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Multi-Analyte, Genetic, and Thrombogenic Markers of Atherosclerosis (MAGMA)
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About 13 million people in the United States have coronary artery disease (CAD). It is the leading cause of death in both men and women.
Coronary artery disease (CAD) occurs when the blood vessels that supply blood to the heart muscle (the coronary arteries) become hardened and narrowed. The arteries harden and narrow due to buildup of fatty and calcified material called plaque on their inner walls. The buildup of plaque is also called atherosclerosis. This is a process which starts early in life, but can be influenced by multiple factors.
Several factors increase the risk of developing atherosclerosis. They include high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes, high cholesterol and being related to someone who had a heart attack or a stroke. The more risk factors you have, the greater the chance that you have severe atherosclerosis. Some of the risk factors cannot be modified, like age and family history of early heart disease. The influenceable factors include high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, high blood sugar, cigarette smoking, overweight or obesity, and lack of physical activity.
Nevertheless, there are patients without any above mentioned risk factors who develop atherosclerosis. In addition to that, there are also patients with several risk factors who do not develop severe coronary artery disease.
According to research studies high blood levels of some substances in the blood (biochemical markers) as well as some genes in the DNA of our cells may be associated with an increased risk of developing CAD and faster progression of the disease.
The purpose of this study is to find a correlation between certain blood markers and growth of the plaques, regardless of the presence of the classic risk factors for atherosclerosis. If we prove our hypothesis we will be one step closer to predicting the extent of atherosclerosis by performing certain blood tests.
|Coronary Artery Disease
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|Observational Model: Case Control
Time Perspective: Prospective
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|Multi-Analyte, Genetic, and Thrombogenic Markers of Atherosclerosis (The MAGMA STUDY)
- severity of angiographically-defined coronary lesions as determined by comprehensive biomarker risk profile [ Time Frame: 1.5 years ]To develop a comprehensive biomarker risk profile that will correlate with the severity of angiographically-defined coronary lesions, independently of the classic risk factors for atherosclerosis.
- Genetic Components [ Time Frame: 5 years ]To evaluate the contribution of genetic components to the presence of coronary artery disease in association with environmental factors. Of interest is to see whether certain genes might accelerate atherosclerosis in subgroups like smokers, diabetics, obese subjects, or various ethnic groups
- Biomarker Profile [ Time Frame: 1.5 years ]To determine the difference in the biomarker profile between CAD patients, patients with no known angiographically identified disease and healthy volunteers.
- Drug treatment strategies [ Time Frame: 1.5 years ]To determine the effect of different drug treatment strategies on biomarker profile.
- Prediction Model [ Time Frame: 1.5 years ]To create prediction model for major CV events based on genetic and other nongenetic biomarkers.
- Verigene [ Time Frame: 1.5 years ]To demonstrate the utility of the Point-of-Care Verigene 2C19/CBS Nucleic Acid Assay for detecting CYP2C19 variants.
- Urinary 11-dehydro thromboxane B2 [ Time Frame: 1.5 years ]To determine an association between urinary 11-dehydro thromboxane B2 concentrations with the severity of angiographically-defined coronary lesions.
- Lp-PLA2 [ Time Frame: 1.5 years ]To determine the association between Lp-PLA2 and angiographically-defined coronary lesions.
- Association of low-density lipoproteins/β2-glycoprotein I (β2GPI) [ Time Frame: 1.5 years ]To determine the association between oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL)/ β2-glycoprotein I (β2GPI) complexes and angiographically-defined coronary lesions.
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
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|Study Start Date:
|June 2010
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2014
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|June 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
300 healthy controls free from any pharmacologic therapy
Suspected CAD - Cardiac Cathetrization
subject's ≥18 years undergoing coronary angiography (inpatient cohort)or who have undergone coronary angiography within 5 years
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age ≥18 years
- Subjects scheduled for coronary angiography
- Subjects who have undergone coronary angiography within 5 years
Exclusion Criteria:
- Female subjects who are pregnant
- Subjects who suffer currently from an acute infection
- Subjects, who have received an experimental drug or who gave a blood donation of ≥ 1 pint within 8 weeks prior to screening
- Subjects with any coagulation, bleeding or blood disorders
- Subjects who are undergoing treatment for neoplastic diseases
- Subjects with autoimmune disease or connective tissue disease
- Subjects with HIV or hepatitis C.
- Subjects with any abnormal laboratory value or physical finding that according to the investigator may interfere with the interpretation of the study results, be indicative of an underlying disease state, or compromise the safety of a potential subject
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01276678
|Contact: Kevin P Bliden, B.S. MBA
|Contact: Tania B Gesheff, MSN
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|Sinai Center for Thrombosis Research
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21215
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|Principal Investigator:
|Paul A Gurbel, M.D., FACC
|Sinai Center for Thrombosis Research
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
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|Kevin Bliden, Sinai Center for Thrombosis Research Program Manager, LifeBridge Health
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|NCT01276678 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|January 11, 2011
|Last Updated:
|November 5, 2013
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Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Coronary Artery Disease
Myocardial Ischemia
Coronary Disease
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Arterial Occlusive Diseases
Vascular Diseases
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Jameis Winston leads Florida State past Auburn to win final BCS title
PASADENA — Auburn, after scoring miracle wins over Southeastern Conference rivals Alabama and Georgia, found out what it feels to be on the opposite side Monday night at the Rose Bowl. Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston threw for 237 yards, including the game-winner to Kelvin Benjamin with 13 seconds left, and Florida State wrapped up the Bowl Championship Series era with a 34-31 victory over Auburn to score the BCS national title before 94,208.
BCS National Championship Matchup
Here are the 2013 schedules/results for No. 1 Florida State and No. 2 Auburn, which sqaure off Monday night in the BCS National Championship game Monday night at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena: FLORIDA ST.
BCS Championship: Video of tailgates, behind-the-scenes looks and interviews
Video clips and interviews from the 2014 BCS Championship football game, which pits No. 1 Florida State against No. 2 Auburn University, at the Rose Bowl.
Florida State Bowl History
Here's a look at how Florida State has fared in bowl games over the years: Record: 26-14-2 Jan. 1, 2013 Orange Bowl: Florida State 31, Northern Illinois 10 Dec.
BCS National Championship Bowl Winners
Here's a list of all the BCS National Championship Bowl winners since it started in 1999: Jan. 7, 2013: Alabama 42, Notre Dame 14 Jan. 9, 2012: Alabama 21, LSU 0 Jan.
In BCS grand finale, SEC's reign finally comes to a close too
Seven straight by the SEC, four straight by the state of Alabama. And one by No. 1 Florida State to close it out. Chaotic as the BCS system has been since its inception in 1998, it ended with a game for the ages: the Seminoles' 34-31 win over No.
Video mashup of the BCS Championship
This is a video mashup from the BCS Championship, including final plays, player and coach interviews, and the celebration following the game at the Rose Bowl on Jan. 6, 2014. Florida State beat Auburn 34-31.
