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New Texas Paddling Trail to Open in Seguin
SEGUIN – The 22nd Texas Paddling Trail will open on Wednesday, Nov. 10, along a two-mile stretch of the scenic Guadalupe River. City officials and representatives of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will gather at the concrete dock in Max Starcke Park for a 5:15 p.m. ceremony dedicating the new Seguin Paddling Trail.
Max Starcke Park on City Lake has been designated the trail's put-in and take-out spot for the new paddling trail, eliminating the need for a shuttle. Due to the river's being dammed at Starcke Park, the slow current allows for kayakers and canoeists to paddle two miles upstream to the Texas Highway 46 bridge and back to complete the four-mile trail. The trip will take one to three hours depending on the time spent on the river, water level, flow rate and wind speed.
An informational kiosk erected in the park, which opened in 1938 on 227 acres of a former pecan orchard, provides details about the paddling trail's unique features. This two-mile section of the Guadalupe River, lined by large pecan, green ash and sycamore trees, affords paddlers excellent birding and fishing opportunities. TPWD partnered with the City of Seguin's Parks and Recreation Department to develop the paddling trail.
Canoe and kayak rentals are available through outfitters in nearby New Braunfels and San Marcos.
The Texas Paddling Trails program, which began in 1998, helps promote habitat conservation through sustainable economic development, while providing additional recreational opportunities to the public. More Americans paddle (canoe, kayak or raft) than play soccer, making it one of the fastest-growing nature tourism experiences.
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Brown should veto unnecessary bill
As the chair of the board of directors for the California Association for Health Services at Home (CAHSAH) that represents more than 850 offices of direct care providers who oppose SB 411, we strongly urge Gov. Jerry Brown to veto this bill.
SB 411 establishes unnecessary requirements that greatly increase the cost of providing home care without adding significant consumer protections, such as the certification of all home care aides and a public website that includes the names, employers and location of all home care aides.
The Department of Social Services estimates that the cost of SB 411 would be $25 million every year and $3 million in upfront costs. The majority of these costs are associated with the certification of home care aides and the development and maintenance of a registry website, both of which CAHSAH opposes and considers unnecessary.
The public website also poses a security and privacy concern for home care aides, who are mostly women, and may not want their location and employer made public.
Please join me in urging Gov. Brown to veto SB 411.
Denise Altomare
Chair, CAHSAH Belmont
Brown using wild plans in search of a legacy
Gov. Jerry Brown is seeking to establish his legacy by the building of the bullet train and the water pipeline to send Delta water south. In my eyes, he is ignoring that this state doesn't have the money for his goals.
The Delta levees are in need of major improvements. They protect our fragile ecosystem, fishery and drinking water. If Brown thinks the federal government will do it, he's dreaming. All we have gotten from the feds is talk, talk, talk. This is the area he should spend the money. What has been done so far is nothing but a Band-Aid solution to a major problem. As to his legacy, he could be remembered as the man who saved the Delta.
Joseph J. Congi
Look in the mirror for elusive militia
In a recent letter, Robert Zanker made the following statement concerning firearms, the Second Amendment, and the militia: "there must be lots of militia members around" but he has "never met any."
If Zanker wants to meet one of the elusive members of the militia he is searching for, I suggest he do an Internet search of the California Military and Veterans Code, Sections 120-130, and the United States Code, Title 10, section 311, and then look in the mirror and see if he knows the person looking back at him because he is, was, or will be, a member of the militia under both state and federal law.
Bob Greenslade
Walnut Creek
GOP thinks we are moochers
Mitt Romney did let the cat out of the bag.
The Republicans think almost half of our country is a nation of slackers, living in an entitlement society, mooching off the rich. The narrative is right out of an Ayn Rand novel.
Of course he has his facts wrong: Most of the 47 percent are senior citizens living off Social Security, military families, young people working at minimum-wage jobs, and millions of Americans with disabilities. The majority of the 47 percent live in Southern states that vote Republican.
Romney also doesn't factor in that the 47 percent who do not pay federal income taxes do pay other taxes, and this group is not static.
Millions of Americans, at one time or another, have not paid federal income taxes, but then move on up the ladder and pay taxes, or they have finished their careers and now live on Social Security in low-cost states.
It was an incredibly insulting comment to make about his fellow citizens who are among the hardest working people in the world.
Robert V. Zimmerman
Is GE one of the freeloaders?
So, if Mitt Romney says that 47 percent of the population does not pay federal income taxes, and "corporations are people, my friends," how would he classify the zero tax paid by the person also known as General Electric?
Irving B. Phillips
El Sobrante

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Biobank Carcinoma: Storing Blood and Protein of Patients With Cancer (Biobank)
This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified May 2016 by Maastricht Radiation Oncology
Maastricht Radiation Oncology
Maastricht University Medical Center
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Maastricht Radiation Oncology
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First received: March 10, 2010
Last updated: May 23, 2016
Last verified: May 2016
|Tracking Information
|First Received Date ICMJE
|March 10, 2010
|Last Updated Date
|May 23, 2016
|Start Date ICMJE
|January 2003
|Estimated Primary Completion Date
|January 2025 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Change History
|Complete list of historical versions of study NCT01084785 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
|Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Current Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
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|Original Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
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|Descriptive Information
|Brief Title ICMJE
|Biobank Carcinoma: Storing Blood and Protein of Patients With Cancer
|Official Title ICMJE
|Storing Blood for Analysis of DNA and Protein of Patients With Cancer in MAASTRO Clinic
|Brief Summary
|The purpose of this study is to determine, by means of DNA and protein analysis, the relationship between DNA and protein profiles and a number of endpoints, which are important for the patient such as overall survival and side effects.
|Detailed Description
|It has already been known for a long time that cancer is a genetic disorder and that the development of the illness is a very complex interaction between genetic and surrounding factors. Also the response on therapy and the development and seriousness of side effects is stipulated by this complicated collaboration of genetic and surrounding factors. Moreover it is not only the DNA that plays an important role but also the systems of control at protein level. At this moment a lot of questions remain to be answered because up till now the studies were of rather restricted statistic strength with frequently inconsistent dates and moreover retrospective. Major retrospective studies are necessary to distinguish the relationship between DNA/protein patterns and clinical relevant endpoints like prognosis and toxicity in which an as broad as possible patient group is being monitored. For this reason we want to take blood samples in MAASTRO clinic of all patients with lung cancer and to store it encrypted so that we can perform DNA and protein analyses in future and to correlate the results with survival and toxicity of the treatment.
|Study Type ICMJE
|Study Design ICMJE
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
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|Non-Probability Sample
|Study Population
|primary care clinic
|Condition ICMJE
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|Dehing-Oberije C, Aerts H, Yu S, De Ruysscher D, Menheere P, Hilvo M, van der Weide H, Rao B, Lambin P. Development and validation of a prognostic model using blood biomarker information for prediction of survival of non-small-cell lung cancer patients treated with combined chemotherapy and radiation or radiotherapy alone (NCT00181519, NCT00573040, and NCT00572325). Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Oct 1;81(2):360-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.06.011. Epub 2010 Oct 1.
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|Estimated Enrollment ICMJE
|Estimated Completion Date
|January 2025
|Estimated Primary Completion Date
|January 2025 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
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Name: Benjamin Rein Brady
Parents: Gisele Bündchen & Tom Brady
Date of Birth: December 8, 2009
Siblings: John Edward Thomas Moynahan & Vivian, 1
♥ Benjamin was born in Boston, Mass.
♥ Despite rumors he was born in a hospital, Benjamin was born in the bathtub at home
♥ His middle name was chosen to honor his maternal great-grandfather's name Reinoldo
♥ Benjamin became a big brother when his sister was born on December 5th
"I wanted to experience the transformation. It was the most amazing experience of my life, feeling him come through my body. And once he was born, I never felt so empowered as looking at him and thinking, Oh, my God, we did it together!" – Gisele on the birth of her son.
"[The birth was] a wonderful experience in my life. I didn't get much sleep last night." – Tom after experiencing the birth of his son.
"The arrival of a grandson always brings happiness to the grandfather." – Gisele's father Valdir after learning about the birth of his grandson.
"It's wonderful. Never in my life I thought I could love like this. You hear people talking about it, but you don't know until it happens to you. I couldn't be happier." – Gisele on the joys of first time motherhood.
"They're great young boys. As many kisses as I can give 'em, I give 'em. They're such a great part of my life. To wake up every morning and see those kids, and see them on game day, there's nothing better.These kids are the light of my life. I always want to be a good parent to them… and win a lot of football games too." – papa Tom on his two sons.
"But you're not talking about a tragic event. You're talking about a life. It's what happens. And that's forced me to grow up in a lot of ways, and in a lot of ways I've learned about the people around me, learned about my wife and about how important she is in my life, through this. You see what she's really about. Because that's not what she wanted either. That's not how you envisioned your life, that's not how you envisioned having children, but it happens. Life is not living in the suburbs with a white picket fence. That's not life. Somehow our American culture has made it out that that's what life needs to be—and that if it's not that, it's all screwed up. It's not. You go through life and you try the best you can." – Tom on having Benjamin before marriage.


