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TPWD News Release — Jan. 31, 2011
AUSTIN — A renewed commitment from longtime Texas conservation supporter Toyota will help make possible a wide range of public benefits for hunters and anglers, state park visitors, urban families, private land stewards and others who rely on Texas natural resources.
"In an increasingly urban state, where more and more adults and children are becoming disconnected from the natural world, Toyota's support will help millions of people understand where and how to enjoy nature and the great outdoors," said Carter Smith, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department executive director.
"For more than nine years Toyota has been a proud supporter of the conservation programs and recreational efforts of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department," said Katie Sarantakes Scallan, Gulf States Toyota marketing partnerships manager. "Through these programs, we are able to help improve the quality of outdoor experiences for Texans of all ages to enjoy throughout the state."
Toyota provides support for hunters and fishermen through sponsorship of such programs as the Texas Fishing Report, which provides weekly reports on fishing conditions at dozens of lakes and bays. It also funds production of approximately 700,000 bag limit wallet cards which are handed out free to hunting and fishing license customers at the retail locations across the state. TPWD's Hook N' Bullet newsletter has also been printed with Toyota dollars and mailed and emailed to Super Combo holders and other hunting and fishing license buyers. The Toyota Sharelunker program is also made possible through a three-year sponsorship agreement where the automaker was selected in competitive bidding. This program encourages anglers to donate largemouth bass for a breeding program to stock bigger bass in Texas public waters.
For the millions of people who visit state parks every year, Toyota's support provides underwriting to produce approximately 375,000 copies of the Texas State Park Guide. This free color booklet is a handy directory of the more than 90 state parks in Texas, including maps and other useful information to make trip planning easier. When visitors arrive at a state park, they'll also find maps showing that park's campsites and other facilities, courtesy of Toyota.
Reaching new audiences is another strategic value of the sponsorship. This year Toyota will be sponsoring TPWD's official YouTube Channel, which brings the department's long commitment to quality video programming into the social media era. Toyota dollars will also help the agency inform urban families about where they can enjoy spending time in the outdoors with their children. Toyota will also fund an online Spanish translation of the 2011/2012 Outdoor Annual hunting and fishing regulations booklet.
Beyond creating awareness, the sponsorship also provides critical funding for the Texas Outdoor Family program, which offers hundreds of workshops at state parks each year to teach families camping and basic outdoor skills. Toyota also supports the Texas-National Archery in the Schools program, which has grown from 126 students in 13 schools when it debuted in 2006 to around 700 students, teachers and parents and 400 classroom educators at 200-plus schools across Texas today.
Toyota also supports the Lone Star Land Steward Awards, the department's flagship effort to encourage private land stewardship and help urban audiences understand how rural habitat conservation benefits people, wildlife, and water resources. The sponsorship also will help promote TPWD's conservation license plates, which generate funds for wildlife and fisheries research and management, state park sites and programs, and public access to the outdoors.
The Toyota Texas Bass Classic (TTBC), a Professional Anglers Association-sanctioned event that returns to Lake Conroe Oct. 28 -30, 2011, is another effort benefiting anglers and natural resources. Now entering its fifth year, the event has resulted in $1 million in contributions to TPWD projects that include the Neighborhood Fishin' program providing close-to-home fishing at urban ponds and lakes in cities across Texas; the Wildlife Forever's State-Fish Art Contest in Texas which uses art to engage students in the outdoors and conservation; and several other fishing initiatives.
Gulf States Toyota, the privately held distributor for Texas and four surrounding states, in concert with Toyota Motor Sales USA, has been a longtime and major sponsor of Texas Parks and Wildlife since signing its first sponsorship agreement with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation in 2002. The automaker is also recognized as the "Official Vehicle of Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation."
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation is the official non-profit funding partner for TPWD. Since 1991 it has been bringing together companies, corporations, communities and individuals to successfully raise more than $70 million benefiting a wide variety of conservation projects. The foundation preserves Texas treasures like Chinati Mountains and the Playa Lakes of the Panhandle. It supports facilities, such as the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center, which house programs important to wildlife preservation and study. The foundation plays an essential role in conservation education, with scholarship opportunities, internships, and outdoor activities for children.
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Safety of and Immune Response to an Adenoviral HIV Vaccine (VRC-HIVADV014-00-VP) With or Without a Plasmid HIV Vaccine (VRC-HIVDNA016-00-VP) in HIV Uninfected Adults
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|HIV Infections
|Biological: VRC-HIVADV014-00-VP Biological: VRC-HIVDNA016-00-VP
|Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double
Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
|Official Title:
|A Phase I, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Immunogenicity of a Multiclade HIV-1 DNA Plasmid Vaccine Followed by Recombinant, Multiclade HIV-1 Adenoviral Vector Vaccine or the Multiclade HIV-1 Adenoviral Vector Vaccine Alone in Healthy Adult Volunteers Not Infected With HIV
- Local reactogenicity signs and symptoms
- systemic reactogenicity signs and symptoms
- laboratory measures of safety
- adverse and serious adverse experiences
- Proportion of volunteers who have HIV-1 specific T-cell responses quantified by intracellular cytokine staining (ICS; both CD4+ and CD8+) and ELISPOT and magnitude of the responses
- proportion of volunteers with HIV-1 specific antibodies and magnitude of the response
- proportion of volunteers with increase in antibodies to rAd5
- impact of pre-existing immunity to rAd5 on immunogenicity
- proportion of volunteers who test "false positive" on standard HIV testing algorithm.
|Study Start Date:
|November 2005
|Study Completion Date:
|April 2007
The worldwide HIV/AIDS epidemic may only be controlled through development of a safe and effective vaccine that will prevent HIV infection. This study will evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of an experimental adenovirus-vectored multiclade HIV vaccine, VRC-HIVADV014-00-VP, followed with either a similarly structured DNA plasmid HIV vaccine, VRC-HIVDNA016-00-VP, or a placebo. The DNA plasmids in both vaccines code for proteins from HIV subtypes A, B, and C, which together represent 90% of new HIV infections in the world. HIV uninfected volunteers will be recruited in Kenya and Rwanda.
Volunteers will participate in this study for 1 year. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of four groups:
- Group A participants will receive a low dose of the adenovirus-vectored vaccine or placebo at study entry.
- Group B participants will receive a higher dose of the adenovirus-vectored vaccine or placebo at study entry.
- Group C participants will receive the DNA plasmid vaccine or placebo at study entry and Months 1 and 2. They will receive either a low dose of the adenovirus-vectored vaccine or placebo at Month 6.
- Group D participants will receive the DNA plasmid vaccine or placebo at study entry and Months 1 and 2. They will receive either a higher dose of the adenovirus-vectored vaccine or placebo at Month 6.
All participants will undergo vital signs measurements before and after receiving each vaccination.
Participants in Groups A and B will have 9 study visits over 12 months. A physical exam, adverse events reporting, and medical and medication history will occur at each visit. HIV testing and counseling and blood and urine collection will occur at selected visits.
Participants in Groups C and D will have 17 study visits over 12 months. A physical exam, adverse events reporting, and medical and medication history will occur at each visit. HIV testing and counseling and blood and urine collection will occur at selected visits.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 50 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Willing to follow all the requirements of the study and available for follow-up for the duration of the study
- Have understanding of the study and provide written informed consent
- Willing to undergo HIV testing and counseling and willing to receive HIV test results
- Willing to use acceptable forms of contraception
Exclusion Criteria:
- HIV infected
- Hepatitis B virus infected
- Hepatitis C virus infected
- Active or untreated syphilis
- Participated in high-risk behavior for HIV infection within 6 months prior to study entry. More information on this criterion can be found in the protocol.