Jameis Winston delivers one final time for Florida State
PASADENA — It will rank as one of the biggest comebacks in college football history. How can it not be? Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston, down by four points, rallying top-ranked and undefeated Florida State to a 34-31 victory over Auburn in the Bowl Championship Series title game on Monday night at the Rose Bowl.
BCS Title Game: Live updates
Live updates from the Los Angeles News Group college football gurus and photographers at the BCS Title Game, which this year pits No. 1 Florida State and No. 2 Auburn University against each other at the Rose Bowl on Jan.
BCS finishes with perhaps best championship yet
PASADENA — Thank you, BCS. This may have been the best game yet, and now we have to say goodbye. It's been fun and controversial and maddening and wrong, but Monday night was so very right.
ESPN's BCS Championship megacast provided a whole lot of options
At one point, we were trying to Skype directly with the SpiderCam on ESPN3. Send tweets through our remote control to Cheryl Hines, suggesting she curb her enthusiastically vapid chit-chat on ESPN2.
BCS football: In the end, voting Florida State No. 1 was an easy decision
PASADENA — The final BCS championship game was played Monday night and the Rose Bowl hosted the best two. Florida State refused to quit and defeated Auburn, 34-31, in a game that saw 31 points scored in the fourth quarter.
Auburn Bowl History
Here's a look at how Auburn has fared in bowl games over the years: Record: 22-13-2 Dec. 31, 2011 Chick-fil-A Bowl: Auburn 43, Virginia 24 Jan. 10, 2011 BCS Championship: Auburn 22, Oregon 19 Jan.
Looking back on BCS championship game memories
The Bowl Championship Series produced frustration, anger, resentment — and some indelible memories. No. 1 Florida State and No. 2 Auburn play the final BCS championship game Monday in the Rose Bowl.
Photos: BCS Championship
Photos from the BCS National Championship game, which has Florida State vs. Auburn at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., on Monday, Jan. 6, 2014. More will be added throughout the night.
Florida State looks to smash Auburn's dream season as BCS era comes to a close at the Rose Bowl
PASADENA >> Auburn, after pulling out miracle victories over Georgia and Alabama, believes it might be college football's team of destiny. Florida State feels it's the team of the year, and the Seminoles look to prove it when they face the Tigers in the final Bowl Championship Series national title game Monday night at the Rose Bowl.
BCS National Championship spectacle: How did we get here?
PASADENA >> Bigness counts seriously in the BCS. The Bowl Championship Series' national title game Monday night at the Rose Bowl, an arranged marriage of a consensus top-ranked and undefeated Florida State united with an one-loss Auburn team that has miraculously navigated through the list of requirements, has all the trappings of a super-duper sports spectacle.
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BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP No. 1 Florida State (13-0) vs. No. 2 Auburn (12-1) LOCATION: Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena, 5:30 p.m. TV: ESPN (Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit, Tom Rinaldi, Heather Cox) RADIO: ESPN (Mike Tirico, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe, Joe Schad) LAST MEETING: Jim Von Wyl kicked two field goals, including a 38-yarder with 2 seconds left to lead Auburn to a 20-17 victory over Florida State on Oct.
Auburn a surprise entry in BCS title game
NEWPORT BEACH >> There are very few surprises when it comes to the teams who have advanced to the Bowl Championship Series national title game. The exception might be Auburn, which was unranked at the beginning of the season and coming off a 3-9 record in 2012 before advancing to Monday's BCS title game at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
Improved offensive line keyed Florida State's run to BCS title game
NEWPORT BEACH >>When most think of the Florida State football team, they think of speed an athleticism. It's a Seminole reputation built in past years by Deion Sanders and Charlie Ward and continued this season by Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston and All-American cornerback Lamarcus Joyner.
BCS NOTES: Florida State has Auburn connection
NEWPORT BEACH >> Florida State hasn't faced Auburn, who it meets Monday for the Bowl Championship Series national title at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, in nearly a quarter of a century. But the Seminoles do have vast knowledge of the Tigers.
100th Rose Bowl: College football as we know it coming to an end
As Michigan State quarterback back Connor Cook was growing up a huge football fan in Hinckley, Ohio, he was mesmerized by the bright, sun-splashed images on New Year's Day from the Rose Bowl game 2,000 miles away in California.
BCS foes Auburn, Florida State arrive in Southland; prep for Monday's title game
ANAHEIM >> The road to the Bowl Championship Series national title is in the home stretch. Florida State and Auburn, who will meet to decide the championship Monday night at the Rose Bowl, arrived in Southern California on Tuesday and made the traditional stop at Disneyland.

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Jasper, Ind., Buehler Foods Inc. has filed for bankruptcy protection at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Evansville, Ind. The company has been hit with revenue losses of more than $7 million due to unexpected delays in assuming control of 16 Winn-Dixie grocery stores it bought last year, according to reports.
The company owes between $50 and $200 million to more than 200 creditors, according to its bankruptcy petition. Buehler Foods, which owns more than 60 grocery stores in five states under the Buehler's Market and Buy-Low banners, will continue to operate its stores as it reorganizes. Company CEO David Buehler said he expects the debt restructuring to be completed by the end of the year, reports say.


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I really love the technology in Yamaha's Vocaloid series. Basically it's a sequencer that allows you to play a synthetic voice. The newest Vocaloid incarnation is named Avanna. From what I understand these voices are used a lot by videogame producers and some are even stars in Japan. Unfortunately this is PC only software but many of us have virtual machines these days. It would be more useful if I could re-wire it into Ableton on my Mac side though. This version is $130 USD. Let me know if any of you use Vocaloid in your own productions.
"AVANNA is the clearest and sweetest sounding English vocaloid yet. Ideally suited to pop and celtic, she can also be used in a myriad of musical styles. The new Vocaloid 3 interface allows you to import wav files so Avanna can sing along with your compositions from within Vocaloid. Avanna also comes with a default reverb for added realism and you can add vibrato and expression to her voice. Whether it's sweet and pure leads, harmonies or backing vocals, Avanna can sing anything you like any time you want!" – soundsonline.com/a>
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Mets announce roster for Las Vegas weekend
JUPITER, Fla. -- The Mets released their travel roster for this weekend's two-game series in Las Vegas against the Chicago Cubs.
Twenty-three players, including David Wright and Curtis Granderson, as well as three members of the big league coaching staff, will make the trip for the annual Big League Weekend.
Right-hander Bartolo Colon, who has given up three runs in four innings this spring, will start Saturday. Righty Jenrry Mejia will get the nod on Sunday, hoping to build off two scoreless innings. Both games begin at 4:05 p.m. ET and can be seen on MLB.TV.
The roster breakdown is as follows: nine pitchers, three catchers, five infielders and six outfielders. Below is a list of the players and staff.
Pitchers: RHP Joel Carreno, Colon, RHP Cory Mazzoni, Mejia, RHP Rafael Montero, RHP Bobby Parnell, RHP Ryan Reid, RHP Miguel Socolovich and RHP Carlos Torres
Catchers: Juan Centeno, Travis d'Arnaud and Kevin Plawecki.
Infielders: Wilmer Flores, Zach Lutz, Omar Quintanilla, Anthony Seratelli and Wright.