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HILLARYVILLE — A mobile home fire near an unmanned fire station off La. 22 late Sunday killed two brothers, ages 4 and 6, leaving family members grieving Monday. State and Ascension Parish fire officials are still investigating the cause.
Dimani Elder, 6, and Kevin "Dussie" Porter, 4, were familiar to the firefighters stationed next door to their home, and Dimani was often allowed to ride his bike in the fire station parking lot, said Fifth Ward Assistant Chief Tarrell Milan.
Fifth Ward Fire Chief Peter Roblin said firefighters found the mobile home at corner of Galaxy Boulevard and La. 22 in flames and had water going within a few minutes of a 911 call from the children's mother, Nicole Lucas, at 11:48 p.m. Sunday.
Lucas, 35, who said she went out Sunday to pick up roach spray while her children slept, said she broke out a window for her two daughters to escape after she returned to the burning, smoke-filled home but could not save her sons.
"You couldn't see nothing," Lucas said. "I was calling for them."
Donovea Elder, 12, the oldest child of Nicole Lucas, said she was sleeping Sunday in the mobile home and was awakened by smoke and could not breathe. She said she took her brothers to her mother's bathroom to get air and began screaming for her mom.
Lucas, who had returned to the mobile home at that point, told her daughter to go out the window in the bedroom, Donovea Elder said.
She said she and her brothers went to that window.
"So I had Dimani and Dussie's hands, and when I jumped out the window, they couldn't jump with me," Donovea Elder said, as tears rolled down her cheeks and her aunt Orelia Elder, of Darrow, stood beside her.
Donovea Elder, who has one arm bandaged from a cut from the broken window, said her sister, Donvonica Lucas, 10, was able to follow her out the window.
Donvonica Lucas was taken to the hospital Monday morning after suffering from the effects of smoke inhalation and she was expected to return home Monday afternoon, Orelia Elder said.
Lucas' father, Lionel Elder, 61, said that from inside his house, he heard screams and saw a young man whom he did not know trying to get the boys out.
Elder said he used his garden hose on the burning mobile home until firefighters arrived.
"We didn't even get in the trailer," he said.
Roblin, the fire chief, said the boys' bodies were found inside the mobile home.
Milan, the assistant fire chief, said donations for the family can be made by calling (225) 323-4650.
Roblin said 22 firefighters from 5th Ward and three other parish departments responded to the fire along with four fire trucks.
Roblin said the volunteer department has paid personnel on duty during the week days and only during daytime hours on the weekend.
The station along La. 22 was not manned at the time of the fire and firefighters had to respond from home or work, he said.
The mobile home in the Hillaryville community has a street address of 5035 Galaxy Blvd., Darrow.
The home is across Galaxy from the main station of the volunteer 5th Ward Fire Department.
Nicole Lucas' brother, Lindsey Lucas, 37, who lives in a trailer behind his dad's house on Galaxy, said it seemed to take firefighters 30 minutes to get water going after trucks hooked up to a hydrant.
Lindsey Lucas said he did not time the response.
Roblin and State Fire Marshal H. "Butch" Browning Jr. disputed that account. Roblin said firefighters were on scene by 11:54 p.m. and had water going shortly afterward with no problems.
"For an outsider looking in, it looks likes it's forever, you know, and what seems to be a second could be minutes in an outsider's view," Roblin said.
Browning said the fire remains under investigation but officials have so far gotten no indication that the blaze is suspicious. He said a source of the fire has not been identified.
Browning also noted that there were no working smoke alarms were in the home.
"It's all about smoke detectors. That's what it's about. It could have changed the whole equation," Browning said. "Those smoke detectors wake people up and get them out."
Fifth Ward shares in sales tax revenue that Ascension Parish government provides to the over-arching parish Fire Protection District No. 1. Fifth Ward also receives donations from the Pelican Point neighborhood, Roblin said.
Fire District 1 officials are preparing to seek voter approval for a long-sought 15-mill property tax with special parcel fees to create a fully paid, 24-hour-per-day force, including in 5th Ward.
Officials had planned to have that tax on the ballot Dec. 8 but delayed it because the measure failed to get U.S. Justice Department approval in time. The tax is set for the May 4 ballot.
When asked, Roblin said it is unlikely the station could have been manned in time for the fire Sunday if residents had been able to vote on and approve the tax on Dec. 8.
"If the tax would have passed, would we have had everything in order? No probably not, but moving in the right direction," he said.
Browning said the bigger issue was not the department's response time but smoke alarms in every home, noting the fire was "well on its way" by the time firefighters were called and able to arrive.
"I think the early warning smoke alarm is what every home has to have and immediately notifying a fire department when you discover there is a fire," Browning said.


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Ackley not in lineup against Rangers
SEATTLE -- It's not surprising that Mariners second baseman Dustin Ackley got a day off Thursday, given he's hit just .100 (3-for-30) over the first 10 games of the season. Yet it was a little unexpected that he'd be sitting against a right-handed rookie starter in Justin Grimm of the Rangers.
But manager Eric Wedge said the young left-handed-hitting second baseman needed a day to regroup.
"Obviously, he's one of the guys we've got to get going," Wedge said. "So we're giving him a day. It'll be a chance for him to have a good workday and then we'll go from there."
Veteran infielder Robert Andino got the start in Ackley's place. Ackley has started eight of the first 10 games, but has just a .182 on-base percentage and has yet to have an extra-base hit.
The Rangers are coming with four straight right-handed starters in the series, but Wedge said that didn't factor into his decision to pick Thursday to sit.
"It's just what I feel like he needs, quite frankly," Wedge said. "And I want to continue to get Robert in there. He's been ramping up better in regard to his at-bats. He's worked hard this spring to be a more consistent player. I think he deserves to play."
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Inglewood's Randy Onwuasor throws down a dunk to help his team win the Division II-AA title. Photo by Ken Brooks
Inglewood was nearly counted out at the end of the regular season, but in the end they proved to be No. 1. Photo by Ken Brooks
There were a few layers of significance to the 60-57 championship win by Inglewood boys over Simi Valley Royal High. From the players perspective, they endured a rollercoaster season and came from virtually nowhere to win the Division II-AA title. For coach Patrick Roy, it was a milestone that accentuates a career and a body of work which includes 11 finals appearances. Historically, it is the programs third title including the 1994 Paul Pierce led team and the 1980 national championship team.
A couple of weeks ago, a title appearance seemed more out of reach than any other in recent memory. The Sentinels were derailed during their regular season stretch run. They had done all they could to finally earn a share of first place by beating Santa Monica, which had led the Ocean League. But subsequent back to back losses to Beverly Hills and Morningside made for an ugly finish and showed untimely inconsistency. Despite the second place finish, the losses resulted in an erroneous unseeded ranking in the 32 team bracket.
Roy however, was hardly concerned about the rankings and never counted his team out.
"I felt if we could get a rhythm going during the playoffs we had a chance", he said.
Leadership from co-captain point guard Randy Onwuasor also helped keep the team optimistic throughout the season's ups and downs. By the time of the championship game, Inglewood was brimming with confidence. And they needed every ounce of that belief to withstand the rigors of trailing for over 26 minutes before finally snatching the lead from 7th seeded Royal.
The finals box score percentages were not pretty, but the runner up players and coaches repeatedly acknowledged that Inglewood's rebounding intensity made the difference. The Sentinels certainly tightened up the defense, but clearly outworked Royal on the boards in crunch time and everything else fell into place. Not bad for an unranked team.
Heading into the southern regional state tournament, they face a multiple title opportunity similar to the girls program which recently won their first regional (2009) and first sectional (2010) championships. They have gone from unseeded to 5th seed. And to go from unlikely to likely again, they will need to dominate the boards throughout entire games as much as they did in the clutch.
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Who knows I think it will.Heres to a Colts win
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I am wondering about that too. Another team heading into Detroit within a week of this bullsh*t isn't going to be fun.
Take me out to the black, tell 'em I ain't coming back. Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me.


