much work it is, but they're well aware that the payoff is tremendous, in part because they see it on TV," he says. "It's the only business where you can make so much money this quick."
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A Navy investigation of the Naval Postgraduate School has found evidence school officials have consistently chosen not to adhere to federal and Navy rules, regulations and policies, and actively sought to avoid changing their practices.
In a 129-page report released Tuesday, Naval Inspector General J.P. Wisecup outlines a series of findings and recommendations involving the Monterey school's operations originating from a command inspection conducted June 4-22.
The inspection report, which is dated Oct. 22 and includes a list of 88 recommendations, led to two other reports that resulted in the dismissal of the school's two top officials — President Dan Oliver and Provost Leonard A. Ferrari — announced Tuesday.
Oliver, a retired Navy vice admiral, was the school's first civilian president. The investigative report focuses much of its attention on his apparent efforts to downplay the school's status as a military facility and to reshape it as more of a research university.
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus directed the formation of a working group led by Assistant Navy Secretary Juan Garcia that will be charged with implementing the recommendations of the reports. Garcia will report directly to Navy Undersecretary Bob Work and Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mark Ferguson.
In a letter to Mabus that accompanies the report, Wisecup wrote that the inspection's findings were "not favorable to NPS and impact just about all NPS activities." He strongly criticized what he called an "atmosphere of defiance of statutory requirements and Department of Navy rules and regulations" at the school, which he said must cease.
The "overarching problem," Wisecup wrote, is that school officials choose not to adhere to the rules with regard to the "majority of its programs, because it will not reconcile its academic philosophies and ideals with governing standards."
Wisecup noted that emails showed school officials discussing how to avoid following the advice of the inspector general and the school's legal counsel, referring to them as "impediments" to be overcome rather than listened to. He pointed out school officials had already "wilfully ignored" or improperly implemented similar previous recommendations, and suggested that only direct action by Navy leadership would result in change.
The failure of school officials to comply with the rules is a "direct result of the lack of oversight and autonomy" the school has been offered, he wrote.
In the report, inspectors recommended Mabus "determine the mission, function and task" of the school, and called for realigning the school under his staff. They questioned whether the school had the authority to charge tuition and accept reimbursement for educating federal civilian personnel, and recommended that Mabus look into whether it was in the department's best interests for the school to continue educating non-Department of Defense personnel and to participate with foreign universities for the exchange of professors, students and research efforts.
The inspectors recommended determining whether the school was authorized to seek private-sector funding. It said the school should develop a centralized process for research proposals that ensures students' research opportunities directly support graduate education and renews its commitment to educating naval officers.
The report recommended a full review of the school's organizational structure and said it should consider hiring an executive director to handle daily activities. It suggested establishing a "collaborative curriculum review" and implementing a "systematic review" of all departmental procedures.
It suggested a review of the school's financial reporting system and enforcement of a written "zero tolerance" policy for unauthorized commitments of funds, along with a regular review and update of the school's financial management and contracting guidelines.
The report found a need for ethics training for faculty, staff and students, and suggested an examination of the relationship between the school and its foundation, including the establishment of clear guidelines on interaction between the two, such as the foundation's access to campus and special privileges.
It recommended a review of the school's academic integrity program and the process for suspected academic honor code violations.
The report suggested a review of the school's recruitment, relocation and retention bonus program, the use of seasonal and term appointments, and the practice of allowing tenure-track faculty to "buy out" teaching responsibilities.
The report said three Navy Office of General Counsel attorneys with specific expertise should be added to the school's staff; legal counsel should be involved in any matter involving the interpretation of law, rules and regulations; and the general counsel of the Navy and the judge advocate general should visit the campus until they are "personally satisfied" school leaders are "committed to the rule of law."
In addition, the school should be assigned a permanent inspector general, who will meet with the school president on a recurring basis.
When the investigation was announced in May, Oliver reportedly sent a memo ordering all school staff and faculty to immediately preserve all documents — official and unofficial, including emails — and remain in the area while investigators visited the school. The memo even recommended that vacations be rescheduled.
According to the memo, the investigation was conducted under the direction of Work, an NPS graduate who had visited the campus in early May.
Jim Johnson can be reached at 753-6753 or email@example.com.
The IG Report: www.ig.navy.mil/Divisions/Legal/FOIA%20Reading%20Room.htm


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Christian in 2011 and 2012
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Happy 2012 peeps! With a calender comes new year resolutions.
1 of mine is easily blog more. I really enjoy reviewing games, books, movies, sports and shows. So why not start now then!
In this blog i'm going to talk about the WWE Superstar Christian and what type of year he had in 2011 and what may follow for 2012.