Outfielders: Andrew Brown, Eric Campbell, Granderson, Juan Lagares, Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Eric Young
Field staff: manager Terry Collins, first-base coach Tom Goodwin, pitching coach Dan Warthen, bullpen catchers Dave Racaniello and Eric Langill, Triple-A Las Vegas manager Wally Backman and Vegas hitting coach George Greer.
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ROSEVILLE, Mich. - Fire broke out Tuesday at an automotive factory in Roseville Tuesday.
Smoke, flames could be seen coming from inside SODECIA which is located at 15260 Common Road.
Early indications are it was a chemical fire which began in a pit below the building. It is believed the fire began before employees reported to work for the day. Employees who were inside were able to get out. One person was taken to the hospital for minor injuries.
According to the company's website, SODECIA deals with tool design and manufacturing, stamping, plastic injection, machining, and more.


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Fans of the Transformers movies, there's an announcement today in Inside Indiana Business that part of the next movie will be filmed in Gary Indiana:
Locations in Gary are being prepped for close-ups in the action movie "Transformers 3." The Gary Office of Film and Television tells our partners at The Times of Northwest Indiana, a former industrial site near the Majestic Star casino and the ruins of a cathedral in the downtown area have been chosen for scenes in the movie.
A "former industrial site" and "the ruins of a cathedral."
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goodThis is a classic lotion in the sense that it works well and doesn't smell like anything, great moisture and makes skin very soft without the greasy feel from a lot of lotions. It sinks in immediately and leaves skin feeling great all day, wonderful for winter weather. — 4 years, 11 months agoBon_Bon | 522 reviews
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The 43rd President of the United States of America, George Bush Jnr, spent Christmas Day 2007 at Camp David (Maryland, USA). On returning home to his ranch in Crawford, Texas, he found a severed horse's head in his bed.
The horse's head was well known to George Bush. It was severed from one of his most cherished horses, worth an estimated $350,000.
At 3.04am on Thursday 27th December 2007, George Bush Jnr's childhood home in Odessa, Texas, (now a museum) was set on fire by an arsonist. This may have been a cover story. Insider reports indicated that the fire was associated with a Special Forces operation to retrieve important Bush family documents concealed at the site.
To others it appeared that the Chinese Secret Society described by Benjamin Fulford was beginning to leave its calling cards. More details here (26.07.07), here (29.12.07) and here (30.12.07).
An alternative reading of events was that the horse's head was placed in the President's bed on the instructions of Russian intelligence. Russia, like China, was one of the major countries which wanted immediate release of The Wanta Plan Funds and the NESARA global prosperity funds. George Bush Snr, George Bush Jnr and Henry Paulson had been obstructing these disbursements.
On or around Friday 28th December 2007, Henry Paulson, the US Treasury Secretary, was shot at close range in the chest, by an assassin. He was reported to be in a critical condition. On Tuesday 1st January 2008, Paulson was still alive, but with the bullet still lodged in his chest. He was too weak to be operated upon. Henry Paulson died on Wednesday 2nd January 2008. During 2007, Paulson had illegally conveyed substantial sums of money to Israel. Like the American CIA, the Israeli intelligence community was in a state of internal civil war as to how best to manage the Citibank / Lee Wanta / NESARA crisis.
Inside US military sources, some of who were present at the Paulson shooting, are said to have confirmed his death. Henry Paulson's family started to organise funeral arrangements immediately after seeing him die in hospital. An obituary was published on Wikipedia underneath Paulson's photograph, but was then removed within hours of posting. All major US news outlets had freshly updated Paulson obituaries ready to run. More details here (04.01.08) and here (04.01.08).
At this stage, the Bush White House was preparing an attempt to represent Henry Paulson's assassination as a heart attack. Other heart attacks were expected.
On Thursday 3rd January 2008, President George Bush Jnr was confronted verbally with the death of Henry Paulson at a meeting.
"That's a lie," Bush responded.
"Well, produce him."
"I can't, he's sick."
"Yes, dead men are usually sick before they die."
"Can you produce the five Cheney assistants who have been shot?"
The word in Washington DC was that Henry Paulson had been quietly cremated in an attempt to conceal the nature of his injuries and the manner of his death. More details here (03.01.08).
At 2.00pm on Friday 4th January 2008, an image of Henry Paulson sitting next to President George Bush Jnr and Vice President Dick Cheney, was shown on USA television (CNBC). The Paulson image did not speak. The Paulson body language and physiognomic responses were said to be atypical. Fox News carried edited footage of the broadcast later in the day (picture here).
How this Paulson image was generated was actively discussed in US media circles. It could have been a Paulson hologram, a Paulson lookalike, a Paulson clone or a CIA home video (from their Osama bin Laden studio, perhaps). These days, at the Camp David human clone laboratories (Maryland), and elsewhere, it is possible to produce an adult human clone from originator DNA and a lab-double in less than 36 hours. More details about lab-doubles, DNA infusion, brain programming, and ultrasonic cerebral downloads can be found here (13.03.13).
And more details about the Henry Paulson assassination and the PsyOps background to its public management by the US Executive Branch can be found here (09.01.08) and here (14.02.08).
On various occasions during the last week of December 2007 and the first two weeks of January 2008, the US State Department and US Treasury Compliance confirmed Henry Paulson's shooting.
A complicating factor for PsyOps analysts was that three of the Camp David George Bush Jnr clones were in active play at this time. American clone-handlers took one or two of these mannequins to the Middle East for the US State visit to Israel in the second week of January 2008. The other(s) remained in the US. Follow the DNA. It's there in the lavatories, the handkerchiefs, the discarded nasal tissues, the cosmetics applicators, the bedroom dust, the cutlery, the drinking glasses and the coffee cups.
More information about the use of human clones in American political management can be found here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here.
Late note: Henry Paulson was assassinated by a Russian special operations unit, whose security colleagues had also put the severed horse's head in George Bush's bed at Crawford. By the weekend of 5th / 6th January 2008, the Bush White House had taken a tactical decision to pretend that Henry Paulson was not dead, and to prosecute this pretence in the media. A combination of library video footage, computer-generated imagery, holographic projection techniques, Paulson clones, and an articulate financial lookalike called Edward Lazear would be used to sustain the fiction of Henry Paulson's continued public presence.
One of the five Cheney assistants who were assassinated met his death on Saturday 29th December 2007. He was in his mid-forties and was a close aide of the American Vice President. The aide was shot at close range in the chest, and died. More details here.
In the second week of January 2008, the whereabouts of Henry Paulson's Number Two, Robert Kimmitt, the USA Deputy Treasury Secretary, began to be questioned. Has anyone seen him recently? Pictures here and here. Or did he, too, forget to duck?
It is reported that a list of 127 (one hundred and twenty seven) senior people in the USA have been targeted for assassination. Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, and Michael Chertoff, Secretary of Homeland Security are said to feature towards the top of that list. A second, separate, list of assassination targets applicable to European perpetrators of financial theft is also said to exist.