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Breakthroughs in the way we communicate with each other and the impact devices have on the younger generations' definition of 'community' may be a benefit to rural America.
Smartphones, tablets and a growing catalog of apps connect friends and family separated by a few blocks or thousands of miles. Speakers at the University of Nebraska's second annual Rural Futures Conference discussed how advancements in technology can grow rural populations.
Tom Koulopoulos, founder of the Delphi Group, said new norms in communication redefine community and could lead to a "mass exodus" of future generations away from cities.
"Community is what we seek and embrace," he said. "Urbanization occurred because people found it necessary to gather in large numbers to conduct commerce and communicate. That's not true anymore."
The USDA Economic Research Service shows the population of nonmetropolitan counties has been lower than those in metro areas since the mid-1990s, and the U.S. experienced nonmetro population loss from 2010 to 2012.
In his keynote speech, Koulopoulos said kids searching for a better quality of life will realize they can find it outside of America's major cities.
Extension educators in Nebraska and North and South Dakota are learning to market themselves through efforts specifically tailored to each community. University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken says rural communities can focus on their resources to attract younger generations.
"We have not realized the full potential of what could be achieved by leveraging our resources, our intellectual capacity and our energy" in rural America, Milliken said.


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Bourjos seeing results from adjustments
ST. LOUIS -- Though he's only made two starts this month, Peter Bourjos has quietly been piecing together his best stretch of the season.
He drew the start against Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw on Sunday and responded with a multi-hit game that included a game-tying home run. That makes him 8-for-16 in July, a month during which Bourjos has seen himself slide into a role of being a routine late-game defensive placement. He also swiped two bases on Sunday and added a sliding defensive play to his strong night of work.
Knowing the backlog of outfielders on the roster, Bourjos is trying to shine whenever he gets the opportunity to play. He made a strong assertion after Sunday's loss, too, saying that he feels like his swing "is the best it's ever been."
"I feel really good," Bourjos added. "I'm going right to the ball and I know where the barrel is at, and I'm making pretty good contact."
The improved feel, Bourjos said, is the result of some mechanical tweaks he made about four weeks ago during the team's three-day stopover in Colorado. He's made only three starts since then, which has afforded Bourjos plenty of time to practice those adjustments in the batting cage.
"It's always a tough situation when you're not in there every day," Bourjos said. "I kind of went through this in 2012 in Anaheim, very similar. I think that's helped me out a little bit going through that already and trying to stay positive and continue to work."
While the current roster composition likely won't allow for Bourjos to push his way into the lineup much more often, he can continue to increase his value off the bench by adding an improved swing to the speed and defensive skills he already touts.
"Bourjos is a weapon when he gets on base," teammate Mark Ellis said. "His speed is dynamic. His play in center field is great. He's one of those guys where you watch him and you just wait for the day where he's going to explode into a monster ballplayer. I think he's inching his way closer to that."
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Obama became the first president to depend on his BlackBerry, a reliance initially imperiled by national security concerns. In a compromise, the Secret Service allowed Obama to continue using the device to stay in contact with a select group of staff and friends. BlackBerry manufacturer Research in Motion, which already sells these devices to the United States Department of Defense, was expected to add further security enhancements to the president's BlackBerry.
Not all Obama's technology-related plans and decisions have met with support. The president's adoption of Public Media 2.0 and work on net neutrality, for example, have vocal opponents. And Obama's close relationship with some technology companies has some foes buzzing. After all, executives such as Google CEO Eric Schmidt and YouTube founder Chad Hurley publicly supported Obama's presidential run. In total, Obama garnered 91% of the donors contributing to the Obama vs. John McCain election, according to Donor Lookup. Almost all -- or 98% -- of donors from Apple anted up for Obama, while 97% of Seagate donors gave to the former Illinois senator, Donor Lookup found in September 2008. Perhaps Obama's biggest technology competitor, however, was Lady Gaga, who in July beat the president to become the first person to amass 10 million Facebook fans. In mid-September, the president had 13.4 million Facebook fans; Lady Gaga was up to 17.6 million.
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A Maldon firm are involved in a project to build a car that will break the 1,000mph barrier.
DC Electronics based at Quayside Industrial Park in Bates Road, Maldon, is supplying the complete vehicle electrical system, including electric power steering system, for the BloodHound SSC.
The jet and rocket powered car is faster than the speed of sound and its engines produce more than 135,000 horsepower - more than six times the power of all the Formula 1 cars on a starting grid put together.
It is a mix of car and aircraft technology and the project team hope to new world land speed record in the Kalahari desert, South Africa, in September 2016.