- Any clinically significant abnormality in history or upon examination (e.g., immunodeficiency or autoimmune disease; use of systemic corticosteroids, immunosuppressive, antiviral, anticancer, or other medications considered significant by the investigator) within 6 months prior to study entry
- Any clinically significant acute or chronic medical condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would make the volunteer unsuitable for the study
- Live attenuated vaccines within 30 days prior to study entry OR plan to receive a live attenuated vaccine within 60 days after vaccination in this study
- Subunit or killed vaccines within 14 days prior to study entry OR plan to receive a subunit or killed vaccine within 14 days after vaccination in this study
- Blood transfusion or blood products within 120 days prior to study entry
- Immunoglobulin within 60 days prior to study entry
- Participation in another investigational product clinical trial in the 3 months prior to study entry OR expected to participate in another investigational trial during this study
- Any other investigational HIV vaccine at any time
- History of severe local or systemic reactogenicity to vaccines or history of severe allergic reactions
- Major psychiatric illness, including any history of schizophrenia or severe psychosis, bipolar disorder requiring therapy, or suicide attempt or suicidal thoughts within the 3 years prior to study entry
- Uncontrolled hypertension
- Pregnant, breastfeeding, or plan to become pregnant
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00124007
|KEMRI, Ctr. for Geographic Medicine Research Coast at Kilifi
|Kilifi, Kenya
|KAVI, KNH at Kangemi
|Nairobi, Kenya
|Projet San Francisco
|Kigali, Rwanda
|Principal Investigator:
|Job Bwayo, MD, PhD
|Kenya AIDS Vaccine Initiative, University of Nairobi
|Principal Investigator:
|Etienne Karita, MD
|Project San Francisco
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00124007 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
10380 ( Registry Identifier: DAIDS ES Registry Number )
|Study First Received:
|July 22, 2005
|Last Updated:
|July 7, 2014
Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
HIV Seronegativity
HIV Preventive Vaccine
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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Rain dying out and brightening up later.
A cloudy start with outbreaks or rain and drizzle across the region and misty conditions on the hills. However, it should become drier and a little brighter through the afternoon. Maximum Temperature 19 °C.
The evening and night should stay dry but it will be rather cloudy and misty at times, and with a few fog patches developing by morning. Minimum Temperature 12 °C.
Any mist or fog will slowly clear during the morning, with some bright or sunny spells developing, but with the odd shower likely in the afternoon. Maximum Temperature 19 °C.
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Wednesday mainly dry with bright or sunny intervals after early mist or fog. Rain on Thursday, clearing east in the afternoon, and with further rain spreading east on Friday.
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Northern Ireland foggy at first. Mostly cloudy with rain elsewhere.
Rain in many places will gradually ease through the day, whilst dense fog across Northern Ireland will be stubborn to lift this morning. It will be driest in the far east and west of Britain with some sunny spells later.
Cloudy for most with patchy drizzle. Driest in the far east and west with clear spells, which could lead to fog or low cloud by dawn.
A dull start in some places with fog, low cloud and drizzle slowing lifting. Then, most areas will become dry with sunny spells and light winds.
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On Friday, strong winds and coastal gales are likely to affect Northern Ireland and western Scotland. A band of rain and strong winds may well move across the whole UK including some heavy bursts. Further wind and rain is likely to reach western areas over the weekend. The weather in the following week is likely to stay rather unsettled for all with spells of rain, locally heavy, spreading east, and brighter showery weather following along behind. It will be windy with the risk of gales in places, particularly across western coasts. Temperatures will be around average for the time of year, with brief warmer or cooler interludes. The changeable weather means that night frosts are quite unlikely, except in the mountains of Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Changeable weather is likely to continue across the country in the second week in October, with wind and rain at times, especially in the north and west. This will bring an increased likelihood of gales as well as heavier rain across some parts. By mid October, confidence in the forecast reduces, but drier and brighter spells could become more prolonged, though it may well remain changeable, On the whole, temperatures are expected to be close to normal for the time of year, but in any settled spells there could be chilly nights, with an increased risk of mist, fog and frost, especially in the north.
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The Ohio Machine (Machine), Ohio's professional lacrosse team in Major League Lacrosse (MLL), announced today its 2014 regular season roster ahead of the team's first game against Charlotte on Saturday, April 26.
The 2014 roster consists of three goalies, nine defenders, 16 midfielders and five attackmen. Additionally, defenseman Greg Bice, midfielder Kyle Harrison, attackman Steele Stanwick and goalie Brian Phipps were named team captains for 2014.
"Our captains for 2014 are a good mix of veterans and young guys that all share the same vision of where this team needs to be," Head Coach Bear Davis said. "Bice and Harrison have seen success and failures at the highest levels so our young guys will learn a lot from them. It is also great to have leaders like Steele and Phipps. They have both led teams as players and are now leading teams as coaches at the collegiate level."
"It's an honor to be named a captain of this team," Phipps said. "We have a great group of talented guys that are ready to form a new identity in the league. Our team has developed a great relationship off the field and is excited to get the season started this week."
"I'm really humbled and honored to be named a captain on a team full of amazing leaders," Stanwick said. "I know everyone is looking forward to the season with this great group of guys."
The Machine welcomes back 23 players from the 2013 roster including leading scorer Logan Schuss and standout rookie Marcus Holman. Additionally, the 2014 roster includes seven former Buckeye lacrosse players with defensemen Greg Bice and Matt Cafarelli, midfielders Dominique Alexander and Kevin Mack, attackman Logan Schuss, face-off specialist Eric O'Brien and goalkeeper Stefan Schroder.
"I am honored to be named a captain of the 2014 Machine team," Bice said. "We have a great group of guys and I expect big things out of this team."
The Machine added nine new players to its roster, including former Tewaaraton Award winners Peter Baum and Kyle Harrison. Baum was drafted first overall by the Machine in 2013 and participated on the LXMPRO Tour last season. Harrison, who was named to Team USA for the 2014 World Championships, also played on the LXMPRO Tour. The Machine also added former MLL All-Stars in Matt Dolente, Brian Farrell and Bill McGlone.
"I am humbled that my teammates have given me the honor of serving as one the captains for the Machine in 2014," Harrison said. "Our team came together really well over training camp and we are looking forward to taking this team to the next level on the field this season."
The Machine opens up its season on Saturday, April 26 when the team visits the Charlotte Hounds. The Machine's home opener is on Saturday, May 17, against the New York Lizards. The "OSU Sports Medicine Night" Home Opener will include an OSU seat cushion and 2014 poster giveaway, as well as a post-game fireworks show. Tickets start at $12 for General Admission and $18 for Sideline Reserved.
Full season, half season, flex plan and single game tickets for the Machine's 2014 season are now on sale. Season tickets to the Machine's 2014 season range from General Admission at $92 to a Field Level Box at $2,400 and include seven regular season home games plus a 2014 MLL playoff game. Information on 2014 Machine tickets can be found at
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You've moved in together with your boyfriend and things have been going well for the most part except when it comes to the kitchen. He was raised kosher style while you grew up keeping kosher. He is fine with the two sets of dishes and silverware but is uncomfortable with the parve items. You've already labeled the cooking utensils with different colors of electric tape. Are there are any other suggestions about "teaching" about keeping kosher?
Dear Miriam,
My boyfriend and I moved in together last week and things have been going very well for the most part except when it comes to the kitchen. He was raised kosher style while I grew up keeping kosher. Before we moved in together, in the beginning of our relationship, he said it was his place, as the less observant person, to adapt to my level of observance (a fact of which I am very appreciative and was an important thing to discuss as things were starting out). Now that it's actually taking place, he is fine with the two sets of dishes and silverware but is uncomfortable with the parve items (mainly knives and cutting boards). We have already labeled the cooking utensils with different colors of electric tape and have organized the cabinets and drawers in a way that makes sense in the placement of the dairy and meat dishes. Do you have any other suggestions about "teaching" someone about keeping kosher?