Compared with all this red meat, Super Tuesday was an irrelevant sideshow; a Diebold and Fox News fantasy to keep the goyim distracted. In the USA, it is not the job of the mainstream corporate media to broadcast real news. Recently, indeed, agents of the USA Executive Branch paid CNN $2.0 billion not to report certain news. Quite how these monies will be represented in CNN's accounts, or in the individual private accounts of CNN's board and executive members, is not yet clear.
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HOUSTON--After all the missteps that Northwestern endured in three-plus quarters of the Meineke Care Car of Texas Bowl -- the eight sacks allowed, the eight penalties, the offense sleepwalking through three-plus quarters and, at one point, getting flagged for three false-start penalties in a four-play stretch -- the Wildcats still had a chance to pull out an improbable victory if the defense got one more stop.
Trailing 30-22, the defense forced Texas A&M into two third downs of six or more yards, but both times the Aggies converted on passing plays. And instead of giving Dan Persa a chance at leading the Wildcats on a game-tying touchdown drive, the Aggies added a field goal to ice their 33-22 win.
Don't look now, but that celebrated 63-year-old monkey that Northwestern players have been carrying on their backs in Houston is now a 64-year-old gorilla.
"It stinks because we didn't give the ball back to give us a chance to win the game," said fifth-year senior safety Brian Peters of the two blown chances to get Texas A&M's offense off the field. "Whenever you get the ball back to Persa and([Jeremy Ebert) and (Kain Colter) and those guys, you have a chance to win. But there were lapses again, one-on-one breakdowns that cost us."
After trailing 30-7 early in the fourth quarter, Northwestern exploded for 15 unanswered points within six minutes to close to within 30-22. Colter scored on a one-yard run for the second of the two touchdowns, and he hit Tim Riley for a two-point conversion to close the gap to 30-22.
After trailing by at least two scores since the second quarter, Northwestern was just another TD and two-pointer away from tying the game and seizing the momentum that had been bathed in maroon all afternoon but was now clearly wearing purple.
The Aggies took over at their own 18-yard line, and after one first down they faced a third-and-8 at the 33 when Northwestern called timeout. With Wildcat players flapping their arms for more noise, the purple section of the crowd of 68,325 roared when the Aggies came to the line of scrimmage. A false start penalty pushed A&M back five more yards, giving them a third-and-13, and the crowd grew even louder.
But instead of getting rattled, Texas A&M quarterback Ryan Tannehill calmly dropped back and hit Uzoma Nwachukwu on a deep out for 21 yards and a first down at the 49 yard-line.
Northwestern's pass defense had let a golden opportunity slip through its fingers.
Still, the Wildcats got a second chance. Just two plays later, A&M was faced a third-and-6 at the NU 47 with 2:43 left. If NU got a stop, they might still have a chance.
This time, Tannehill, who completed 27-of-40 passes for 329 yards, one touchdown and the game MVP award, dropped back, looked to the left sideline and hit Jeff Fuller, who went up over Jeravin Matthews and pulled down a 29-yard completion at the Northwestern 18.
That was the final nail in the Cats' coffin. With 30 seconds left, Randy Bullock drilled a 31-yard field goal and the game was out of reach.
Although Northwestern's offense was also to blame for this loss -- the Wildcats scored just seven points through the first 45:45 of the game and allowed eight sacks for 65 yards in losses -- it was perhaps fitting that the defense failed to come up with the big play at the end of the game.
With apologies to Persa, it was the pass defense that had been the Wildcats' Achilles heel all season.
Coach Pat Fitzgerald admitted that the final letdown was symbolic of the Wildcats' entire 6-7 season.
"We had it and were just one stop away, one more third-down pickup away and one onside kick away," said Fitzgerald, who has now lost four consecutive bowls. "It was kind of indicative of the year. We've been 'one this' and 'one that' all year, and that's why we sit where we sit right now."
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PENSNETT United won their second trophy in a week by defeating Lloyds 1-0 in the Dudley and Cradley Heath League's Joe Stanton Memorial Trophy final.
Pensnett settled quicker than Lloyds and soon took control of last Sunday's game.
However, they failed to take a lead into the break thanks to the fine form of Lloyds keeper Rob Hoye. He pulled off two fingertip saves and made two brave one-on-one challenges to keep the scores level.
Lloyds continued to defend well in the second half and again had Hoye to thank for several top class saves.
The Lloyds rearguard was finally broken just as they started to mount a good period of pressure of their own. It also came with a moment of controversy.
Pensnett were awarded a corner which was taken just as the ref blew the whistle, causing many of the Lloyds players to stop. United's Aaron Lloyds rose to head the ball home amid the confusion.
Despite protests from Lloyds the goal stood. It also proved to be the winning strike as both defences stood firm as the contest drew to a close.
Pensnett added the Joe Stanton Memorial Trophy to the Ray Turley Memorial Competition they won the week before.
United had previously completed their Premier Division season with a 3-2 away win against King William on Thursday, May 15.
The season ended last Sunday as champions Bush Athletic beat Malt Dudley to cap an impressive Premier Division campaign.
Bush took control of the game from the start and hit three first half goals through Kyshon Ennvver, Dave Brown and Richard Price.
James Davies pulled one back for Malt in the second half before Nathan Anderson and Kieron Bennett completed the scoring.
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A TRIBUTE night has been arranged at a Burnley venue for a Nelson man who died in a quad biking accident in Australia earlier this year.
Bar Code in Hammerton Street will play host to the charity fundraiser in memory of Scott Thompson, the former Colne Primet High student who died after he was hit by a truck in the state of Victoria last February.
Mick Bradshaw, other-wise known as Burnley FC's Bertie Bee, will be compering the evening, on Sunday, August 17, which will be in aid of Help for Heroes and Pendleside Hospice.
The 27-year-old was a former Duke of Lancaster regiment soldier, who served as a Kingsman in Cyprus before deciding to go travelling with his partner Sami Allott.
An event spokesman said: "There will be autographed sports memorabilia from Burnley FC, Manchester United and England players as well as boxing and darts person-alities."
The raffle will be accompanied by a variety of fundraising games for Scott, who was affection-ately known as 'Rhino' and was described by family as 'a joker who loved life'.
He had been working on a farm in Victoria, having visited Dubai, Thailand, Singapore, and Indonesia, before his death in the town of Bungador.
His mother Lynne and family had kept in touch with him via social media.
His body was later repatriated and his funeral took place at Colne's Holy Trinity Church.
Another charity night at the Burnley League Club earlier this month, in Scott's name, raised more than £2,500 for Help for Heroes.
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Just in time for Thanksgiving, here's a remembrance by one of our contributors about his connection to recent Black Tie Dinner honoree Jesse Tyler Ferguson. Enjoy!
By Jef Tingley
Long before he was charming his way into living rooms nationwide as gay dad Mitchell Pritchett on Modern Family or originating the role of Leaf Coneybear in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Jesse Tyler Ferguson was cast as something else: My unwitting nemesis. See, Ferguson and I both grew up in Albuquerque, N.M. We were just your typical, fair skinned, sassy, red-headed boys pining away our post-pubescent years singing along to show tunes and dreaming of life on the Broadway stage.