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Prevention of Weight Gain in Early Psychoses
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|Schizophreniform Disorder Bipolar I Disorder Bipolar II Disorder Major Depressive Disorder Substance-Induced Psychoses Psychosis Not Otherwise Specified Schizophrenia Schizoaffective Disorder
|Behavioral: Behavioural Intervention for the Prevention of Weight Gain Other: TAU
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Prevention of Weight Gain in Early Psychoses
- Weight [ Time Frame: Measured at week 0, 4, 8 and 16 ]The proportion with an increase in weight (2% or greater), from baseline to end point.
- Laboratory parameters [ Time Frame: Measured at week 0 and 16 ]
- Fasting glucose
- Insulin
- Lipids
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|February 2010
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|December 2012
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|December 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|Experimental: Lifestyle Intervention
Behavioral: Behavioural Intervention for the Prevention of Weight Gain
The intervention consists of four steps:
|Active Comparator: TAU
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Treatment as provided by individuals' existing healthcare providers
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The rates of obesity and related co-morbidities are several-fold higher in patients with psychosis than in the general population. In addition the life expectancy 20% shorter. Several lifestyle and illness-related factors have been implicated for these high rates, including weight gain associated with treatment with novel antipsychotics. The most important cause of death in psychosis patients is coronary heart disease (CHD), of which obesity is a major risk factor. As well, diabetes and its associated complications occur at high rates in persons with psychosis, and diabetes is both related to obesity and is an independent risk factor for CVD and mortality. It therefore seems reasonable to assume that prevention of obesity may lead to a reduced risk for CVD and diabetes. If the proposed intervention proves successful in preventing weight gain and reducing risk for CVD and diabetes, the quality and length of life for persons with psychosis will be vastly improved and medical costs reduced.
Specifically, we hypothesize that : 1a) a smaller proportion of those in the intervention will gain weight (2% or more) as compared to those receiving usual care, 1b) the mean weight gain of those randomized to the intervention will be less than the mean weight gain in those randomized to usual care 2) Increases in Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) will be smaller in the intervention group as compared to the controls. 3) there will be smaller increases in cholesterol, triglycerides, blood glucose and insulin levels in the intervention group than in the control group. Exploratory analyses of changes in makers for systemic inflammation, and their relationship to weight, and lipid changes, will be conducted to develop novel hypotheses regarding mediators of CVD risk in psychosis.
The study will recruit sixty persons or outpatients with DSM-lV Psychosis with a BMI of < 30 kg/m², who have been treated for less than 2 years (Early SZ) and meet the other enrollment criteria. They will be randomly assigned in the allocation ratio 1:1 to either get a stepped behavioural intervention for prevention of weight gain (n=30) or treatment as usual (routine care, n=30). This will be a pragmatic clinical trial of 16-week duration.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|14 Years to 45 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age between 14 and 45 years (inclusive)
- Male or Female gender
- DSM-IV-TR diagnosis of Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective disorder,Schizophreniform Disorder, Bipolar Disorder (Type I),Bipolar Disorder (Type II), Major Depressive Disorder With Psychotic Features, Substance-Induced Psychoses, Psychosis Not-Otherwise-Specified (NOS)
- Outpatient status at the time of randomization
- Duration of antipsychotic treatment of less than 5 years
- Ability to provide informed consent
- Female patients of childbearing potential must be using a medically accepted means of contraception
- Treatment with olanzapine, clozapine, quetiapine,risperidone or paliperidone for less than 8 weeks duration at enrollment
- BMI between 18.5 and 30
Exclusion Criteria:
- Inability to give informed consent
- Currently enrolled in a weight management program
- Currently being treated with a medication to reduce weight
- Patients with unstable or active cardiovascular illnesses (myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, etc), active or end-stage renal disease, and unstable thyroid disease, etc
Inclusion/exclusion criteria has been intentionally limited in order to maximize the generalizability of the study.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01075295
|Canada, Ontario
|Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
|Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5T 1R8
|Principal Investigator:
|Rohan Ganguli, MD
|Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|Rohan Ganguli, M.D., Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01075295 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|February 23, 2010
|Last Updated:
|July 23, 2017
Keywords provided by Rohan Ganguli, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health:
Schizophreniform Disorder
Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective disorder
Bipolar I Disorder
Bipolar II Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder with Psychotic Features,
Substance-Induced Psychoses
Psychosis Not Otherwise Specified
weight gain
body mass index
waist circumference
coronary heart disease
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Depressive Disorder
Depressive Disorder, Major
Psychotic Disorders
Mental Disorders
Weight Gain
Shared Paranoid Disorder
Psychoses, Substance-Induced
Pathologic Processes
Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
Mood Disorders
Behavioral Symptoms
Body Weight Changes
Body Weight
Signs and Symptoms
Chemically-Induced Disorders
Substance-Related Disorders
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How your brain works during meditation
Your brain processes more thoughts and feelings during meditation than when you are simply relaxing.
By Anne Sliper Midling
Mindfulness. Zen. Acem. Meditation drumming. Chakra. Buddhist and transcendental meditation. There are countless ways of meditating, but the purpose behind them all remains basically the same: more peace, less stress, better concentration, greater self-awareness and better processing of thoughts and feelings.
But which of these techniques should a poor stressed-out wretch choose? What does the research say? Very little – at least until now.
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Ross' sac fly lifts D-backs in 10 on wild night
Pollock homers, scores winning run; Miley battles command
PHOENIX -- As he watched his ball sail into center field, Cody Ross flipped his bat and began to trot out of the batter's box.
No, the D-backs outfielder did not think he had hit a home run. He knew that the ball was likely to wind up in center fielder Dexter Fowler's glove.
But he was aware it was hit deep enough for A.J. Pollock to stroll home with the game-winning run as the D-backs beat the Rockies, 3-2, in 10 innings on Saturday night at Chase Field.
"I don't know, maybe," Ross said with a smile when he was asked if that was the first time he ever flipped his bat on a sacrifice fly.
Ross came to the D-backs with the reputation of someone who comes through in the clutch and he already had delivered a go-ahead RBI in extra innings this year against the Yankees.
"You've seen it before in bigger situations than we were in tonight," D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said of Ross. "That's where that good experience comes in. Great approach on that last ball he hit."
Pollock led off the 10th with a single through the hole at third on a 2-2 pitch from Edgmer Escalona.
"The at-bat, he got me in a two-strike hole and I just wanted to put the ball in play and it worked out," Pollock said.
As soon as he reached first he and first-base coach Steve Sax talked about the possibility of stealing, but with no one out, Pollock thought it best to be patient.
After Paul Goldschmidt struck out, though, Pollock was prepared to go and he took off on the second pitch to Miguel Montero.
"Me and Sax were talking and we thought we had him," Pollock said. "That time it just felt like I've got to make something happen, so just went with it."
Pollock did make something happen. Not only was he safe at second, but catcher Wilin Rosario's throw skipped by shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and into center, which allowed Pollock to move to third with one out and Ross due up.
"That guy's got good stuff," Ross said of Escalona. "He throws hard, has a good slider and I was just looking for something out over the plate that I could get some good wood on, and fortunately [I was] able to get it into the air."
The sacrifice fly capped what was a head-scratcher of a game.
D-backs starter Wade Miley opened the game by walking four in the first inning, yet thanks to a double play, he managed to get out of the inning without allowing a run.
"It was a very strange game," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "You miss that many opportunities, it's going to come back to haunt you. We can't miss that many opportunities and expect to win the game."
Miley had pitched well in his first four starts of the year, but he struggled with his command, walking seven before having to come out after just 4 1/3 innings and 98 pitches.
Despite allowing 11 runners to reach base against him, somehow Miley managed to keep the Rockies from scoring.
"It was one of those days," Miley said. "You're going to have those days. I didn't have it, plain and simple. A lot of scuffling out there. ... I had I don't know how many baserunners and how they didn't score, who knows? We were fortunate enough to win."
The D-backs managed to win the game while going 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position.
Their first two runs came in the first inning when Pollock hit a solo homer off Jeff Francis, and after Miguel Montero beat out an infield hit, Ross delivered an RBI triple.
That was it for the Arizona offense until the 10th, while the Rockies managed to tie the game with single runs in the sixth and seventh innings.
It was not the prettiest of wins, but that hardly mattered in the home clubhouse where the team is already serving notice that grinding out wins is more than acceptable.
"If something doesn't go your way, it's stupid if you get down because we've come back so many times that we really just have to get right back at it, because we've proven we could come from behind," Pollock said. "We battle and that includes our pitchers. I'm not sure if we all had our best stuff, but it's fun squeezing out a win like that."
Steve Gilbert is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Inside the D-backs, and follow him on Twitter @SteveGilbertMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Colorado Hot Air Balloon Festivals
Few things can match the experience of a hot air balloon launch, and hot air balloon festivals magnify the experience a hundred-fold. Just imagine the sight of the sky filling with an array of dancing colors one balloon at a time. Want to join the launch? We can get you onto a balloon to experience being a part of the spectacle! You also won't want to miss the wonder of hot air balloon races and the lighting of the balloons at sunset!
Balloon festivals are a great way to see hot air balloons close up, and are an enjoyable family outing. Balloon festivals in Colorado usually include other activities like live entertainment, amusement rides, and more.
Join in the fun with:
- Colorado Hot Air Balloon Races
- Colorado Balloon Lighting Festivities
- Colorado Hot Air Balloon Rides
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Comparing Your Retirement Plan Options
Retirement plan contributions made for yourself and your workers are generally tax deductible as a business expense. Offering one of these retirement plans could help you shelter more of your income from taxes and build wealth outside of your business. It might also be an effective way to reward and help retain valuable employees.
401(k) plan. Some 401(k) plans are becoming easier and less expensive for small firms to set up and maintain. Owners can often make larger contributions for themselves (as employee and employer) in exchange for making contributions or "matches" for employees.
The maximum employee contribution is $18,000 ($24,000 for those 50 and older) in 2016. The required match is a minimum 100% of each participant's first 3% of salary plus 50% of the next 2% of salary, or a non-elective contribution equal to 3% of salary for all eligible employees. A match or profit-sharing contribution up to 100% of an employee's compensation is allowed, up to a $53,000 cap (from both sources, not including catch-ups) in 2016.
With a solo 401(k), a business owner with no employees can make a contribution up to the $18,000 employee limit ($24,000 for those 50 and older). As employer, the business can contribute an additional 20% of the owner's compensation (25% if incorporated), up to the $53,000 cap.
SEP IRA (simplified employee pension). A SEP IRA may be a good choice for self-employed individuals, business owners who want to maximize contributions, and small businesses with mostly lower-paid employees. The same percentage of salary (up to 25% of compensation or $53,000) must be contributed to each eligible employee's SEP IRA, including the owner's. The business is not required to contribute every year. Self-employed individuals can contribute 20% of net earnings, up to $53,000 in 2016.
SIMPLE IRA. Companies with 100 or fewer employees may use a SIMPLE IRA salary-reduction plan, which requires little or no paperwork. The maximum employee contribution in 2016 is $12,500 ($15,500 for those 50 and older). The required match is 100% of the first 3% of participant contributions or 2% of all eligible employee salaries.
Distributions from employer-sponsored retirement plans are taxed as ordinary income. Withdrawals prior to age 59½ may be subject to a 10% federal income tax penalty. Early withdrawals from a SIMPLE IRA (prior to age 59½) during the first two years of participation may be subject to a 25% penalty; 10% thereafter.