Teaching Kosher
Dear Kosher,
Your question reminds me of another question I answered almost exactly a year ago from someone else in a relationship with a partner accustomed to a different level of kashrut observance. You're not alone in wondering how to navigate this often difficult situation. It sounds like your boyfriend is both respectful and accommodating, so you're off to a great start and should be able to find solutions that work for both of you.
What is it about the pareve items that's causing him discomfort? Is it not being sure when and how he can use them? Is it confusion over where to store them or what sponge to use to wash them? Is it being utterly baffled that there is yet a third variety of dishes he didn't know about? Whichever it is, I must say, I sympathize. Though I grew up in a home with two sets of dishes plus a variety of pareve knives and other utensils, what, exactly, to do with the pareve items never became clear. In my own home now, as an adult, items are either dairy or meat. (I also happen to be comfortable with a more liberal definition of when "dairy equipment" can be spun as pareve, but that's another and far more complicated story).
It sounds like you've done a great job labeling everything. Make sure that pareve items have a clear label as well. Perhaps on the door to the drawer with the pareve knives and cutting boards, you could have a checklist of what foods are pareve (essentially fruit, vegetables, eggs, fish) and some quick guidelines about where to put the knives after they've been used, or something like that. You could also consider, for your boyfriend's sake, having some quality meat and dairy knives and cutting boards so he doesn't have something else to worry about. You can use the pareve things when you cook, but you could take that burden off of him.
If your hope is for your boyfriend to internalize keeping kosher on some more fundamental level, that may just not be possible until he's had a lot more practice. The practice of kashrut is, when you really think about it, not that intuitive unless you grew up with it. Even then, "keeping kosher" means so many different things to different families that there's no guarantee that what it means to you matches up with anyone else. As I often say, everyone makes their own rules, and that may be the most true when it comes to kashrut. Also as I often say, I recommend myjewishlearning.com as a great resource for learning more about basically anything related to Judaism. There are an unlimited number of books about keeping kosher available, but it's probably best to peruse them first to be sure that they match up at least reasonably well to the kind of kashrut you want in your house. Kosher cookbooks also often have great introductions outlining some of the basics, and, in my humble opinion, cookbooks are more fun to own than books of laws. Be as kind and respectful of your boyfriend as he is being of you, and I'm sure your kitchen will be a wonderful place.
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The memory of superstorm Sandy's destruction shadowed the New York region Friday as snowfall grew steadily heavier through the evening and high winds helped to manufacture a blizzard forecast to unleash as much as 2 feet of snow.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- California's U.S. senators are calling for improved commercial bus safety after a deadly crash on a mountain highway.
Democrats Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer said Thursday the government needs to tighten vehicle inspections and safety rules to weed out potentially dangerous vehicles.
Their letter to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood came four days after a tour bus carrying 38 lost control below the Big Bear resort area and collided with a sedan and a pickup.
Eight people were killed and dozens injured.
The driver told investigators the brakes failed.
The senators say many bus crashes are preventable. They say the government must do more to protect passenger safety. Proposed improvements have been stalled in Washington for years.


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Heres a basic basketball question: if a player misses a 3-point shot from the left corner, where will the rebound go? The answer to this question has obvious competitive advantages, regardless of whether you are playing a pick-up game at the park or you are playing in the gold-medal game of the Olympics.
So whats the answer? Where do missed corner 3′s end up? Thanks to SportVu data, we can now answer this question. I plotted and analyzed the rebounding locations for over 26,000 missed shots from the 2011-2012 NBA season, including about 1,800 missed corner 3′s. When an NBA player misses a corner 3 from his left side, the rebounds go here:
So, where do rebounds happen? It depends. It depends on shot location, rebounder positioning, and rebounder athleticism. In this article I examine the interactions between shot location and rebounding location in the NBA. I think Ive found some interesting results that are likely to change the ways you think about rebounding and boxing out.
This interactive graphic reveals** where rebounds go according to shot location. As you mouse over different sections of the court, the rebounding signatures change:
(NOTE: This isn't part of the article. The interactive graphic wouldn't post, so follow the link.)
I will provide much more detail later, but here are 4 main takeaways:
1. Rebounds go to the other side when a field goal is attempted from the baseline or wing areas and it misses, chances are the rebound will occur on the opposite side of the rim. How much to the other side depends on where the shot was taken (shot angle, shot direction).
2. Offensive rebounding percentage for jump shots hovers between 20 and 25%; however, missed shots closer to the rim such as floaters, put-backs, and layups result in a much higher offensive rebounding rate.
3. There is a direct relationship between shot distance and rebound distance. The longer the shot attempt, the further away from the rim the rebound is likely to occur. The corresponds with the idea that 3-point shots often result in long rebounds.
4. In the NBA, 3-point shots are much better options than midrange shots for 2 reasons: 1) The decreased FG% is more than compensated by a higher reward in terms of points per attempt, and 2) not only do made 3-point shots obviously result in more points, missed 3-pointers are more likely to result in offensive rebounds than missed midrange jumpshots. Midrange jumpers kill possessions more and result in points less.
The microgeography of missed field goals:
About 65% of the time an NBA player takes a jumper, a future rebound gets its wings. As a result, everytime a shooter rises to take a jump shot, other players begin fighting for position but, where should they fight to get?
First of all, we already know that most rebounds occur near the basket, which is one main justification for the common coaching tenet of boxing out: keep your opponent further away from the rim, and youll increase your chance of acquiring a rebound. That may seem obvious, but since the origin of the rebound is almost always a ricochet off some part of the rim/backboard apparatus, and a rebounds trajectory is generally toward the paint, it makes sense that the person closest to the rim apparatus at the time of the ricochet has the best chance of grabbing the ball.
But positioning wisdom involves more than distance; it involves direction as well.
This concept is best illustrated with baseline shot attempts. Lets look at the relationship between rebounding locations and shot locations near the baseline. Well begin with longish midrange baseline shots. The following image shows where rebounds go when these shots are missed. The yellow highlighted area is the shot zone; the red area is the rebounding epicenter, or the area on the court where rebounds are most frequently collected when shots are missed from that shot zone.
As you can see, when an NBA player misses a shot from the baseline, the rebound most frequently occurs on the opposite side of the rim; for visual confirmation, heres the rebounding signature for baseline shots on the opposite side:
Check out the rebounding epicenter here: when a player misses a longish midrange baseline shot, rebounds are most commonly grabbed at the edge of the restricted area on the opposite side of the rim. When we step back to the corner-3 zones, we see the exact same effect the only difference is that the rebounding epicenter occurs a bit further from the rim longer shots beget longer rebounds, you guys.
You can see that the rebounding epicenter for missed corner threes is clearly outside the restricted area, and very close to the low block on a college basketball court.
Lets contrast that with some other midrange shots, which result in very different rebounding patterns. When we examine rebounding signatures for shots closer to the middle of the floor we see the epicenter venture back inside the restricted area. The whole opposite-side-of-the-rim effect still applies, but is much less drastic; compared to baseline attempts, centralized jump shots beget more centralized rebounding signatures.
Using the information here we can contemplate the confluence of FG%, points per attempt, and offensive rebounding %; we can begin to think about shot selection in the NBA from a more informed plateau. With this in mind, the midrange jumper is the least efficient shot in basketball, it results in the fewest points and also kills possessions at the highest rates. Does this mean midrange shots are always foolish? Of course not, many of the NBAs best teams like Boston, Miami, and Oklahoma City effectively use the midrange shot on a frequent basis. Regardless, league-wide the efficiency of a shot cannot simply be judged by its expected point total; we must also consider the offensive rebounding rate, which determines whether a given possession ends or whether the offense gets another try. With this in mind, getting shots near the rim has a double-benefit: 1) close shots have a higher FG%, and 2) missed close shots more commonly result in second and third chances for the offense.