Although we were the same age, we went to different schools so our paths didn't officially cross until a fateful early 1990s production of the musical Peter Pan at the Albuquerque Civic Light Opera. (Fun fact: the '88 production of the show included our fellow gay New Mexican, Neil Patrick Harris, as John.) While Ferguson was cast as a pirate and other miscellaneous roles, I had a much more important, yet far less stripy-sock-wearing, job: Assistant stage manager. Truth be told, my heart ached that it was my Doppelganger who got to bask in the warmth of the spotlight on the very obscure, Day-Glo Neverland set complete with a neon-green pirate ship and fluorescent-orange Jolly Roger flag (it was the '90s, after all).
The show itself was haunted and filled with mishaps. The woman playing Peter Pan was stricken with laryngitis. After emergency rehearsals (arranged by a certain trusty assistant stage manager), Tiger Lily stepped into the lead role only to have the power go out in the middle of her very first performance, leaving the audience full of children in pitch black, screaming in horror. But the true tragedy of the show came during a cast and crew "lottery" where a few lucky Thespians were selected via name-draw to experience the thrill of being hoisted into the air and flying on stage just like Peter Pan. My name was chosen, but when it came time to suit up I was too big for the lithe flight harness. To my horror, Jesse's name was called next and within minutes his slender frame was soaring in the air — a real-life Tinker Bell.
Peter Pan eventually ended, and so did my one-sided rivalry with JTF. Sure, I would see him perform musical medleys with jazz hands and sparkly vests as one of the entertainers at the local (albeit creepily named) amusement park, Uncle Cliff's, but I figured that was his crowning glory on the road to fame. Meanwhile, I dabbled in acting and even worked seasonally renting Halloween costumes for the Civic Light Opera. But little by little, theater eventually became just a hobby and not a career.
A few years later, I was attending college in New York. While thumbing through Time Out magazine one day, I saw a site that's still etched on my retinas. It was none other than carrot topped Jesse clad in a sailor suit and "shuffling off to Buffalo" next to lesbian chanteuse Lea DeLaria in a revival of On The Town. It was official: He was on Broadway, and I was twenty-something undetermined major. I had lost the battle and the war.
As time went on, I continued to Google-stalked Jesse. While one part of me cheered on his continued successes on stage and screen, another less admirable part of me wanted to pull a Jennifer Jason Leigh a la Single White Female and just steal his life. Jerrett, my partner of 13 years and also an Albuquerque native, can almost repeat verbatim my diatribe whenever someone would mention "that red-headed guy from Modern Family" and "Albuquerque" in the same sentence.
You can imagine my reaction when I found out the Ferguson would be coming to Dallas for Black Tie Dinner to receive an award. Clearly it was just his way of reminding me who really wore the Tinker Bell harness. To add insult to conspiracy, I had also opted to wear a freshly tailored vintage brocade-silk jacket to the event that had sat in my closet for years after being procured from either my high school drama department or my stint renting Halloween costumes. What are the odds? Even my clothing was teen angst!
When Ferguson took the stage, I was prepared for him to be pompous and arrogant. I expected a narcissist who would bore us for hours with stories of self-grandeur and unnecessary name-dropping as he described being Albuquerque's first-and-only, ginger celeb. Instead, he was charming, funny, cute and humble telling stories about being embarrassed when the staff of Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour in N.M. would sing to you on your birthday (another childhood memory we both shared).
In a moment of catharsis, I realized something very important: I was no longer green with envy about JTF, I was orange with pride. Sure, maybe it wasn't me standing on that stage but I was sitting in the room surrounded by people I love as a crowd of 3,000 cheered on a ginger from the Land of Enchantment for breaking down barriers and making same-sex couples part of the social norm. I'm not even sure if Jesse remembers me, or my one-sided jealousy, but as it turns out it doesn't matter. In our own special way, we've each been given our own chance to fly.


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Friday saw the first debate involving the three leading mayoral candidates — GOP Councilman Kevin Faulconer and the Democrats, Councilman David Alvarez and Qualcomm executive Nathan Fletcher. It was revealing about what San Diegans will see in the run-up to the Nov. 19 special election to replace disgraced, departed Bob Filner.
Each candidate can be somewhat satisfied that he got key themes across in the event at the Logan Heights Family Health Center. Faulconer emphasized being able to hit the ground running and his history of getting things done with bipartisan cooperation. Alvarez, the youngest and least experienced, came across as a credible would-be mayor with the same populist, anti-downtown themes as Filner — minus the venom. Fletcher depicted himself as a can-do military veteran with support from across the political spectrum.
But the debate also dealt with what may well end up the primary campaign focus over the next seven weeks: the sharp changes in Fletcher's political views. Moderator Steve Atkinson of 10 News brought it up early in the debate. Faulconer alluded to it when he said his "stands will not shift" based on his political needs. So did Alvarez: "You got to look at people's records. What does that record reflect? ... What are the values they hold?"
Still, it was Fletcher himself who telegraphed where the campaign is headed by urging his opponents to join him in vowing to keep the campaign clean and focused on "the issues." Translation: We shouldn't have any discussion of the events from March 2012 to May 2013, when Fletcher went from being a conventional GOP assemblyman who bragged about his hostility to unions, to a nonpartisan independent who considered both parties debased, to a conventional union-first Democrat.
Yes, as Fletcher said, "Political parties change over time, and so do people." But "over time" usually doesn't mean 14 months. Fletcher's fans like to compare him to Ronald Reagan. Yet the 40th president's evolution took decades. He went from being an FDR Democrat in the 1930s and 1940s, to a Democrat who backed Dwight Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956 and Richard Nixon in 1960, to a formal Republican in 1962.
That's a far cry from Fletcher's 500-day sprint from anti-union Republican to principled nonpartisan to union-touting Democrat. That's especially so because there's no stink of opportunism hanging over Reagan's evolution; he didn't seek office until 1966. It was that stench that cost Fletcher the endorsement of the local Democratic Party and the Labor Council despite the support of powerful Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego.
San Diego can't afford another Filner — someone who proved radically different than billed. We need an authentic, dependable mayor. Yet in judging him, Fletcher wants everyone to ignore the T-Rex in the room: his serial political contortions.
That's preposterous. According to an old aphorism, "There's a sucker born every minute." Nathan Fletcher appears determined to find out just how many of them reside within city limits.


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At the rate teams are adding the position of assistant hitting coach, Major League Baseball soon could solve the nation's unemployment woes.
OK, exaggeration. Still, don't be surprised if this trend results in the creation of 30 new jobs before much longer.
Since the end of the season, the Chicago Cubs (Rob Deer), Philadelphia Phillies (Wally Joyner), Chicago White Sox (Harold Baines), Kansas City Royals (Andre David) and Los Angeles Dodgers (John Valentin) all have hired their first assistant hitting coach.