So for those who didn't know. Christian suffered a pectoral injury (The injury Cena got in '07) which took him out from around August 2010 and came back in Febuary at the Elimination Chamber to save his broski Edge from Del Rio. It was a pretty good return. Well I mean it was better then D'Lo Browns return a few years back. Remember that? Didn't think so. (Don't worry, Brown got the biggest pop at Bound For Glory when he came out to stop Hardy and Jarrett brawling Stay classy TNA)
Anywhoo, 1 of his first matches back would be a steel cage match against Del Rio. It was a very good match and he got his revenge for "Injuring" (Wink wink nudge nudge) him in August. All was well in wellville.
He then would be in Edges corner for his WrestleMania match against Del Rio and although the major flaws of:
- Del Rio winning the Royal Rumble, which is supposed to give you the main event spot to WrestleMania, but opening the show
- Having Edge try to vandalise ADRs car
- Brodus Clay (Who is supposed to make his Raw debut tonight again...again..again again. :S)
It was good to have Christian by Edges side in the last match Edge will wrestle.
With Edge vacating the World Heavyweight Championship. This lead to Christian vs Del Rio in a ladder match at Extreme Rules. This match was brilliant. Finally Christian after 17 years, was on top of the mountain! He made his dreams a reality! He was unstoppa--SUDDENLY ORTON!
Probably the most annoying thing about Smackdown this year for me was making Christian lose it at the next Smackdown. I mean, let a face Christian roll with the ball for a few weeks. Never know, might of worked.
Christian would then begin a feud against the legend kill--err..The Vipe---um..The Apex Predi---Fuck sake Orton! Pick a fucking nickname and stick with it!
This feud was the best feud all year round in wrestling. The 2 good feuds of 2011 from WWE were Punk vs Cena and this 1 (Which were at the same time too, which made Money in the Bank PPV 1 to remember, but i've already blogged about that[/shamelessplug]).
Although Christian would never win a 1-on-1 match by pinfall. These series of matches set a great standard of technical wrestling and only got better and better. Sadly, Orton would become a 4 billionth time champion and he went on to battle some Sexual Chocolate.
What happened to Christian?
Good question reader! Well, after this great feud he proceeded to job to Sheamus in every match ever. No seriously, I missed a few Smackdowns and Raws in 2011 but I can't remember Sheamus losing to Christian 1-on-1. Don't get me wrong, I like Sheamus but the feud they had could've been a lot better if Christian won a few...or...y'know. 1.
Sadly this ends his year since on a european tour match, Christian injured his Ankle. Sad times indeed, although I think he's just waiting for his return now then healing.
Overall this year, for me, Christian has not had 1 bad or boring match. He has been very consistent in all his matches this year and has put on some great matches all year round. Don't get me wrong here, a few wrestlers have also such as Ziggler, Orton and Rhodes. But Christian made me really get behind him in his match against Del Rio for the World Heavyweight Championship. Which is hard to accomplish these days.
So what does the future hold for the veteran? Well, as a Peep. The Royal Rumble is soon! Plus I am totally down for a Christian vs Daniel Bryan for the World Heavyweight Championship! Sadly, I seriously doubt he will win the Rumble or face Bryan. I'm honestly just hoping for more great matches and decent feuds since he's lost quite a bit of his momentum from around June-ish time. I can still happily say: If I do buy the fast approaching WrestleMania. It's definately not for Cena vs. Rock. It'll be for the 2 main event titles and whatever Christian is doing.
I hope you enjoyed reading the brief summaries of what Christian has done and what could happen this year for Captain Charisma. Also I hoped you agreed with the few points I did put up. If you didn't then well...I apologise for wasting your time, no really I am. That wasn't my intention whatsoever. I'll happily give you a hug if it'll make you feel better
Anyway, have a good start to the year everyone and I hope you continue reading Vanitys blogs.
~ Van Hooligan X ~


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Who Builds Your Architecture? Part 2: Sustainability and Sustaining Human Life
"Workers' rights and safety should be a pivotal point for any sustainability discussion: the environment is not just the air, ground, and water, but the people with whom we work and live."—Ann Lui, "Sustainability of Workers' Rights," Archinect, May 2011
Sustainability means to support, uphold, and endure. This roundtable discussion with professionals, scholars, students, and the audience examines current issues in ethics, in particular the links between construction practices and workers' rights, and provokes broader questions about contemporary forms of globalization where architecture takes central stage.