Rebounding is one of the most important facets of basketball. According to the guru, Dr. Dean Oliver, rebounding is one of the most important 4 components of basketball, yet to this point we know little about it. However, thanks to emerging data and analytics, we are beginning to change that.
I wanted to thank the nice folks at Stats Inc., especially Brian Kopp and Ryan Warkins, for their help with this project. Thanks to SportVu data we can now analyze basketball in exciting new ways. As the NBA enters its own version of the Big Data era, we all benefit. Optical tracking data will enable analysts to understand basketball and communicate about basketball in transformative new ways. This data will not only feed the addictions of NBA geeks like me, but they also will help everyone learn a little more about basketball basics. There is an exciting new opportunity for analytics to go beyond helping one team beat another team, but to help the community at-large acquire fundamental knowledge about the game we all love.
Nothing really earthshattering here. Shots result in weakside rebounds. The interactive graphic is pretty cool. Shows that 40% of all shots come inside the lane. 55.4% result in made field goals, while 35% of the misses result in offensive rebounds.
I know people scoff at the idea of "smashmouth basketball" but those reasons right there is why there is such an important emphasis on getting the ball inside and keeping it inside.


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A's Option RHP Arnold Leon to Sacramento
The Oakland A's optioned right-handed pitcher Arnold Leon to Triple-A Sacramento, the club announced today.
The A's now have 46 players in camp. That includes 37 players on the 40-man roster and nine non-roster invitees. The breakdown includes 21 pitchers, four catchers, 13 infielders and eight outfielders.


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More than 9,400 visitors and 650 exhibitors flocked to Paris for the April event.
According to event organizers, more than 9,400 unique visitors from around the globe visited in-cosmetics 2013—a 20% increase on the previous record for visitor numbers. Sixty percent of those attendees traveled to Paris from outside France to discover new ingredients, formulations and an extensive educational program. More than 650 exhibitors packed the show floor, including more than 100 companies who had never been to an in-cosmetics event before.
Chosen to tie in with 2013's status as the UN's International Year of Water Co-operation, the theme of the Paris event was H₂0. Visitors were invited to follow a trail around the hall that highlighted the new technologies, formulations and product concepts currently employing water in innovative ways.
A "Testing and Regulation Zone" housed first-time exhibitors specializing in this increasingly important sector of the personal care industry, offering advice and support on cosmetics safety, efficacy, claims, quality and regulatory compliance. The new features were rounded off by the "Fragrance in Cosmetics Zone," a dedicated area where exhibitors specializing in fragrance were concentrated.
The 2013 series of workshops, innovation seminars and marketing trends sessions covered a wide cross section of topics, all of which were designed to inform and educate attendees on the issues currently impacting the industry. Offering insight from suppliers on the latest ingredients, case studies from international companies and the experience of industry experts, many of these sessions were filled to capacity.
Innovation was celebrated at the show in a glittering awards ceremony at the end of the first day.


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CARSON Calif.—It was here at The Home Depot Center, where he'll play for his second consecutive MLS Cup championship on Saturday afternoon, that David Beckham also hit rock bottom.
In the summer of 2009, long before anyone could have imagined that the world-famous midfielder's American adventure would conclude with such celebration and reverence, Beckham was public enemy No. 1 among his own team's most devoted fans.
"The Beckham Experiment," a book that chronicled the misery of the player's first couple of seasons with the L.A. Galaxy, focusing on the upheaval, feuding and meddling that resulted from a clash of cultures at the club, had just been released and was an immediate best seller. Meanwhile, Beckham spent the spring on loan at Italian giant AC Milan, missing MLS games while working to keep himself in contention for a place on the English national team.
The Galaxy had missed the playoffs three consecutive years. Tension was high. In July, Beckham finally returned to the HDC, where more than 5,000 fans and the mayor of Los Angeles had attended his introductory news conference two years earlier. This time, instead of confetti, there was abuse.
"GO HOME FRAUD," read one banner, which featured Beckham's famous No. 23 crossed out in red paint. "HERE BEFORE, HERE AFTER, HERE DESPITE 23," read another.
As Beckham left the field at halftime, he gestured toward a fan who then leaped from the stands and was wrangled by security. It wasn't supposed to be this way.
"I've played the villain quite a few times in my career," Beckham said Thursday. "(But) I've never been booed by my own fans."
For the past two weeks, ever since he announced Saturday's game would be his last as a member of the Galaxy, Beckham's five-plus years in MLS have been celebrated as a turning point for American soccer.
"There are very few people anywhere in the world who don't know about Major League Soccer because David has been here, and I don't know we could have that global awareness and credibility just with the other positive developments," MLS commissioner Don Garber said Thursday. "I think David was really able to push the positive growth and developments to a global level."
Indeed, MLS is unrecognizable compared to itself in '06, the year before Beckham arrived. There are 19 clubs now instead of 12. Attendance is up more than 20 percent, and the average player salary has risen more than 80 percent. There are 10 new stadiums, with an 11th on the way in San Jose. And Beckham opened the door for other big-name foreigners, with the likes of Thierry Henry, Robbie Keane and Alessandro Nesta following in his footsteps.
While MLS and the Galaxy trumpet those statistics as Beckham's ultimate legacy, he was somewhat shy about taking credit on Thursday.
"It's down to other people to decide what my own impact on the game here has been and on the sport," he said.
The league's 'maturation'
If so, then those people shouldn't forget about what happened that day at The Home Depot Center in '09, because that moment—when L.A. fans ripped off their rose-colored glasses, ignored the celebrity and demanded accountability from their club's highest-paid player—also was a turning point. Beckham, even at his worst, helped American soccer supporters grow up. It became about the club, not the man.
"I think there was a maturation, and that's a credit to him, really," said Galaxy defender Todd Dunivant, Beckham's teammate since '09. "He brought along the fans. It's not just, 'Now just come out and see one guy.' It's 'Come out and see MLS as a product and our team, which is not just one guy.' People have realized that now."
Beginning in the summer of '09, Beckham, his management team, the Galaxy and the league began to realize that results really did matter. The publicity junket was over. In Carson, the Angel City Brigade and the L.A. Riot Squad reclaimed their stadium from the celebrities who drew the attention toward Victoria Beckham's luxury suite.
On the road, where L.A. initially had been greeted by sold-out crowds who seemed more interested in taking photographs of Beckham's corner kicks than in cheering the home team to victory, there was a gradual evolution.
This wasn't "American Idol" on tour. It was competitive sports.
Perhaps it was Beckham's apparent early disdain for MLS that prompted indignant fans to defend their league. Maybe the Galaxy's money and star power, while attractive at first, turned them into a soccer version of the New York Yankees that many realized they would love to hate.
Either way, Beckham was a catalyst for the maturation of MLS' supporters culture. The early difficulties and controversy, the loans and injuries and the subsequent success (L.A. is in its third final in four years) couldn't be ignored and forced fans to pick a side.
Growing every team's fan base
While Galaxy supporters demanded results, their counterparts around the league rallied in greater numbers to their clubs' cause. As the seasons passed, other teams established their own identities. There were the big spenders like the New York Red Bulls and Toronto FC who hoped to follow the Galaxy's lead. Some took an alternative route, hoping to win through guile, smarts and collective commitment. Clubs like Real Salt Lake and the Houston Dynamo, L.A.'s foe on Saturday afternoon, positioned themselves in opposition.
"In the early days, in 2007, there was a clear direct impact when he would travel and people would come to watch just simply because they wanted to see David Beckham," Garber said. "But the league is different from that now. There's a real supporters culture. There's a real club affinity. There are a lot of people out there who are happy to come see David play and hope that he wouldn't score a goal as opposed to hope that they would see a highlight on "SportsCenter." I think that speaks to the development of the MLS fan base."