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LOS ANGELES - Ten weeks after four people were shot at an on-campus Halloween party, USC officials are readying new safety checkpoints to prohibit uninvited campus access at night.
Starting with the spring semester, guests will need an invitation from a student or employee, and government ID to walk or drive onto the privately-owned university at night. | » UCLA on alert after 2 attacks
Pedestrian gates are being completed around the campus, where guards will check guests in against invitations between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. They are the first access restrictions to pedestrians at the privately-owned university in modern history.
"We will still be a welcoming place," said Vice President for Student Affairs Michael L. Jackson in announcing that the gates, which will be locked overnight for the first time on Jan. 14. "That is the goal."
On Halloween night, an alleged gang member, Brandon Spencer, 20, allegedly fired shots at an on-campus dance. Four people were wounded, including former Crenshaw high football standout Geno Hall.
Spencer is jailed facing four counts of attempted murder.
It was the first on-campus shooting in two decades, USC officials said. The school immediately banned outside event promoters on the campus and on the nearby fraternity and sorority row.
Campus police were also put in charge of checking IDs on persons attending on campus events.
Starting next week, the campus will be closed to outside visitors at night unless they are registered by a USC student or employee, and present valid government ID. Cars driven onto campus at night will have their license plates recorded and checked to see if they are stolen.
The USC Daily Trojan has quoted the school's police chief, Carey Drayton, as saying the new security rules will be just like entering the Coliseum through the student gate. "I don't think students will have a problem," the Daily Trojan quoted him as saying.
"However, faculty and staff aren't used to having to show their IDs to get on campus. That's just going to be a different process for them," the newspaper quoted the chief.
Under the new policy, all pedestrian gates to the walled campus will be closed at 9 p.m. nightly, and reopened to all people at 6 a.m. Guards will be posted at checkpoints at the eight busiest gates to enforce the ID and registration rules.
"We are trying to balance convenience and safety," Drayton said in a USC statement. "This is the most effective way we can go about achieving that balance."
The will go into effect on the first Monday of spring semester classes, Jan. 14. Registration and other activities are scheduled on Thursday and Friday this week.


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Delays this weekend as road work continues
Drivers on Highway 4 should expect delays this weekend as construction work will close all lanes in the early morning hours Saturday and Sunday.
As work continues to widen the highway to eight lanes through Antioch, the contractor will be removing temporary supports from the G Street bridge over the highway, according to a Caltrans news release.
Highway 4 will be closed between Contra Loma Boulevard and Lone Tree Way on Saturday morning from midnight to 3 a.m. westbound and midnight to 4 a.m. eastbound.
Sunday morning's closure will be at the same location from 2 to 5 a.m. westbound and 2 to 6 a.m. eastbound.
Westbound drivers will be detoured at Lone Tree to 18th Street and back on the freeway at L Street. Eastbound motorists will be detoured at Contra Loma and down Fitzuren Road and Putnam Street to Lone Tree.
Motorists are advised to expect delays and allow extra time for the drive.
For information on all Highway 4 closures, visit http://widensr4.org.
— Paul Burgarino, Staff
Programs offer a little bit of everything
Oakley's recreation classes this fall range from Argentine tango to zumba and plenty in between.
The city's Fall/Winter Recreation Guide is now available online at www.oakleyinfo.com as well as at City Hall, 3231 Main St.
The catalog features classes and other events that will take place through March 2013.
New classes include Baby Signs for infants through 3-year-olds, rebound basketball for grades K to 5, and a fertility/healthy pregnancy class for would-be parents.
Returning favorites include ballet, tap, aikido, karate, tennis and ballroom dancing.
In addition, another weeklong Lego Camp will take place over the fall school break.
The state Department of Fish and Game will hold a session in hunter safety next spring.
Among the online courses is driver's education and computer skills for the workplace as well as one preparing students to take the SAT and ACT tests.
For more information, call 925-625-7044 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
— Rowena Coetsee, Staff
Unwanted prescription drugs to be collected
Residents here are invited to rid their homes of unwanted prescription drugs this month by handing them over to local law enforcement.
Officers will collect medications from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Oakley Police Department, 3231 Main St.
— Rowena Coetsee, Staff


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So it was a no-brainer when it came to calling a two-point conversion play in overtime against Fishers at Wayne High School.
"Our guys were begging for it," said Snider coach Kurt Tippmann about the two-point try. "As soon as we scored, they all turned around and said, 'Two'. So, that wasn't my call, that was the kids' call."
The Panthers lined up three yards away from victory and pounded the ball down Fishers' throat. The linemen fired off the line, Je'Norie Smith took the handoff and surged into the end zone.
Snider 36, Fishers 35, final in overtime.
Just a few minutes before, it appeared the Panthers' undefeated season was about to end. The Tigers were up 14 points with just over a minute to go, but a Brandon Phelps quarterback sneak pulled Snider to within 28-21 to give Coach Kurt Tippmann's team hope.
All still seemed lost just a few minutes later when the onside kick was recovered by Fishers. But again, Snider refused to surrender, forcing a three-and-out and conserving time on the clock with its timeouts.
After a bad punt, Snider got the ball at the 28-yard line with 56 seconds left. Three plays later, Phelps hit Quinton Daniels for the tying touchdown.
That is when the drama really began.
Fishers scored on just two plays to begin overtime. When Snider took over, there was no doubt what was going to happen if the Panthers were able to get into the end zone.
So after Smith scored from five yards out to bring the score to 35-34, Tippmann called a timeout to talk about what was to happen next.
It was unanimous.
"Obviously, we would not have gone (for two) if we did not agree with the players, but we wanted to do what they wanted to do," Tippmann said.
As for the play call, it was either look for Daniels, the rangy wide receiver who Fishers had had trouble covering all night, on the outside, or go with simplicity and execution.
Enter the Run Blast.
The play engrained in Snider players' heads for years, the cornerstone of
what Snider has done forever offensively, proved to be the game-winner.
And a certain loss turned into an unlikely victory.
"We just wanted to run behind the big guys," Smith said. "They said 'Run Blast' and we all had faith in the offensive line."
No second thoughts at all in going for it, and no chance whatsoever in Snider failing to execute.
Fear the Run Blast.