They joined the St. Louis Cardinals (to be determined), Detroit Tigers (Toby Harrah), San Francisco Giants (Joe Lefebvre) and San Diego Padres (Alonzo Powell) as teams that already had established the position. Add the Atlanta Braves, where Scott Fletcher doubles as a video advance scout, and the Boston Red Sox, who are expected to name their first such coach in the coming days, and the total is up to 11. Additionally, the Tampa Bay Rays, Cleveland Indians and Arizona Diamondbacks are considering whether to add such a coach by the start of spring training.
If they do, almost half of the teams in the majors would have a coach in a job that, as recently as two years ago, was employed by only the Cardinals. Tony La Russa—who else?—is believed to be the first to appoint an assistant hitting coach when he named Mike Aldrete to assist Hal McRae in 2008.
"With technology changing so rapidly, in terms of utilizing video to help strategically plan for hitters, we felt that having someone assist made sense," Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak says.
So why the sudden rush on the job? First, having as assistant hitting coach has worked so well for the Cardinals that other clubs can't be faulted for copycatting.
Second, today's players take so much batting practice that one coach can't be expected to oversee it all. Having an assistant provides another set of eyes to study hitters and, almost as importantly, gives the club an additional body to throw batting practice or flip pitches in the batting cage.
"If you look at the load of a pitching coach (who has the bullpen coach as his assistant), it's natural that the hitting coach would also need help," Mozeliak says.
Because teams are limited to six uniformed coaches during games (typically: bench, pitching, hitting, first base, third base, bullpen), the assistant hitting coach is not allowed in the dugout. He is able to dress in uniform and work with players before games.
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Forest Green to face Premiership outfit Crystal Palace
11:28am Friday 23rd May 2014
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11:28am Friday 23rd May 2014
By Ashley Loveridge
FOREST Green boss Ady Pennock has made use of his personal friendship with Crystal Palace boss Tony Pulis to secure a pre-season friendly with the Premiership outfit.
Pennock worked under Pulis at Stoke City for six years and played under at Bournemouth and Gillingham.
The LMA Premier League Manager of the Year will bring his first team to the New Lawn on Saturday, August 2, 3pm..
Pulis played a key role in Pennock landing job at Rovers after he made a personal phone call to chairman Dale Vince.
" I am delighted Tony has agreed to bring Palace to Forest Green.
"Tony and myself are great friends and he has worked wonders at Palace to secure their survival in the top flight but that was something that didn't surprise me when he took over."
Last seasaon, Pennock made use of his Palace connections by bringing Eagles' defender Jerome Binnom-Williams on a month long loan deal.
Rovers will also face Championship outfit Birmingham City on Tuesday, July 15, 7.45pm.
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And, if approved, there would be few changes.
The biggest change would be the elimination of county employees to fill out financial disclosure paperwork.
The Bullitt County Ethics Commission met recently to discuss the proposed updating of an ordinance adopted in the 1990s.
According to chairman Keith Griffee, the only change was to eliminate county employees from filling out the paperwork.
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While the proximity to and selection of luxurious hotels, restaurants, après-ski hangouts and boutiques are important when planning a ski vacation, the most significant consideration is the quality of the skiing, because that is, after all, your reason for being there. The rest is just window dressing.
The very best slopes are skiers' mountains, where skiers can spend a day, a week or a month without having to wipe the smile off their faces. So, wax those skis, sharpen those edges and head for these 10 resorts, my picks, in order, for places with the very best skiing in North America.
Its nickname says it all: The Big One. With the highest vertical drop in the United States, Jackson Hole is a monster of a mountain, beautiful in its simplicity: one ski area, tall, wide, steep and deep. Terrain defines greatness, and Jackson has it, from cruisers and bumps to bowls and chutes, with plenty of snow to cover it all.
What sets Jackson apart is its wide-open layout. More a series of bowls and slopes than a set of trails, the runs defy mapping. The printed map the resort provides barely scratches the surface. With few trees, Jackson is a huge open slope, and one big bowl empties into another, and so on down the mountain, with choices at every turn. This layout cannot get boring: you could ski a whole season without taking the same line twice. Jackson takes the very best part of most western mountains--the above-tree-line terrain--and multiplies it by 10.
Jackson has a reputation as an expert's mountain, and not undeservedly. It has some impossibly difficult terrain, including the famed Corbert's Couloir, probably the hardest marked trail anywhere. But Jackson offers terrain for skiers of all abilities, and the right side of the map offers some truly superb blue (intermediate) runs. With fewer than 5,000 skiers on busy days, Jackson Hole is also wonderfully uncrowded, and skiers have entire trails, or even bowls, to themselves. If there is any drawback, it is the distance from town (about 12 miles).
Despite Jackson's charms, nearby Grand Targhee draws many skiers for a visit, and they aren't disappointed. Even locals head to "The 'Ghee," as it's called, after a snowfall, because it gets better powder. Grand Targhee is laid out much like Jackson Hole, but is less steep and without cliffs. Beginners and intermediates will love Grand Targhee, which is among the most snowed-on resorts in the country.
Planning a trip: Nonstop jet service from Denver, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles and Chicago makes Jackson surprisingly easy to reach. The airport is just minutes from town. The best lodging in Jackson is found at the Wort Hotel, home of the SilverDollar Bar & Grille. Skiers can also stay slopeside in Teton Village.
Utah enthusiasts lay claim to "the greatest snow on earth." It is not ego, but realism that fuels this sentiment, and few in the ski business would disagree. Skiers flock to Utah for its famous "Champagne powder." Like the best Champagne, which is dry with tiny bubbles and served in vast quantities, the small flakes created by fronts passing over the Wasatch Range are dry and light and exceptionally deep.
The whole state basks in the glory of this snow, but one place gets more than anywhere else, and that is Little Cottonwood Canyon, 45 minutes from Salt Lake City. Here, Alta and Snowbird Mountains sit side by side, receiving 500 inches of snow annually. Alta bears more than a passing resemblance to Jackson Hole. Although not as big or as steep, but with more blue and green (beginner) runs, Alta is a wide-open set of bowls with far more skiing than the 40 listed trails, a virtually infinite number of routes through bowls, trees and chutes. Alta's founders went looking for great terrain and snow, and they stopped when they got here. Six decades later, it has maintained a rustic feel, and it is one of only four major mountains in the United States that still ban snowboarding.
Snowbird has similar terrain but a much different personality. Whereas Alta is vintage skiing, Snowbird has faster lifts, a 125-passenger tram to the summit, and a large, modern hotel. Snowbird also has a much higher percentage of expert terrain, and is opening more. The brainchild of entrepreneur Dick Bass, whose mountaineering exploits were captured in the book Seven Summits, Snowbird reflects his identity: big, tough and adventurous. Fans enjoy the long, steep top-to-bottom powder runs. While Alta and Snowbird are competitors, they enjoy a synergy, as almost all overnight guests to the canyon ski both mountains.
Planning a trip: The canyon has very limited development, so most lodges offer full American meal plans. Many visitors choose to stay in Salt Lake City and commute for the nightlife and dining options. But on snowy days, when there is danger of an avalanche, the road to the canyon is often closed in the morning, a Catch-22 that causes tourists to miss the skiing when it is at its best. If you plan to come here, stay at the Alta Lodge, the Cliff Lodge or one of the handful of other European-style properties, and turn yourself over to the get-away-from-it-all seclusion of the canyon.