Much of that certainly is organic and the product of time and investment. But Beckham deserves some credit for it. Whether he was scoring a goal on a stunning free kick or diving into a tackle and drawing a yellow card (he has more than any MLS player the past three years), whether he was abandoning the Galaxy to head off on loan or demonstrating the genuine and tireless commitment to growing the league we've seen over the past few seasons, Beckham remained impossible to ignore.
He did more than introduce MLS to the world. He helped introduce the soccer world's passion, angst and debate to MLS.
"I've had abuse from fans before. That's kind of a week-in, week-out thing when you play in Europe," Beckham said. "When you go away to opposing grounds, it happens. You're booed. You're jeered. It's one of those things that happens. I'm used to that side of it.
"And I'm glad it's not like that anymore because it's never a happy moment stepping out into your own stadium and being booed by your own fans and seeing some of the banners that were out up there. But it is what it was at the time. It happened. Fans weren't happy, and I just did what I always do, which is talk on the field and work hard and hopefully I turn people around. And if I don't, then that's the way it is. I'm not going to lose any sleep over it. At the end of the day, I was happy that I turned it around and now I think the majority of the fans are on my side."
In L.A., that's certainly the case. Since recovering from an Achilles injury sustained while with Milan in early 2010, Beckham has been outstanding. He helped lead the Galaxy to two consecutive Supporters Shield titles, the 2011 MLS Cup championship and Saturday's final vs. Houston (4:30 p.m. ET, ESPN). He has nine goals and 29 assists in league play over the past two years.
On the road, the fans haven't been on his side. And that's the way it should be.
"I think it was a bit awkward for the first couple of years," San Jose Earthquakes striker Chris Wondolowski told Sporting News on Thursday, shortly after accepting the league MVP Award. "I think the fans now started to see that. And I know when Beckham came up to San Jose for the last game, there were a lot of signs against him and stuff like that. Our fans have the understanding."
Going forward
The home-team affinity Garber mentioned is what will carry MLS forward. The league doesn't need to replace Beckham. There aren't many players who could, anyway. Instead, it can ride the wave of partisanship he helped foment.
"He's done more in MLS and for MLS than any of us ever would have imagined," Galaxy coach Bruce Arena said last week.
In May, Montreal Impact fans distracted Beckham during an on-field television interview by taunting him with Spice Girls songs. This was their club's first-year in MLS, their first chance to see the English icon in action and there was little reverence on display. They cared only about announcing their own presence and supporting their own club. MLS had come of age.


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As part of its efforts to strengthen its digital footprint, Walmart has launched its first-ever original reality series developed specifically for the Web.
The new weekly Web series highlights 20 finalists in the Walmart Get on the Shelf contest, which encourages entrepreneurs to present products to Walmart customers.
Each week, four different finalists will showcase their products in an effort to gain public votes and get their item sold on Walmart.com, and possibly in Walmart stores. The five weekly "webisodes," which go live on Tuesdays from Sept. 24 through Oct. 22, feature a group of finalists under the same theme, such as Kid Stuff or Great Gadgets. The webisodes give viewers a chance to learn more about the entrepreneurs behind the inventions and watch as they pitch their product to a panel of Walmart.com judges.
After each weekly webisode, voters have 72 hours to cast their votes for the winner, who will have their product sold on Walmart.com. A grand prize winner will also be selected based on the number of preorders of the product, and will receive additional support marketing from Walmart.com plus an introduction to the Walmart stores' merchandising team to potentially be sold in Walmart stores.
"Get on the Shelf celebrates the resilient and tenacious spirit of American entrepreneurs, many of whom have been working hard for a big break like this," said Kelly Thompson, SVP of merchandising for Walmart.com. "The Web series creates more exposure for finalists to share their inspiring stories, which makes for captivating reality TV that's also interactive since American consumers can vote for the next great product at Walmart.com."


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Leading Dairy Nutrition Researchers in Fatty Acid Webinar Series
The most comprehensive exploration of research into the impact of Fatty Acids on dairy cow performance will be provided through a series of webinars with Dr. Tom Jenkins from Clemson University, Dr. Jose Santos from the University of Florida, and Dr. Bill Thatcher from the University of Florida as primary contributors. The free webinar series sponsored by Virtus Nutrition will cover a broad spectrum of fatty acid research with Dr. Jenkins providing a nutrition perspective, Dr. Santos offer a valuable combination of applied reproductive research, and Dr. Thatcher presenting results from his research with a focus on reproductive physiology. This trio of experts has been committed through ongoing research and innovation to improving the understanding of fatty acid nutrition and physiology and their findings will be presented in The Fatty Acid Forum webinar series. According to Dr. Kevin Murphy, Global Technical Director for Virtus Nutrition, "The Fatty Acid Forum is part of our larger commitment to research and innovation for herd health improvement and dairy performance. Offering this series at no charge in webinar form lets world class researchers share their most important findings and emerging best practices in a convenient and accessible way with the dairy nutrition community that operates with very busy professional schedules."
Dr. Jenkins kicks off the series on Thursday, May 24th with a discussion on "Feed Lipids: Nomenclature and Analysis," including a review of the basic structures of simple versus compound lipids, saturated versus unsaturated, as well as fatty acid content versus profile and how feeds vary. This practical session will run approximately 20 minutes in length, followed by an interactive question and answer session to help participants glean the information they want in order to apply to their current approach to dairy nutrition. Subsequent topics by Dr. Jenkins will include such subjects as "Rumen Transformations of Feed Lipids" and "Fat Feeding Strategies to Maximize Returns."
Mark your calendar now for the inaugural webinar:
"Feed Lipids: Nomenclature and Analysis,"
Dr. Tom Jenkins, Clemson University
Thursday, May 24th 2012
To register for the free webinar on May 24th, please visit the Virtus Nutrition website at www.virtusnutrition.com/thefattyacidforum. All of The Fatty Acid Forum webinars are free and will be recorded and stored on the Virtus Nutrition website for future reference.
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A SELECTION of books on the First World War has been bought for Darwen Library by the friends' group.
They will be displayed shortly and become available to the public from mid-February.
Among them is an impressive photographic narrative of the war produced by the Imperial War Museum and retailing at £40.
Poetry is represented by an anthology and a rare volume of war poems by Siegfried Sassoon, first published in 1919.
Friends of Darwen Library chairman John East said: "We have spent well over £1,500 on books for the library and this is just the latest selection."


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Efficacy Study of Water Drinking on PKD Progression. (ESWP)
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|Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease. Disease Progression
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Case Control
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Efficacy Study of Long-term Water Intake on the Progression of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD).
- Total kidney volume (TKV) measured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). [ Time Frame: One year (12 months) and pre-study period. ]The relationship between urine volume (and urine osmolality) and change of TKV. TKV slopes are compared between pre-study and study period.
- Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) estimated by plasma creatinine and cystatin C. [ Time Frame: One year (12 months) ]The relationship between urine volume (and urine osmolality) and change of GFR.
- Plasma arginine vasopressin (AVP, Copeptin) level. [ Time Frame: 4-8-12 months ]The relationship between urine volume (osmolality) and plasma AVP.
- Quality of life (QOL) questionnaire. [ Time Frame: 4-8-12 months ]The relationship between QOL and urine volume.
Biospecimen Retention: Samples Without DNA
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|April 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|January 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|November 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Water Load Group
Water load group: 2.5 ~ 3 L water intake daily for 12 months (50ml/Kg body weight/day). When large amount water intake is not sustainable, patients can reduce the amount of water intake to the levels as much as large he or she can sustain.
Non-Water Loaded Group
Non-water load group: The patients are free to access water intake, as they like.
Detailed Description:
Abstract Background Increased water intake slows autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) progression in animal models, but clinical implication of this finding is unknown.