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- Steel Ball Run
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- Diego Brando
- Year Completed:
- 2012
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- Best Overall Craftsmanship - Youmacon 2012
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- Ichibancon 2013
- Youmacon 2012
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Jodhpurs were made out of white PVC/vinyl and lined with a white cotton. Top is wet-look pink spandex. White "stripes" are white PVC/vinyl, all one piece on each clothing piece, and then top-stitched with a long decorative stitch. Gloves are white PVC/vinyl. Back-plate is made from fiberglass, covered with foam and then covered with black PVC/vinyl. Boots are rubber riding boots. Spurs are traditional English spurs. Straps were painted with white leather paint. Helmet is a jockey/show helmet.
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David Breashears
There is a moment in Al Gore's 2006 documentary An Inconvenient Truth when the former vice president brings out a cherry picker and extends his graph of climate change stats–literally off the chart and into the rafters of the lecture hall. Photographer David Breashears sees Gore's cherry picker and raises him a helicopter strapped with DSLRs.
Gore's clever stage-choreography epitomizes the increasingly imaginative lengths scientists must go to in engaging people on the climate crisis, but by flying through the Himalayas and creating immense, photo-realistic 3-D models of receding glaciers, Breashears is up to the challenge. His NGO GlacierWorks makes precision geo-located images — from both land and air — of the mountains' glacier watershed, which supplies almost a seventh of the world's population with water.
GlacierWorks' images serve to both translate climate change to the layperson and to provide valuable new data sets for scientists. Breashears is also convinced that the integration of his team's images into interactive web-interfaces can transform global climate education. Through partnerships with imaging specialists, including Microsoft Research, the company is redefining the relationship between images and climate science.
"When people see these images, they don't ask, 'Is this true?' They ask, 'What does this mean and where are we headed?'" says Breashears from a Colorado mountainside via telephone. "Everywhere we go, we see the same message in the glaciers; they were once healthy and relative stable but now they're under a lot of stress. People and scientists are going to have to look at the imagery and decide for themselves."
Breashears has summited Mt. Everest five times. (Yes, five.) In 1985 he became the first American to reach the top twice. In '96, he and his crew filmed the first IMAX footage at the mountain's summit for the documentary Everest, using a camera modded to be lighter and shoot in subzero temperatures. During the filming of Everest, a blizzard killed eight climbers, two of which were Breashears' close friends and his team aided in the rescue efforts. In '97 he performed the first live audio webcast from the summit for PBS' Nova series.
But Breashears' many larger-than-life accomplishments are potentially eclipsed by taking on one of humanity's greatest shared challenges.
"The Himalayan Mountains are the biggest canary in the mine," says Breashears. "Whether it's the height of summer or the depths of winter, the Himalaya glaciers, which number between 35,000 and 50,000, provide a perennial flow of water to over a billion people. It's going to tell us a lot about climate change."
GlacierWorks' efforts have been getting progressively more sophisticated. Before the 3-D models, early sorties into remote terrain between 2007 and 2010 retraced the steps of Breashears' heroes – the 20th-century explorers and photographers George Mallory, Major E. O. Wheeler and Vittorio Sella.
"Sella's book Summit, the British reconnaissance expedition in 1921, and the Mount Everest spring and fall expeditions of 1952, are the best records of what those mountains look like," says Breashears.
His team made like-for-like images from the exact same spots Mallory, Wheeler and Sella made their photographs. Comparisons show clear shrinkage in the glaciers, but even Breashears was astounded by the degree of changes – some glaciers have shrunk vertically by 100 meters. But two images – "data points," as Breashears refers to them – are not sufficient. A legacy of repeated visits and acquired data is the hope.
"We're the second data point on a continuum," says Breashears. "All of these places we've occupied with high-resolution photography are not going to be as hard for the next group of photographers to record or to occupy. Our work contains very accurate GPS readings and it will tell people exactly where to go."
Raw Materials
GlacierWorks attached a custom-built, seven-DSLR panoramic rig designed by xRez Studios to the nose of a helicopter. The rig has the vertical coverage allowed by seven 20mm lenses oriented to portrait. The setup feeds 3-D terrain computer models that require a massive photogrammetry data set drawn from over 100,000 aerial photos.
As a 10-year-old, Breashears saw Edmund Hillary's 1953 photograph of Tenzig Norgay on the top of Everest. It was the first time a human had stood there and Breashears' young imagination was ignited. In high school, he was a gangly-armed upstart in the rock-climbing world. (His arm span is 5.5 inches longer than his height.) In the climbing community his ascent of the Kloeberdanz Roof in Eldorado Springs Canyon, Colorado — a previously unmastered route — is legend.
"A young kid came wandering by. He was kind of cocky and said, 'That doesn't look too hard,'" recounts climber Roger Briggs. Breashears was promptly invited by Briggs to have a go. It was assumed that the only way to get over the lip was a dynamic move — a controlled lunge for a handhold. Breashears had other ideas.
"After a short rest, he climbed out and found a small handhold in the middle of the roof. He just hung on by one hand, found another hold, reached out to the lip of the roof and pulled over. I couldn't believe it. He climbed it statically … without even thinking. Just classic," said Briggs. From that day on, the climbing community fondly called Breashears 'The Kloeberdanz Kid.'
Breashears' first trip to the Himalayas was in 1979 as a 23-year-old assistant with an ABC television crew. Since then, his amassed expertise has allowed him to lead increasingly complex expeditions.
"He expects a lot," says mountaineer Ed Viesturs, who has summited Everest three times with Breashears. "If he invites you on his team, he gives you responsibilities. He told me, 'Ed, if you don't hear from me, it means you are doing your job.' He's very particular but he leads from the front and often works harder than the others."
That hard work has allowed Breashears to live a life of superlatives. Even the exhibit of the GlacierWorks photos, Rivers Of Ice, at the Everest Base Camp in June of this year was the highest-altitude photo gallery on Earth at 17,600 feet. As remote as it was, it had over 1,000 visitors, with many more catching it at its more accessible MIT location.
"We brought the art to where the changes are taking place," says Breashears. "Even guys who've climbed these mountains multiple times have said to me it was the first time they really understand the actual size and shape of these mountains."
For those not able to visit the Himalayas, the size and shape of the mountains can be experienced in unprecedented detail thanks to GlacierWorks' interactive 3-D model. To create it, Los Angeles visual effects company xRez Studio helped GlacierWorks design a helicopter-nose rig of seven Canon 5D Mark IIs. The seven cameras shooting with horizontal coverage of 250 degrees and the vertical coverage permitted by 20mm lenses oriented to portrait mode, captured hundreds of thousands of photographs.
"It is one of the densest point-clouds ever created," says Breashears of the Gigapixel Everest Base Camp imagery. "We can take someone through any of the data points, zoom in, examine base camp, the mountain and the glaciers. We've gone from a project based on film in 2007 – with the equivalent of what would be a large sensor Pentax 6×7 – and moved into the high-resolution Gigapixel photography." The image files for one 3-D model amount to 4 terabytes of data.
Climate change in the Himalayas is, to most people, a distant, invisible, and almost abstract march of change, but Breashears believes immersive tools can overcome obstacles to understanding. He envisions all the data he's collected being as indispensable to teaching children as it is to climate scientists and historians. To that end, Microsoft Research is applying their Rich Interactive Narrative (RIN) platform to GlacierWorks' repository, which will allow current and future images to be stitched into an ever-expanding, choose-your-own-adventure-type user interface. Winning over the kids through videogame-like interfaces is key for Breashears, who has a young son.
"We see technologies in interactive storytelling as something that's well along the way to being the expectation from the youth," says Breashears. "I can move it, I can fly through it, I can interact with it, I can choose my story, I can choose the problem I want to solve."
More recently, GlacierWorks has adopted image-extraction software commonly used for 3-D intelligence, surveillance and remote sensing to layer GlacierWorks' photographs over a textured Digital Elevation Model of the Everest basin. In addition to modeling, the use of helicopters solved basic obstacles faced by teams with boots on the ground. Trying to manually capture thousands of precision images on a tripod-mounted camera and focal lens of 300mm or longer is hellish when battling 50-mph winds.
"We're unsupported except for people at base camp. We have yak herders and sherpas and move camp every day. It takes a lot of resources to move and execute image-capture with precision in difficult mountain environments," says Breashears.
And that is perhaps the biggest coup of the project: By virtualizing these mountains, GlacierWorks has essentially brought them to the masses — allowing any web surfer to climb their peaks in ways not even possible by climbers who are actually there. Breashears is betting it's enough to catalyze a global action to preserve a crucial water source.
"Scientists are good at what they do but they're not trying to be storytellers," he says. "We're trying to bring them imagery that resonates and that contains true data and reliability. So we're not just looking at X/Y graphs that are visually unconnected to the issue of climate change."
7 Other Glacier Photographers You Should Know
- 1 James Balog has documented glacier melt all over the world for years. Recently released the film Chasing Ice to good reviews.
- 2 Otto Olaf Becker takes a fine art and topographical approach to Iceland's glacier flows.
- 3 Subhankar Banjeree photographs the changing peoples and wildlife of multiple regions within the Arctic circle.
- 4 Lu Nan is a Chinese Magnum photographer who documents the people of Tibet in the Himalaya region.
- 5 Camille Seaman photographs ice in Antarctica and glacier terminuses in the Arctic. Previously featured on Wired and named a 2013 Senior TED Fellow.
- 6 Vittorio Sella is an Italian mountaineer, pioneer and photographer. GlacierWorks used his photographs as "the first data points" in their comparison photos. He's made images in the Dolomites, Italy; the French Alps; and the Himalayas.
- 7 Gary Braasch is an environmental photographer who has covered climate change for decades on all the continents and from many different angles.
World's Most Wired
Wired is putting a spotlight on the brightest geniuses you've never heard of — the entrepreneurs, scientists, artists and designers who are quietly shaping the future behind the scenes. They're the World's Most Wired, and we'll be profiling one of them bi-weekly through the end of the year. Check it out here.