The logics of sustainability pertain to our collective roles as consumers and producers in order to maintain human life and preserve the environment that supports us. The green building movement has had a fundamental impact on how architects build buildings. The U.S. Green Council's LEED designation (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) has fostered the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of buildings that now comply with broadly recognized standards of low energy usage and minimal environmental impact. Not only do these criteria impact buildings and their occupants, but LEED practices and professional certification have also radically impacted how architects work in the U.S and internationally. They have established what architects do as part of a complex system of relationships that include dwellers and owners, energy and material sources, climatic and site conditions, and architects and buildings.
Drawing inspiration from the green building movement, writer and designer Ann Lui makes the compelling argument that "workers' rights and safety should be a pivotal point for any sustainability discussion: the environment is not just the air, ground, and water, but the people with whom we work and live." With architects building globally—often disconnected from their own cultural and political contexts—what is their responsibility toward the workers who construct their buildings? Who Builds Your Architecture 2.0? asks: should the production of buildings also sustain the human lives of those who build our architecture?
Who Builds Your Architecture? emerges in part from two ongoing petitions: Who's Building the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi? by a coalition of international artists and curators, and Who's Building the Global U? by New York University faculty and students. Both initiatives are organized by artists, scholars, and activists, while many architecture professionals have remained quiet. This roundtable aims to generate discussion around these issues by engaging the architectural community at large and to formulate, with audience participation, strategies for further action.
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Leatherhead secured another three Ryman Division One South points with a 5-0 goal feast at Walton & Hersham on Tuesday.
Tanners outplayed their hosts from start to finish and the final result could have been a lot more emphatic, had it not been for some heroic goalkeeping from Swans' custodian Mo Maan and his replacement Dane Buss.
Boss Richard Brady gave a debut to Daniel Johnson at left back and the young defender played an important part in the visitors' opening goal after 15 minutes.
He launched a probing free kick deep into the Swans' six yard box and Ian Draycott rose above his marker to head home.
Leatherhead doubled their lead three minutes later through a bizarre own goal, when leading scorer Tom Bradbrook was beaten to the ball by Swans defender John Clark, who powered it into the net from 20 yards.
Bradbrook assisted in Leatherhead's third goal after 37 minutes - the Leatherhead striker's fierce drive was only half-blocked by Maan and Draycott was well placed to score on the follow up.
Bradbrook was a whisker away from adding Leatherhead's fourth on the stroke of half-time, with another long range effort scraping the top of the bar.
Tanners did not have much longer to wait, however, as another Bradbrook thunderbolt was cleared off the line after 52 minutes, only for Paul Semakula to latch onto the loose ball and nudge the ball home from close range.
Swans' demolition was completed with a fifth goal after 64 minutes when Tanners sub Mohamed Eisa fed a ball down the left channel to Draycott, who cleverly chipped it across the width of the goal for Bradbrook to head home at the far post.
Maan, who had played through much of the match in apparent discomfort with a wrist injury, was replaced in goal for the final 25 minutes by substitute keeper Buss, but some fine goalkeeping meant Tanners were unable to add further to their tally.
Leatherhead: Deren Ibrahim, Ryan Mahal, Daniel Johnson, Tom Parkinson, Jamie Coyle, Jerry Nnamani (Ryan Cooper 74), Kev Terry (Mohamed Eisa 57), Darren Smith, Tom Bradbrook, Ian Draycott (Jake Hobbs 74), Paul Semakula.
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Read more NBA news and insight: http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?...#ixzz1OhIPENBzThe Minnesota Timberwolves hold the highest draft pick in the team's history, selecting in the number two spot in the upcoming NBA draft. As is the luck of a franchise needing a bit of luck, they just missed out on the opportunity to draft in the number one slot, giving them even more options on draft night. However, with recent reports of Ricky Rubio finally ready to sign on the dotted line and join the team next yearif there is a seasonit eases the pain of missing out on the top pick some and also helps aid in the decision making process.
After all the discussions and waiting for Rubio the past two seasons, you can expect he will receive as many of the minutes as he can handle. The Timberwolves have already discussed options to bring in another veteran point guard along with Luke Ridnour to help mentor Rubio during his first season in the league. That is, someone who would understand they would not receive much playing time behind both Rubio and Ridnour. That is one of the many reasons why Jonny Flynn is out there in trade rumors and it is expected he played his last game with the Timberwolves already.
This brings us back to the number two pick in the draft and what the Timberwolves should do with it.
Recent reports state the Timberwolves are in discussion with the Toronto Raptors regarding a deal which would send Jonny Flynn and the number two pick to Toronto for guard DeMar DeRozan and the number five selection. While the Timberwolves should continue their due diligence to see if they are able to get more from their assets than only DeRozan, if this is the best they can do, they should think long and hard about it.