Methods The prospective one-year study was conducted on 34 ADPKD patients with creatinine clearance≧50 ml/min/1.73m2. Prior to the enrollment, 30 patients annually evaluated TKV and 24-hour urine for more than one year. Patients were divided into high (H-, n = 18) and free (F-, n = 16) water-intake groups. Total kidney volume (TKV) was measured at the beginning and end of the study. Twenty-four-hour urine and blood were analyzed every four months.
Results Prior to the study, urine volume (UV) in H-group was higher (P = 0.034), but pertinent data including TKV and kidney function slopes were not significantly different between two groups. During the study, UV further increased (P <0.001) in H-group but not in F-group. Plasma copeptin was lower (P = 0.024) in H-group than in F-group. Kidney function and TKV slopes became worse in H-group (P = 0.011 and 0.047, respectively) but not in F-group. High UV associated with increased urine sodium (UNa) and rapid decrease in eGFR(Eqcr-cys) (MDRD equation with cystatin C incorporated) (P = 0.043). UNa positively correlated with % increase in TKV (P = 0.014) and plasma copeptin weakly with increase in TKV (P = 0.038), respectively.
Conclusions Although statistical significance was not reached, high water intake appeared to accelerate rather than prevent disease progression, and these findings necessitate a long-term randomized study before drawing a final conclusion.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|20 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- The patients with ADPKD
- The patients who consent to the study protocol
- Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) or Creatinine Clearance greater than 50ml/min/1.73m2
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients who might be danger to drink large amount of water such as having heart failure or past history of cerebrovascular or cardiovascular disorders.
- The patients who take habitual medication which affects the AVP action such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI ), tricyclic antidepressants or diuretics.
- The patients who is considered inappropriate by physicians.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01348035
|Department of Urology, Kyorin University Hospital
|Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan, 181-8611
|Principal Investigator:
|Eiji Higashihara, M.D.
|Kyorin University
|Responsible Party:
|Eiji Higashihara, MD, Professor, Kyorin University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01348035 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|May 3, 2011
|Last Updated:
|December 21, 2013
Keywords provided by Eiji Higashihara, MD, Kyorin University:
Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease.
Arginine vasopressin
Total Kidney Volume
Glomerular Filtration Rate
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Kidney Diseases
Disease Progression
Polycystic Kidney Diseases
Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant
Urologic Diseases
Disease Attributes
Pathologic Processes
Kidney Diseases, Cystic
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 25, 2017


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Orioles and Indians complete trade
Today the Indians acquired INF/OF TORSTEN BOSS from the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for RHP PRESTON GUILMET, who was designated for assignment on March 30.
Boss, 23, opened the 2014 season in Single-A Frederick, appearing in one game thus far (1-3, 2B, RS). He spent the 2013 season at Single-A Delmarva of the South Atlantic League, hitting .238 (92-386) with 21 doubles, 2 triples, 7 home runs and 45 RBI in 106 games (44RS, 53BB, .333OB%). The Lowell, Michigan native was Baltimore's 8th round selection in the 2012 First-Year Player Draft out of Michigan State. He has been assigned to the A Carolina roster.


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I know, I know. This was first meant to be a blog about why you should stay with us in our hostel. It then morphed into a blog about why you should stay in Lunenburg County … well, today I'm just going to go right ahead and smash down that final barrier and say you should visit Nova Scotia! Because today (well, yesterday) we spent the day in Brier Island, and I can't even begin to explain what an incredible experience it was.
It was our intention to get up super-early and get going, however with garbage day and visitors in the hostel we didn't end up getting away until nearly 9am. Still, we made it to the Island by noon, and even stopped a couple times on the way.
The drive through the middle of the province was winding and lovely — if we were going to take it easy we would have checked into Caledonia House Hostel for the night and spent the day in Kejimkujik National Park. Sharon & Dan run that backpackers hostel, and they are lovely hosts … and so close to Keji! It would have been perfect. Sadly, we are on a pretty tight budget for time, as there were people staying in the hostel, so we just plodded on passing through so many quaint little communities – I really would have loved to have stopped. We stopped briefly in Digby to grab some motion sickness pills for our 4 and 9 year olds, and a quick bite to eat from Timmies (yup – there's a Tim Hortons pretty much everywhere) and then on to the first of two ferry rides.
The first took us to Long Island (… pity we couldn't stop for an ice tea ). The boat ride was super quick, and Long Island was lovely. Little homes dotted here and there, the balancing rock (well worth the hike to see), shops, a school, cafe … a busy little island which we didn't really have time to stop here though because our final destination was Brier Island, and we were hightailing it. The second ferry took a bit longer (like 7 minutes instead of 5) and we were there.
The first thing I saw was a local riding his lawn tractor down the road. Lawn tractors, 4-wheelers, golf carts … part of the regular flow of traffic on Brier Island. I was instantly in love. With the Island, not the local.
Our first stop was at Brier Island Backpackers to see Wally & Joyce. What an incredible hostel they have there. Colourful rooms, huge big kitchen & common room .. and the view? Absolutely breathtaking! Gorgeous!!
There was no time for chitchat, though, as Wally & Joyce bundled us up in the special wet-weather-flotation-gear and packed us into their zodiac. We practically flew out into the open ocean … and there? It happened.
Whoosh! A big spray of water up into the air and seconds later WOW the stinkiest smell … whale breath (glad I didn't have to kiss one!). We found a whale who did some lovely dives for us. We sat and watched for a while and them zoom! We were off again and .. wonder of all wonders .. found a mother and her calf. Whale, not cow. We're in the middle of the ocean, right? It was absolutely magnificent. They put on such a show for us – swimming along the top of the water for ages, blowing, rolling over, diving and showing us their massive great tails and, la pièce de résistance, the full breach. Two times. Seriously. If you haven't seen it, you haven't breathed.
Our three hours on the water passed far too quickly and we headed back (mostly, I think, because our 4-year old had had enough). We visited the lighthouse and the stunning beach. Ah! There was so much unexplored but we were running out of time . We had a delicious dinner at the Cafe there next to the Hostel — truly delicious: fried and yet completely ungreasy fish & chips. We met a very cool little puppy named Seven and Wally gave some dog treats to the kids to feed the sweet little guy. We watched a man drive his lawn tractor to the gas station and fill up with $1.87 gas and then drive off back home again. We caught the 7:25pm ferry to Long Island and began the treck back home. We got home at around 11pm.
So yes, please, come to Lunenburg and stay with us at our hostel where we have campfires and marshmallows every night the stars are out, and we are as relaxed and comfy and friendly as can be. Do it, because you'll love it here. And it's cheap .. even better, right?
But if you're coming to Nova Scotia you simply have to make the trip to Brier Island. And if you're coming to Nova Scotia and planning to go whale watching? Don't do it from anywhere else. Brier Island is right there .. right at the open ocean. The Atlantic is surrounding you — it's only a quick drive. You get to spend all your time watching one of the greatest creatures on earth. And if you're going to Brier Island, you've got to stay at the hostel there. I mean, there's an "upper class" lodge you can stay at of course. Which, I am sure, is incredible. But seriously – why go to Brier Island and not spend the night? It isn't a day trip — there's too much to see and do. Me? I could live there quite happily. But it's worth at LEAST one night, but more likely two or three. It's heaven!


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OROVILLE -- In the wake of the mass killings last December at an elementary school in Connecticut, local school officials are taking steps to improve on the plans they have in place, should it happen in Butte County.
The first step was taken Monday with an active-shooter training seminar attended in Oroville by 60 representatives of school districts, law enforcement, fire departments and other first responders countywide.
County Superintendent of Schools Tim Taylor noted he didn't think he would ever be hosting such training for elementary and middle schools.
"This is the times we're in," he said.
Two officers from Sacramento Sheriff's Department, Sgt. Joe Basham and Sgt. Mike Haynes, led the four-hour training at the Feather River Tribal Health building.