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This tip of the week is courtesy of the Dairy Calf and Heifer Association.
Dairy producers have long recognized the importance of proper cattle management to their animals' comfort and performance. Humane animal care, handling and transportation practices — based on practical experience, sound science and research — have a positive impact on cattle health and well-being as well as beef and milk quality and consumer confidence.
Since operations are located in various environments and locations with different management systems, there is no one specific set of production practices suited to every producer and operation. However, through your checkoff-funded Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) program, there are basic guidelines for management and the utmost care for animals that apply to all operations. The Dairy Animal Care & Quality Assurance (DACQA) guidelines provide information on cattle care and handling, including housing, employee training and animal transportation. The Dairy Calf and Heifer Association's (DCHA) Gold Standards also provide cattle housing guidelines.
When considering housing needs, it's important to match the physiological and behavioral characteristics of the cattle and the level of production. Facilities should be well-maintained and clean, with good drainage and manure removal systems. Cattle should be provided with adequate space for animal care, comfort and safety and protection from weather extremes — both heat and cold. Penn State University has developed various online plans to help when designing or updating cattle facilities. The BQA program also offers a video series and training materials on facilities for different types of operations and cattle handling needs.
To learn more about cattle care and housing, visit BQA.org or view the DCHA Gold Standards.


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Sylvester Cat Birdhouse
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Hand-Carved Hungry Cat Birdhouse
- Sure to bring a smile to anyone watching birds come and go!
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This clever hand-carved cat birdhouse shelters wrens, finches and other songbirds that favor a 1-1/2" entry hole. Includes hanging loop.
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Washington • For people seeking an energy boost, companies are increasing their offerings of foods with added caffeine. A new caffeinated gum may have gone too far.
The Food and Drug Administration said it will investigate the safety of added caffeine and its effects on children and adolescents. The agency made the announcement just as Wrigley was rolling out Alert Energy Gum, a product that includes as much caffeine as a half a cup of coffee in one piece and promises "the right energy, right now."
Michael Taylor, FDA's deputy commissioner of foods, indicated that the proliferation of new foods with caffeine added especially the gum, which he equates to "four cups of coffee in your pocket" may even prompt the FDA to look closer at the way all food ingredients are regulated.


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It has been a very quiet day but the market held up well, which is healthy after the euphoria over the new highs. The dip-buyers bought the midday lows and breadth improved nicely. We didn't have any wild momentum but a slew of new highs were reached and plenty of stocks continued to act well.
The bears might complain that the action is too complacent and unworried, but I suspect the bigger worry is being underinvested and missing out. The way this market has acted recently resulted in plenty of poor positioning and there is an appetite to put cash to work without buying anything too extended. Unfortunately, finding things that aren't extended is not easy as new highs continue to pour in.
My biggest complaint about this market is that it is downright boring. Many stocks are walking up slowly, but we are still missing the excitement we used to see at new all-time highs. The media is working hard to paint a positive picture, but I'm not seeing a return of retail excitement.
My strategy is to stick with the trend and keep adding long trades as I find them. I see no reason to fight the bulls and the fact that it isn't that easy to buy probably means that it just keeps on going.
Have a good evening. I'll see you tomorrow.


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Cards' starters paving the way for success
ST. LOUIS -- The Cardinals entered Sunday as the only Major League team yet to have a win credited to their bullpen this season. That is obviously a reflection of an unstable bullpen, but it's also a testament to the continued strong starting pitching, which has routinely been good enough to put the Cardinals ahead early in games.
Through the first 23 games of 2013, the five-man rotation has posted a 2.08 ERA. That's the lowest in the Majors -- by nearly a run. Three of the team's starters -- Jake Westbrook (0.98), Shelby Miller (1.44), Adam Wainwright (1.93) -- entered Sunday with ERAs that ranked in the National League's top 10 among starters. Westbrook's was the lowest.
"They're using their strengths well," manager Mike Matheny said. "We have guys pitching different styles, and I think that mixes it up pretty well on what kind of look the opponent is going to get each night."
With three games remaining this month, the Cardinals still have a chance to set a franchise record for starting-pitching wins in April if they can reel off three straight, beginning on Sunday. The staff has 14 wins, two shy of the April wins by Cardinals' starters in 2000.
The starters are averaging an NL-best 6.4 innings per start, yet have still allowed an NL-low five homers.
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Regnum Christi Movement offers its members some guidelines of a gospel-based spirituality as an ideal of Christian life. The spiritual path that Regnum Christi members walk mainly consists in knowing, loving, imitating, and proclaiming Christ. This is the path and these are the goals.
Below, we offer some resources that can help nurture the spiritual life of Movement members and of any Christian.
Daily Prayer 2013-11-21
Listen to podcast version here.
Luke 19:41-44
As Jesus drew near Jerusalem, he saw the city
and wept over it, saying, "If this day you
only knew what makes for peace-- but now it
is hidden from your eyes. For the days are coming
upon you when your enemies will raise a palisade
against you; they will encircle you and hem you
in on all sides. They will smash you to the
ground and your children within you, and they will
not leave one stone upon another within you because you
did not recognize the time of your visitation."
Introductory Prayer: Lord Jesus, many times I have overlooked
your love in the circumstances of my life. I
know you are always present, even if I don't feel
your love. This time of prayer is an opportunity
to show you my love, and I truly desire to
bring you consolation as you so often bring consolation
to me.
Petition: Heavenly Father, help me to
stand firm amidst the vicissitudes of life.
1. "As for Me
and My Household, We Will Serve the Lord" (Joshua
24:15). The beauty of this life is that
it offers us so many options. We have all
been given the grace of free will, and we can
choose to do many things. We can choose where
we would like to work, where we want to
vacation, who our friends are, what we are going to
do this very moment. But the most important choice
we make in life is to decide whether to love
and serve God or to deny him. God's greatest,
natural gift to us is free will, and with
it we direct our own destiny. What a truly beautiful
soul who chooses to spend his life serving God!
Clearly opting for God and his ways gives direction
to a person's life and provides clarity in moments of
darkness and trial.
2. The Time to Prepare for a
Storm Is Now: The worst time to clean out the
gutters is in the middle of a thunder storm.
And that roof would have worked a lot better had
it been fixed before a week of rain. The
concept of being prepared is so hard for us
human beings. Christ told his disciples, "Watch and pray, that
you may not undergo the test" (Matthew 26:41). He
was saying, "Be prepared. You never know when temptations
or tough times are going to strike."
3. Holding the
Fort: The spiritual life is a lot like a castle.
A castle has its strong points and its not-so-strong
points. It has a moat, high stone walls and
turrets, but it also has a gate made only of
wood. Each of us has one or two things
that can be likened to that wooden gate. We all
have our weaknesses, but do we know what those
weaknesses are? One of the keys to being able
to resist sin is self-knowledge. If we know ourselves, we
can avoid putting ourselves in compromising situations. We can
use our strong points to fight the enemy and
fortify those areas that are the weakest. In the end,
the strongest weapon we have both to resist and
to fight is our dependence on the Lord –
our prayer and fidelity to his will!
Conversation with
Christ: Jesus, I don't want to base my life just
on feelings and on what makes me happy. I
want to live for you, to take a risk for
Resolution: I will start a constant
prayer life by praying the Rosary every day this week.
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Over 55 New Photos of the Portal Star...
We have just added over 55 new photos of NECA's latest Valve action figure release - CHELL - the star of the Portal series. Standing 7-inches tall, Chell includes a black tiled display base required to support her stilted, portal hopping spring feet. Best of all is her Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device, an amazing mini replica of the larger 1:1 scale replica NECA has previously released. At the push of a hidden button, this mini Portal Gun also lights-up a brilliant blue. Like NECA's past Dead Space Isaac Clark figure, the light on Chell's Portal Gun will stay lit when the button is pressed... acting as cool night light! Follow th elink below for a better look at this just released Portal 2 action figure.
All Photography by Jeff Saylor
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Wedding Cakes Through History
In the mood for some afternoon delight? This quickie brownie recipe is ready for you any day, any time.
Olive oil cooking spray
2/3 cup mild honey, such as clover or orange blossom
1/3 cups natural, unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup white whole-wheat flour
1/4 teaspoon aluminum-free baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 large egg, at room temperature
3/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray an 8-inch square pan with olive oil. Set aside.
2. Place the honey in a large glass measuring cup. Microwave on high power until the honey is runny and just bubbling, 45 to 60 seconds. Add the cocoa and stir with a fork until well combined. Let cool to room temperature.
3. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, place the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Whisk until well combined.
4. In a large bowl, combine the applesauce, oil, egg, and vanilla. Whisk together until well blended. Add the honey-cocoa mixture and whisk until smooth. Add the flour mixture to the liquid mixture and stir until no traces of flour remain. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan.
5. Bake until the surface looks dry around the edges of the pan and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with moist crumbs clinging to it, about 25 minutes. Do not over bake. Place the pan on a cooling rack and let cool completely before slicing into 16 squares. (Store the brownies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.)
Calories: 86.2
via Jillian Michaels
Replace date night with your beau with a healthy bean burrito, plus no after-meal regrets!
4 burrito-size whole-wheat tortillas, warmed
1 cup shredded rotisserie chicken, warmed
1 cup black beans, rinsed and warmed
1 cup cooked quinoa or brown rice
1 cup grated Monterey Jack
1 cup fresh cilantro sprigs
1/2 cup low-fat Greek yogurt
1 avocado, sliced
1 cup corn salsa
1. Dividing evenly, top the warmed tortillas with the chicken, beans, quinoa, Monterey Jack, cilantro, yogurt, and avocado.
2. Roll into burritos and serve with the salsa.
Calories: 697
via Real Simple
Drink Like Your Favorite Fashion Designers