Although Aspen and Vail may get the majority of the tourists visiting Colorado's ski resorts, Telluride is fast giving them a run for their money. It's in the middle of nowhere, and its fans, including Ralph Lauren and Oprah Winfrey, want to keep it that way. The town is memorable, with skiing to match.
Telluride--thought to be a clipped version of "To Hell You Ride"--is another mountain with mystique. The bumps on its long, steep mogul trails, which go by such names as Spiral Stairs, Kant-Mak-M and Mine Shaft, can burn out well-conditioned thighs on a single descent. Linking these three top-expert, double-black-diamond classics results in the longest, steepest, bumpiest run imaginable. Plenty of less publicized trails, however, also offer top-notch skiing.
The mountain juts up steeply from town, just two blocks from Main Street. From the peak, additional runs drop off the back, down to a second base at Mountain Village, a contemporary upscale neighboring town, which is the secret to Telluride's success. By locating new construction here rather than in the older section, Telluride has preserved its Old West feel from the days when Butch Cassidy came here to rob his first bank. Telluride has the most authentic historic western feel of any ski town. Meanwhile, Mountain Village addresses the need for larger homes, hotels and additional shopping and dining. A gondola, which provides free transportation until 11 p.m. (midnight on Fridays and Saturdays), links the two. The Mountain Village area includes a lot of green and blue ski terrain, and despite its fearsome reputation, Telluride is a great place to learn to ski. Lift lines are unheard of, cruising runs plentiful, and the mountain gets a lot of snow.
Planning a trip: Telluride has its own airport, but it closes frequently because of bad weather. A larger, more reliable airport in Montrose, Colorado, sits at a lower altitude where there is much less snow, but it is an hour and 15 minutes away. The Peaks, a sister resort to the renowned Boulders resort in Scottsdale, Arizona, is the standout lodging. The Peaks has excellent food, great rooms, stellar service, ski-in, ski-out convenience and a branch of the acclaimed Golden Door spa, where you can relax with a much needed post-skiing massage.
When people visit Aspen, they expect glitz. They want chic nightspots and long wine lists, and they are rarely disappointed. Sometimes forgotten amidst the luster is that Aspen also has a lot of awesome skiing.
The resort comprises four ski areas, linked by the most user-friendly free bus system in ski country. Only one, Aspen Mountain (called Ajax to confuse tourists) is in town, a stone's throw from the best hotels and restaurants. Skiers here are in for some surprises: unlike the other three mountains, Ajax does not allow snowboarding. Also, it may be the only large ski mountain in the world without a single green run. For a mountain that draws people as much to be seen sipping Martinis as to ski, Ajax is surprisingly difficult. If you do ski, and ski fairly well, this is the place to be.
Buttermilk and Aspen Highlands are just outside of town. Aspen Highlands is the locals' mountain, the least pretentious with the most difficult terrain. It has runs for skiers of every ability, but is a must for advanced skiers who will relish the uncrowded runs, steep tree glades and perfectly formed moguls. Buttermilk is a pure beginner's mountain, and may be the best place in the country to learn to ski or snowboard.
Snowmass is Aspen's largest and most removed mountain, more than 12 miles away. It has its own village, with more than 700 condominiums, over 90 percent of which are slopeside, making it popular with families. If you want space, not nightlife, stay here. Its size has earned it the nickname Snowmassive, and it has something for everyone, from placid learning areas and green cruisers to steep, narrow bump runs from the summit. Aspen offers loads of quality skiing, with generally reliable snowfall, but it is in the area of off-mountain activities where Aspen has no peer, with plenty of restaurants, entertainment and recreation.
Planning a trip: Getting to Aspen requires a four-hour-plus drive from Denver, and that's in good weather. The Aspen airport is convenient, with frequent flights, but closes often, making Aspen a good place to get stuck. Few major cities, much less a ski town, can boast two Mobil five-star hotels: Aspen has the St. Regis and the posh slopeside Little Nell. The Hotel Jerome has the best cigar menu in town.
The five large and 10 smaller ski resorts that surround Lake Tahoe are spread out over a 30-mile area. That's the good news for their competition. If these resorts were clustered like the mountains of Aspen or Salt Lake City, there would be little reason to ski anyplace else.
Good skiing comes down to terrain and snow, and you will not find more of either anyplace else. Kirkwood, the area's snowiest resort, has led the United States in total snowfall four of the past five winters, and averages 593 inches, or nearly 50 feet, of snow annually. There are exceptions, such as the winter of 1995 when more than 800 inches fell, but there are few bad years.
Tahoe has no standout mountain, no Snowmass to occupy skiers for a week. Coming here means skiing multiple mountains. The two biggest are Squaw Valley USA, site of the 1960 Winter Olympic Games, and Heavenly, which straddles the Nevada-California state line. Each anchors a number of ski areas at either end of the huge lake.
At the northern end is Squaw, known for extreme skiing, where filmmakers come to shoot footage. As a local told me on the lift, "If God didn't want us to ski off cliffs, he wouldn't have made Squaw." Still, there is plenty of skiing for all abilities, with numerous cruisers.
Adjacent to Squaw is Alpine Meadows, another large area that offers expansive terrain, with a little more emphasis on beginner and intermediate skiing. Alpine also has a lot of tree skiing. Northstar-at-Tahoe is the largest of three small resorts nearby, and definitely worth a day of skiing.
The southern end draws more tourists because of its waterfront casino hotels. From South Lake Tahoe, you can be skiing at Heavenly in minutes. While glitzier than Squaw, Heavenly has equally challenging terrain: stashes of double-black terrain for experts, better hidden than Squaw's in-your-face cliffs and chutes. The hardest skiing at Heavenly is in the trees, but mostly it's a cruiser's mountain, with wide-open blues and greens, and plenty of sunshine. Closer to the lake than any other Tahoe ski area and rising right from the edge of the water, Heavenly has arguably the best skiers' views in the world. Descending the face, you feel as if you are skiing right into the blue water.
Kirkwood is Tahoe's hidden gem, with unbelievable expert skiing. The mountain is a horseshoe-shaped ridge, with steep runs all the way around. A topographically unique ski resort, everything is in plain sight, yet a third of it is off-limits to all but the best skiers. You don't see skull-and-crossbones trail designations too often, but you do here, so take them seriously. Much of the ridge line features cornices, or over-hanging ledges, that drop into tight chutes, steep tree runs and very steep bowls. Kirkwood's expert terrain is one of the few that rival Jackson Hole's for difficulty.
Sierra-At-Tahoe is extremely popular with locals and snowboarders. Sierra has a mom-and-pop feel to it, and has a great mix of green, blue and black runs, making it a perfect family mountain.
Planning a trip: Tahoe resorts do not have a lot of lodging at their bases. Many people stay in South Lake Tahoe and make the trip to the different mountains by shuttle bus or car. The Tahoe Queen, a paddle wheeler that whisks skiers from South Lake Tahoe to Squaw Valley daily and returns with an après-ski party cruise, is the most fun commute in ski country.