Basham said he has been working on the training program since the incident at Sandy Hook School in Newtown. The two touched on the characteristics of a school shooter, along with specific areas of response plans, but focused particularly on schools' relationships with first responders.
Basham said that typically, mass shootings such as the one at Sandy Hook are well thought out and planned in advance.
And typically, there are students who know something is going to happen, but they fail to tell anyone. "We need to get kids to tell us," he said. "We need to teach them it's important to tell us when they hear of something that is going to go off the rail."
Haynes asked school representatives at the meeting about lockdown drills. Most districts and campuses have plans in place, but some differ in how those plans are carried out.
Though there has not been a fatal incident in Butte County, local schools aren't strangers to lockdowns.
One of the things Basham said the schools should train on is the system they use to make calls to parents.
He said a school in Placerville had implemented a reverse-call system, but it used the same system utilized for announcements and shut down the entire telephone system. He recommended putting reverse-call systems on separate lines.
Basham said counties are moving toward returning special officers to schools, but Haynes also recommended the schools develop relationships with law enforcement. He suggested schools invite officers and other first responders to school events, partly to assure safety and also to get acquainted with the campus and staff.
Basham also asked what kind of systems the different schools use to announce lockdowns. Some of the schools use the public address system, though it was noted there are teachers who turn those down in the classroom. Other schools use a bell system.
"Get together and work out what works well with emergency responders," said Basham, adding schools should invest in an alarm system.
He suggested the districts get together and form a safety committee to work on notifications and other issues so there is consistency with all the districts in the county.
"This is kind of something we aren't (really) prepared for: what do we do if there's a gunman on our facility," Basham continued. "Columbine was a wakeup call, but we all got lazy. Sandy Hook happened and it freaked us out."
One of the main purposes of the seminar was to show school officials the different priorities and roles police, firefighters and medics have in an emergency.
"That's why we're here, to try to bring these two very different entities together to make sure they are on the same page, working together," said BCOE program manager Bruce Baldwin.
Other subjects were also discussed, such as who would call 9-1-1, how students would be evacuated and the importance of having backup to replace a teacher or member of staff to help deal with children when the emergency is over.
One of the speakers recommended the districts conduct a complete drill, utilizing all agencies that would be involved in a real active-shooter incident.
Haynes concluded the program by saying that the schools don't have to "reinvent the wheel."
"If you have a good policy, share it," he said.
BCOE will host a more intense, detailed safe schools summit on June 11 and 12.
The summit will be to "really dive into school plans" from what was learned Monday, Baldwin said.
Reach Barbara Arrigoni at 533-3136 or email@example.com.


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Three County Employees Receive Prestigious Award
June 22, 2010
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Three employees have been selected to receive the Onthank Award, the highest honor Fairfax County bestows on its employees. The awards were presented today at the regularly scheduled meeting of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.
2009 awardees:
- Steve Aitcheson, director, Maintenance and Stormwater Management Division, Department of Public Works and Environmental Services.
- Len Wales, county debt manager, Department of Management and Budget.
- Grace P. Starbird, retired, Area Agency on Aging, Department of Family Services.
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. - Police have arrested two students for their involvement in the fight near Kissimmee Middle School that was caught on video and posted to Facebook last week.
Kissimmee police arrested a 14-year-old male student from Kissimmee Middle School before the start of school on Tuesday. A 16-year-old male student from New Beginnings Education Center was also arrested Thursday.
They have both been take to Orange County Juvenile Detention Center on disorderly conduct charges.
The video, apparently posted to Facebook by one of the students, shows two boys fighting while several others cheer them on. After they finish fighting, two other students enter the circle of people and begin fighting.
"It was important for the Kissimmee Police Department to make a very visible and public and arrest in this case," said Chief Lee Massie, "We needed to make a point to the other students witnessing the arrest that participation in that type of behavior comes with serious consequences."
Two other students may also be charged in the fight, according to police.
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Written by SiHien Goh, Kapitall Contributor There are very few days when a stock takes a 40% dive and I wish it crashed even more. Verifone [PAY] is beginning to feel like one of them. If you haven't noticed, Verifone's stock dropped 42.8%on Feb 21, 2013 after it announced in a press release that it now expects net income for the first quarter ending January 30 th to be significantly less than what it originally guided. The company now believes that its first quarter net income will come in at 45 cents to 50 cents a share as compared to Wall Street's consensus of 80 cents a share. The result? Verifone was punished viciously by the market and a billion dollars was wiped off its market value in less than 24 hours, leaving the company at a market cap of 1.97 billion. In a research note to its clients, SunTrust expressed its shock and simply commented, "We are simply at a loss to explain such a huge miss." The rest of the Street also threw in the towel — Deutsche Bank now rates Verifone as a sell, dropping its price target to $15 a share; Wedbush reduced its price target from $33 to $22 while UBS similarly cut its rating from $39 to $26. Reading into some of the market commentary on this company, it seems as if Verifone should be immediately euthanized and put to bed as soon as possible. But is it really such troubled times at the largest credit card swipe machine maker in the world? Verifone engages in the design and marketing of point-of-sale electronic payment devices, security and encryption software and other value-added services. If you have used a debit or credit card to pay for your meal at a McDonalds or a White Castle chain, chances are that you would be swiping your card on a Verifone machine. If you live in New York City, look out for the Verifone card reader the next time you are paying with a credit card on a yellow cab. In fact, the next time you go to a petrol kiosk that allows you to pay at the pump with a swipe of your credit card, look out again for Verifone's logo imprinted on the card machine. Simply put, Verifone is the market leader in payment terminals. According to Value Line Research, the company works with 70% of the top 1,000 retailers in America and 83% of the top 200. In fact, it really only has one other strong competitor in the payment devices business and that is French-based Ingenico SA (used in 7-Eleven convenience stores in New York City). With an impressive line-up of customers and such an entrenched business, does it really sound like a dying business to us?
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If you've ever been left out, picked last, called names, felt that you'd never really be accepted for who you are, you should watch this. If you've ever done the leaving out and the name calling, you need to watch this too.
Bullied as a child, spoken word performer Shane Koyczan kneads his experiences into powerful poetry. His piece about bullying is now a short animation. It rises above the bruises left by words and the hiding places pills can't provide, all the way up to a place of beauty. The video is a collaborative piece, created using 20 second segments contributed by animators and artists. It will surely prompt reflection and discussion. It also promotes more formal anti-bullying efforts.
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A STRETCH of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal is set to reopen to boaters next week following major repairs to the embankment near Abergavenny.
A two-kilometre-stretch of the canal between Llanfoist and Govilon was closed in January after the embankment slipped down the side of the Blorenge Mountain after becoming saturated with water during the torrential rain over Christmas.
Glandwr Cymru, the Canal and River Trust in Wales, which cares for the 200 year-old waterway, began repair work, which is expected to cost nearly £1million last month.
Almost 500 massive pins, each between 10 and 15 metres long have been put in place along the canal side at Llanfoist. While the remainder of the canal has remained open since work began in February, the full length of the waterway will now be navigable by boat for the first time this year from April 25, bringing a welcome boost to the area.
The final pins will be put in place over the coming weeks, together with a mesh to secure them in place. New vegetation will be planted along the embankment to take the place of trees that had to be cut down to allow engineers to carry out the work. It is hoped a 500-metre section of towpath next to the affected stretch will re-open at the end of May, meanwhile walkers, cyclists and other towpath visitors can continue to use the canal thanks to a short diversion around the closed section.
Vince Morgan, operations director at Glandwr Cymru said: "We are delighted to get the full length of the canal re-opened in time for the busiest period of the year. The Mon and Brecon contributes millions to the local economy, so we hope this comes as good news for all those businesses who build their trade around a busy spring and summer."