Without question, the Timberwolves have a nice core of talented, young players. To name a few, Kevin Love, Michael Beasley, Wes Johnson and, apparently, Ricky Rubio. If they were able to add a player of DeRozan's athleticism and promise, it would be difficult to pass on it since he plays a position of need for the team. As a young player, he does have flaws in his game, such as his difficulty in shooting the three, but coming into his third year, he may be ready to completely break out.
Receiving a significant jump in playing time in his second season, DeRozan was able to bring the additional boost in production. He is shaping into a flat-out scorer, despite his limitations shooting the ball. The Timberwolves are coming off a season in which both Kevin Love and Michael Beasley made great strides in their own respective third seasons, so it is more than possible to imagine the same happening for DeRozan in Minnesota knowing his work ethic.
These recent reports also beg the question: what is the plan for the Timberwolves at the center position? Darko Milicic put up respectable numbers last year when properly focused and motivated, but the ability to project his production from game to game is nearly impossible. Nikola Pekovic showed progress throughout his rookie season and gave great effort, but still has a long ways to go in his development. While most teams in the NBA don't have a terribly imposing center dominating the ball, the Timberwolves can get away with adding big bodies to the mix, but do they really think Anthony Randolph can play a majority of his minutes at that position?
Both the shooting guard and center positions are the glaring weaknesses for the Timberwolves, but with the players they already have on the perimeter it may make more sense to address the center position first. Some reports have the Timberwolves trading down in the draft to pick up Enes Kanter to play the position, while also picking up any of a number of unnamed veterans and unknown positions as well.
This is why the DeRozan trade would make sense for the Timberwolves. If the trade goes down as currently discussed, the Timberwolves would be able to address both positions. DeRozan immediately takes over the shooting guard position and Minnesota could take a bit of a flyer on Kanter at the number five selection, adding to their center position. This could give the Timberwolves a hypothetical lineup that would look like this:
PG Rubio, Ridnour
SG DeRozan, Ellington, Webster
SF Beasley, Johnson, Hayward
PF Love, Tolliver, Pekovic
C Randolph, Kanter, Milicic
Of course, there are many areas of flux in that rotation depending on how training camp would shake out and which players play their way into a starting spot or getting big minutes off the bench. However, as is well-known, draft days for the Minnesota Timberwolves are anything but ordinary. David Kahn may have something up his sleeve where he believes he is pulling one over on the rest of the league, but by moving on this trade - if it goes down as rumored - he could add more talent to his team. He would solidify roles more than they were last year as well, allowing the players a bit more comfort on the court.
More deals may present themselves before the draft or on draft day, so the Timberwolves should continue to shop around. However, if this is the deal that occurs, it would not be the worst thing for Minnesota as they continue to attempt to rebuild
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State applies for education stimulus money
After taking heat last week for a delay in applying for federal education stimulus funds, Gov. Charlie Crist submitted the state's application Friday night.
The 17-page application is signed by Crist and Education Commissioner Eric Smith. The federal government has said it can take two weeks to be processed. Because lawmakers are relying on $2 billion in stimulus funds to shore up the education budget, the news can't come soon enough.
Crist signed the section when it indicates Florida needs a waiver because the state hasn't maintained education spending at 2005-06 levels, as required by the federal stimulus program.


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Gilead Sciences: Sovaldi Exclusion No Big Deal
Last week, investors freaked out when biotech giant Gilead (GILD) announced its 2014 outlook and didn't include Sovaldi in its calculations.
Argus analyst David Toung explains why Sovaldi would make the Gilead's numbers look even better:
In issuing guidance for 2014, Gilead notably excluded any sales from Sovaldi, even though it has been approved in the U.S., Canada and Europe. It expects 2014 sales from core products, excluding Sovaldi, of $11.3-$11.5 billion, an increase of 6%- 8% from 2013. It also projects a product gross margin of 75%-77%. It did not provide specific EPS guidance. Management expects to increase sales and marketing spending to support the launch of Idelalisib, its first oncology drug. It also expects to increase R&D spending to develop its product pipeline. As for Sovaldi, Gilead noted that every $1 billion of incremental Sovaldi sales would increase the gross margin by 75- 100 basis points and reduce the tax rate by 75-100 basis point
We are raising our 2014 EPS estimate to $3.35 from $3.25, and establishing a 2015 estimate of $5.10. Our revised earnings model includes contributions from Sovaldi and Idelalisib as well as ongoing growth from core pharmaceutical products. We also note the favorable impact from Sovaldi sales on Gilead's gross margin and tax rate.