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Zac Efron's smile is back! Well, almost.
After breaking his jaw last month, the "That Awkward Moment" actor Instagrammed a picture on Sunday with the CEO and owner of the Indianapolis Colts, Jim Irsey, showing off his pearly whites and writing, "Thank you Jim for a truly memorable trip to Indie - congrats on the win, @Colts! –Z"
The actor slipped in a puddle outside his home on Nov. 10, and wound up with his jaw wired shut and stitches from a gash. This came just two months after Zac revealed he'd completed two stints in rehab.
The 26-year-old posed for a slew of selfies throughout the day, with fans and Colts players alike. Throughout most of them, he looks happy … if not in a little bit of pain. With a closer look, the smile is a little bit more crooked than usual, and there's a bit of a pained strain in Zac's eyes.
Kicking with @zacefron at the @colts game today. pic.twitter.com/lG39EXnr4Z
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MY DAY IS MADE. Hello ZAC EFRON! Go Colts!! pic.twitter.com/aUkt2TIfHt — Kristin Craft (@KristinCraftFM) December 15, 2013
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This family-friendly Pigeon Forge hotel is located in the entertainment district, within a 10-minute walk of Hannah's Maze of Mirrors, Castle Of Chaos, and MagiQuest. Hollywood Wax Museum and Country Tonite Theatre are also within 10 minutes.
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This smoke-free hotel features free water park access, an indoor pool, and an outdoor pool. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a 24-hour fitness center, a snack bar/deli, and a lazy river are onsite.
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In addition to a complimentary water park, Music Road Inn features a lazy river and a waterslide. The hotel offers a snack bar/deli. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
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We also want to assure him and Mr. (Mike) Mortenson that the winners are not going to turn anti-business anytime soon because it is the opposite that has been true all along, namely that business has been disinclined to support any of them as they struggle to answer legitimate citizens' concerns about size, population growth and excessively large development projects.
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Jonathan Craft, of Lynchburg, called Pulaski Police Department after reaching out to Samantha Warden, mother of Cory Cole, the infant who was found dead in a wooded area in Draper. Craft said he wanted to reach out to Warden, which he said he did through a media outlet, and let her know he knew what she was going through. He thought it would be helpful for her to be able to talk to someone who could relate and knew what she was going through. Craft's 13-month-old daughter, Veralee Marie Craft, was killed in 2012 by the boyfriend of her mother, Preston King, who agreed to plead guilty to first degree murder charges.
Craft said he had never met Warden at all until Monday, Feb. 10. He talked to Warden which led to him ask if she needed to get out of town for a while. He offered to let her stay at his home for a few days, and she accepted. Craft said it didn't take long before he realized something was off.
He said Warden talked about money and said she didn't have enough for a grave marker, so Craft said he would help her set up a fundraiser. He set up a Facebook page, Justice for Cory Cole, modeled after the one made for his own daughter. Craft said he is a serious child abuse activist and is locally known for his involvement.
When Craft asked Warden about the abuse Cole inflicted on Cory, he mentioned the report of Cory being thrown on the bed by Cole. Craft said Warden told him she only told the cops Cory had been abused by Cole so they would get involved. "She said 'he didn't actually throw him on the bed, he tossed him,'" said Craft, who was very upset by the fact Warden didn't seem to see tossing as abuse.
"She also said the police told her there were bite marks (on Cory) and that Cole used to bite her during sex, which was more than I needed to know." Craft spoke of Warden's promiscuous activity, saying she had been trying to "hook up with different guys in Lynchburg" since she had been at his home, and that she had been on a Skype call with a different guy in North Carolina who was going to come and pick her up and take her there.
Craft said after the many red flags he had seen from Warden, he decided he needed to act. "Things just started going in a different direction, so I contacted a Pulaski detective. I knew something wasn't right," said Craft.
He also said he still has her personal items at his home, and the guys she was staying with at "the little blue house in the middle of nowhere" asked if he was planning to bring the items back. Craft told them they could come and pick them up, that he would leave them outside. He said among the items left behind were an iPad with her personal information and Facebook messages readily accessible and drug paraphernalia. Craft tried to send these items with Campbell County police and said he was told they couldn't take them because there was no room.
"When she got arrested at my house she showed no emotion," said Craft. "The only thing she was worried about was whether or not she could change her clothes or have a cigarette. She wasn't in shock." Craft said at that point Warden called her parents and told them goodbye. "I think a lot more is going to come out of it. I think the full truth is going to come out."
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As the name implies, a guaranteed annuity contract is an annuity that guarantees a fixed rate of return. In this respect, it is very similar to a fixed rate annuity.
What distinguishes a guaranteed annuity contract is that it covers a group of annuitants who are usually linked through work or membership in a group or organization. Since multiple annuitants can be covered under one contract, the expenses (per annuitant) for the annuity tend to be lower than if separate annuities were purchased for each person.
The issuer of the guaranteed annuity contract will usually guarantee that the annuity will be credited with a fixed rate of interest for a certain period of time. For example, the issuer may guarantee that it will pay 6 percent on the annuity for the first five years of the contract and then pay a minimum of 4 percent for the remainder of the contract. Typically, the annuity issuer will also agree to renew the annuity after the initial period and pay the higher rate of interest for another term, depending on the level of interest rates at the time.
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Guaranteed annuity contracts were developed in the 1920s and used frequently by large corporations to fund their defined benefit pension plans. During the 1970s, as the number of defined benefit pension plans declined, many companies used guaranteed annuity contracts to fund their defined contribution retirement plans.
The use of guaranteed annuity contracts has declined in popularity in recent years, partly because of the increased volatility of interest rates. Insurance companies that issue these contracts have been stung by unexpected interest rate changes that reduced profits or caused the companies large losses. Although some guaranteed annuity contracts are still in existence, very few companies or groups use this type of annuity to fund their pension plan obligations.
Today, the main use of guaranteed annuity contracts is to purchase benefits when a defined benefit pension plan is terminated. By definition, these terminated benefits must earn a stated rate of interest, determined by government regulations. The guaranteed annuity contract makes it relatively easy to ensure that these terminated benefits closely matched mandated rates with a minimum of administrative headaches for the plan administrator.


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I want to share my good news story! 26 months since my extrahepatic cc resection at Mayo, my blood work is great and my MRI shows "no definite return of cc." Yay! I do have "stable prominent lymphadenopathy" which is perplexing to my surgeon and oncologist, but had a benign biopsy 5 months ago so the doctors aren't too concerned. Also have "probable infectious/inflammatory biliary thickening and enhancement". I felt better before I read the radiologist's report, but am happy I don't need to be seen for 6 months. Question: I had a hernia repair with ventral abdominal mesh repair. Have any of you heard of mesh causing lymphadenopathy? A good friend of mine who is an internal medicine physician said she had read some studies stating the mesh can cause enlarged lymph nodes. Also, do any of you have IPMN's in the pancreas, because I have those too.
I feel very fortunate! Bless all of you who are dealing with this awful cancer!