"For a 200-year old canal it remains stubbornly robust, but even it had no answer to the unprecedented rainfall we saw over the festive period. The engineering project has been huge, 500 pins effectively nailing the embankment back against the bedrock. But we are pleased with how it has gone so far and delighted that people have continued to visit the canal over the past two months. Now the navigation is open for business again we hope that even more people get down to see what is one of the jewels of the Brecon Beacons."
Images of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal can also now be seen online after the first Street View images of some of Wales' most iconic waterways, generated by Google Street View's latest piece of technology- The Trekker, became available last week.
Gland?r Cymru -the Canal & River Trust in Wales –was the first organisation in the UK to take the Trekker on loan from Google. From August until November last year staff from the charity captured footage of over 130miles of waterways, which will now be available so people can make a virtual trip along a variety of waterway spots.
The Trekker – a four-foot, 40lbs backpack, fitted with a 15-angle lens camera, taking 360 degree pictures every 2.5 seconds – is designed to capture imagery in public locations that the Street View car and Trike can't typically reach.
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text: Poca hands Hoover its first loss By Rick Ryan April 19, 2013 Story Share POCA, W.Va. - Turns out that Herbert Hoover is human, after all. Very human, in fact.The unbeaten and No. 1-ranked Huskies committed five errors and Poca pounced on the extra chances all the way through, battering its way to a 12-4 Cardinal Conference victory Friday night.Sophomore right-hander Noah Frampton went the distance for the Dots (13-5), the No. 7 team in the Gazette's Class AA state ratings, and also contributed at the plate, going 3 for 4 with two doubles and drove in four runs."They were all fired up for this,'' Poca coach Gene Estel said of his players. "This was a big game for us.''The Dots were all too eager to capitalize on Hoover's miscues, since they suffered a 10-0 loss to the Huskies and ace pitcher Tristan Fields at Falling Rock on April 2."We just came out ready to play this game,'' Frampton said. "It was early in the season [the first time versus Hoover] and I don't think we were really prepared. Tonight we knew we were going to face Fields and we knew we had to hit him because he's a very good pitcher - and we did.''Hoover (16-1) entered the game as one of two unbeaten teams remaining in the state (Class A Gilmer County at 18-0 being the other), but fell behind 6-0 after two innings, with all those runs unearned due to four early Huskies errors. In all, nine of Poca's 12 runs were unearned. "They put the ball in play and we didn't make the play,'' said Hoover coach Brian Young. "That was it exactly. That set the tone for the ballgame. When you put yourself in that-type of hole, it's tough to battle back from.''Hoover actually outhit Poca 13-8, but the Dots came through with more timely knocks.Frampton smacked a two-run double to highlight a five-run second inning for the Dots and later added another two-run double in the fifth as Poca flirted with a mercy-rule stoppage. Four runs in the bottom of the fifth bumped the lead to 12-3 and the Dots had a runner at second with two out and a chance to end the game early, but Hoover got an out to buy more time.Only one of those fifth-inning runs was earned - Evan McClanahan launched a solo homer to right-center field - because Hoover dropped a foul pop along the third-base line with one out. That batter, Matt Chandler, was then hit by an 0-2 pitch and the next hitter whiffed, but Frampton followed with a two-run double and Brett Watts (2 for 4) stroked an RBI double. "They're a very, very good team,'' Frampton said, "and they usually make the routine plays. The few mistakes they do make, we had to pounce on them, and we did tonight.''Frampton wasn't overpowering - he permitted 13 hits and fanned only three - but the end result was certainly more pleasing than the last time he faced the Huskies."He took the loss up there,'' Estel said, "and we [coaches] were trying to decide what we were going to do earlier this week and who we were going to throw. I asked Noah [Thursday], 'Do you want the ball?' And he said, 'Yeah, I want it - worse than I've ever wanted anything.' I said, 'All right, that's all I needed to hear.' He was pumped up coming in - maybe a little bit too pumped up a couple times - but we got him dialed back in and told him to stay within himself.''Frampton also got solid support from his defense, which committed no errors even thought it had to handle 18 of the 21 outs. Third baseman Chandler handled six ground balls cleanly for putouts at first. Second baseman Skyler Vealey made a superb lunging stab to rob Ryan Shamblin of a hit in the fifth inning and center fielder Jake Payne pulled off a fantastic diving catch to end the sixth, leaping to his feet and doubling a runner off second base."They made every play tonight,'' Young said.The victory kept Poca afloat in the Cardinal Conference race, boosting its league record to 5-1, good for second place behind Hoover (8-1)."Our first goal at the beginning of the season was to win the conference,'' Estel said. "I don't know if Poca's ever won the Cardinal Conference in baseball."We didn't really talk about [the earlier loss to Hoover] because that's just one more thing of pressure for us. We figure if we can make it through our sectional, they're probably the team we'll see in the regional semifinals. We wanted to come out hard and give them something to think about. They jumped on us early and we came back tonight and played well with them and got a split. Now we'll see what happens.''For Hoover, Shamblin finished 3 for 4 with a triple and an RBI, Cody Bowen (3 for 4) had two RBIs and Fields went 2 for 4 with a double and an RBI. Corey Bird, a Marshall recruit and one of the Kanawha Valley's leading hitters, went 0 for 3 with a walk. Reach Rick Ryan at 304-348-5175 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Philanthropist Betty Schoenbaum of Shoney's fortune turns 100 2 YWCA Charleston's Women of Achievement to be honored in March 3 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 4 WVU pulls away from Kansas for 56-34 win 5 'Heroin(e)' spotlights women helping combat Huntington's drug crisis Prep baseball linescores -- April 19 Previous Story Mountaineers wrap up spring drills today Next Story


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Gaspar Noé. Do you know that name? If not go and rent a movie called Irreversible. Are you back? I apologize. I know that was really hard to watch. Now you will never forget the name Gaspar Noé. He's a French director who up until this point had ridden the line between "The next Stanley Kubrick!" and "Disgusting useless film maker". He has a new movie called Enter the Void which will help the world decide which tag line will be set upon his name permanently.
I'm not sure why but there is violence that is wrong, violence like porn and violence like art. Our world has a large pool of music that fits in the violence as art category. Maybe violence as a musical form is the easiest way we as humans digest and excise such dark parts of our physiques. What I find so interesting about Gaspar Noé's films is how they seem less like movies and more like my favorite evil album.
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Now that you have heard about all the benefits of exercise as you age, you are ready to hit the gym or the dance floor…or at least go for a daily walk. There is only one problem: your joints or muscles do not want to cooperate. Is it too late to limber up?
According to the American College of Sports Medicine, flexibility (the range of motion of a joint) decreases with age and physical inactivity. Inactivity can cause your muscles, tendons, and ligaments to get shorter over time. However, regardless of your age, you can increase your flexibility and prepare your body for activity by incorporating stretching into your daily routine. Do not forget, though, that aerobic fitness and strengthening are also important as you age. Balance-improving exercise such as tai chi may also improve well-being and reduce the risk of falling.
A daily stretching routine may offer your these benefits:
The National Institute on Aging offers these tips:
These exercises, from the National Institute of Aging, can help increase your flexibility when performed on a regular basis:
To stretch the muscles in back of the thigh:
To stretch the lower leg muscles in 2 ways—with the knee straight and the knee bent:
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To stretch your wrist muscles:
To stretch the muscles in front of the thighs:
To stretch the muscles of the pelvis and inner thigh:
Note: Don't do this exercise if you have had a hip replacement, unless your doctor has given you approval.
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Physical activity guidelines: Older adults. Department of Health and Human Services website. Available at: http://www.health.gov/paguidelines/guidelines/default.aspx. Updated February 10, 2016. Accessed February 10, 2016.
Sample Exercises—flexibility. National Institute on Aging website. Available at http://www.nia.nih.gov/health/publication/exercise-physical-activity-your-everyday-guide-national-institute-aging/sample-2. Updated January 21, 2016. Accessed February 10, 2016.
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