Shares of Gilead have gained 2.4% to $80.64 at 2:31 p.m., easily outpacing Amgen (AMGN), which has risen 0.6% to $119.64, Biogen Idec (BIIB), which has advanced 0.5% to $317.14 and Celgene (CELG), which is off 0.1% to $156.75.


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The Effects of High and Low GI Breakfasts on Cognitive Performance in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes
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Consumption of a low glycemic index (GI) diet has been shown to improve glycaemic control in type 2 diabetics(Brand−Miller et al., 2003; Jenkins et al., 2008). In addition to the benefits for glycaemic control there is some evidence for acute improvements in cognitive performance after consumption of low GI foods compared with high GI foods in both adults (Benton et al., 2003; Kaplan et al., 2000) and adolescents (Ingwersen et al., 2007; Smith and Foster, 2008).
Given these findings it is possible that low GI focused dietary interventions designed to improve glycaemic control and health outcomes for diabetic patients could also improve the cognitive function of these patients. This is of particular relevance in light of the evidence associating type 2 diabetes with cognitive decrements (Awad et al., 2004; Stewart and Loilitsa 1999; van Harten et al., 2006). To date two studies with type 2 diabetics have reported that a low GI breakfast was associated with increased verbal memory performance compared to a high GI breakfast (Greenwood et al., 2003; Papanikolaou et al. 2006). Further research should investigate the benefit of low GI foods to cognition.
The aim of this study is to examine the effects of high and low glycaemic index breakfast on cognitive performance in adults with type 2 diabetes. Participants will perform a battery of cognitive tests after consuming 3 different breakfasts (high GI, low GI, and water) on 3 different tests days. The participants will be recruited from the general public and from the Leeds Teaching Hospital diabetes clinic.
This research can benefit the development of specific dietary behaviours aimed at reducing diabetes related cognitive decline. This research is part of a PhD funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and the University of Leeds.
|Type 2 Diabetes
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Case Control
Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
|Official Title:
|The Effects of High and Low GI Breakfasts on Cognitive Performance in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes
- Cognitive performance (e.g. memory, attention, reaction time, and problem solving ability). [ Time Frame: The primary outcome is measured on three occasions during the three conditions ]
- Blood glucose levels [ Time Frame: These are measured during of each of the three conditions ]
- Subjective sensations of appetite, mood, and mental alertness [ Time Frame: These are measured during all three conditions ]
- Sleep quality [ Time Frame: This is measured prior to each of the three test days and at the screening visit ]
- Stress levels [ Time Frame: This is measured prior to each of the three test days and at the screening visit ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|September 2009
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|September 2010
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|March 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Type 2 diabetes
This group contains 25 participants with type 2 diabetes
control group
This group contains 25 participants withput type 2 diabetes. The control group is matched with age, education and lifestyle to the diabetes group.
Detailed Description:
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Able to give informed consent
- Type 2 diabetes
- White British or White North American ethnicity and native English speakers
- Not previously received or currently received subcutaneous insulin as part of their diabetes treatment.
- Vision sufficiently good to complete the cognitive testing (using glasses and/or lenses).
Exclusion Criteria:
- Dementia (as indicated using the Mini Mental State Examination <26)
- Current (or recent i.e. in last 6 months) cigarette smoker
- Neurological disorder
- Previous stroke
- Medication other than diabetes treatment medication that has a direct effect on the brain and is likely to influence cognitive function.
Co-existent diabetic complications will not be considered exclusion criteria unless they result in inability to complete the cognitive testing (e.g. insufficient vision).
These exclusion criteria have been chosen on the basis that these are factors that can affect cognitive performance. Given that the cognitive tests involve learning English words, only participants who have English as their first language can be included because different cognitive processes are used when learning in a non-native language (Wong et al., 2004). Ethnicity can influence glucose regulation and risk of diabetes. Given that part of this research is examining the relationship between glucose regulation and cognition it is important that potential confounds such as ethnicity/genetic propensity to diabetes are controlled for.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01047813
|Contact: Daniel J Lamport
|07792362588 ext +44
|Contact: Louise Dye, Professor
|01133435707 ext +44
|United Kingdom
|Institute of Psychological Sciences, University of Leeds, UK
|Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, LS2 9JT
|Contact: Daniel J Lamport 07792362588 ext +44 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Contact: Louise Dye, Professor 01133435753 ext +44 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Daniel J Lamport
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|Responsible Party:
|Mr Daniel Lamport, Institute of Pscyhological Sciences, University of Leeds
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|NCT01047813 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|January 12, 2010
|Last Updated:
|January 12, 2010
Keywords provided by University of Leeds:
Cognitive performance
Type 2 diabetes
Blood glucose
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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