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Cron sent down to make room for Street
ANAHEIM -- The Angels sent first baseman C.J. Cron down to Triple-A Salt Lake on Saturday to make room for Huston Street on the active roster.
Cron was hitting .269 with nine home runs and 27 RBIs this season but was just 3-for-26 (.115) in his last six games in the Majors.
"It'll be good for him to kind of exhale and get down there and get some at-bats and hopefully, find the stroke he had three weeks ago when he was a little more comfortable in the batter's box," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said.
Over a six-game stretch in late June, Cron smashed five homers and hit. 429.
The Angels now have an eight-man bullpen and just 12 position players with Cron gone. Scioscia said the Angels needed Grant Green and Efren Navarro's coverage in the infield with Erick Aybar's injury.
Reliever Cory Rasmus survived the move after pitching 2 1/3 scoreless innings Friday night.
"We definitely want to keep our pitching depth there," Scioscia said.
Cron had been starting as the designated hitter and Scioscia said they would rotate guys into that role to rest some players, if needed. Scioscia added that the Angels were better defensively with Albert Pujols at first base and Josh Hamilton in left field and not as the DH.
Matthew DeFranks is an associate reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @MDeFranks. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Office of Adult Probation and Parole, District 29
Main Office:
10398 Democracy Lane, Suite 101
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Fax: 703-934-5670/1599
Satellite Office:
IMP Building
8850-A Richmond Highway
Alexandria, Virginia 22309
Fax: 703-704-6645
Chief Probation and Parole Officer:
Tracy L. Lavely
The Department of Corrections enhances public safety by controlling and supervising sentenced offenders in a humane, cost efficient manner, consistent with sound correctional principles and constitutional standards.
- To assist the Circuit Court Judges in making sentencing decisions by providing comprehensive criminal and social history investigative reports (Presentence Reports).
- To provide "A Balanced Approach" to offender supervision through
- Thorough investigation and assessment of risk and needs;
- Careful and focused plans of supervision;
- Use of a wide variety of resources and treatment services; and
- Purposeful and proportionate application of sanctions for delinquency and non-compliance.
Presentence Reports
A Presentence Report is written after a defendant is convicted of a crime but before he or she is sentenced by a judge. The purpose of this report is to provide the judge with a picture of the defendant's life, including prior criminal record and of significant issues such as drug, alcohol or mental health problems. The information helps the judge to determine an appropriate sentence. In order to write the report, the Probation Officer:
- Interviews the defendant in person;
- Interviews others, either in person or by telephone, who might have knowledge of the defendant;
- Verifies information obtained during the interviews;
- Conducts prior criminal history record checks;
- Requests a Victim Statement, if applicable;
- Requests a Restitution Payment Plan, if applicable;
- Prepares a Sentencing Guidelines; and
- Determines substance abuse needs through administration of a screening instrument.
There is a number of Circuit Court alternative punishment sentencing options (non-residential and residential) for State Responsible Offenders.
Non-residential Sentencing Options for Probationers
Residential Sentencing Options for Probationers


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Medela's new Breastmilk Transfer Lid is designed to give NICU professionals a hygienic and convenient solution to breastmilk handling. Allows sterile, non-contact breastmilk transfers from storage containers to the most commonly used oral tip syringes. Vented design reduces air pressure build-up for smooth and easy transfers.


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Laurence Fishburne gets an action figure...
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Hot Toys unveils their latest 1:6th scale action figure from the movie Predators, but this time it's not a true blood Predator. Presenting Laurence Fishburne as the nomadic human survivor Noland.
Slated for release in the first quarter of 2012, the MMS163 Noland Collectible Figure features:
* Authentic and detailed fully realized likeness of Laurence Fishburne as Noland in the Predators movie
* Over 30 points of articulations
* Newly developed head sculpt and body armor
* Six (6) pieces of interchangeable palms including:
- One (1) pair of fists
- One (1) pair of relaxed palm
- One (1) right palm for holding axe
- One (1) right palm for holding spear or laser gun
* One (1) grey shirt
* One (1) khaki tee
* One (1) pair of camouflage patterned pants
* One (1) pair of brown boots
* One (1) laser gun
* One (1) ax
* One (1) extendable spear
* Newly-developed detachable helmet with leather-like materials
* Leather-like skirt with waist band
* One (1) pair of forearm armor with extendable blades on right hand side
* Specially sculpted armor on shoulder, chest, waist, thighs and legs
* Figure stand with Noland nameplate and the movie logo
* Head Sculpted by Noh Sung Woon
* Head Painted by JC.Hong
* Head Art Directed by Yulli
* Accessories Sculpted by Joseph Tsang, Kouhei Okui & Cha Tae Jin
* Accessories Painted by Lalla
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The University of Colorado Boulder today announced the hiring of Timothy Orr as producing artistic director of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival.
Orr has been serving as interim director since February 2013 and was hired at the conclusion of a nationwide search for a permanent director.
Orr has been with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival as a performer since 2007 and joined the staff as the associate producing director in 2011.
Steven R. Leigh, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, which oversees the festival, said Orr was selected from an "outstanding" pool of applicants.
"I'm very pleased with the level of national interest in our festival," Leigh said. "We're delighted that Tim Orr will be continuing in the role of producing artistic director, and we look forward to building on our successes at CSF."
The Colorado Shakespeare Festival is a professional theater company under the auspices of CU-Boulder. The festival was launched in 1958 and is one of a relative few companies to have performed the entire Shakespearean canon. It is the second-oldest U.S. theater company dedicated to Shakespeare.
On Orr's watch, ticket sales for the 2013 season rose nearly 10 percent from 2012, and revenue was up by 18 percent. It was the first time ticket sales had risen over the previous year in five years. Also in 2013, CSF produced its first profitable season since 2006.
So far this year, advance ticket sales are double those of this time last year.
Orr also raised $75,000 to replace the decades-old and sometimes-failing stage lights in the Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre. The new energy-efficient lights will cut electricity use by 25 percent and will enhance CSF's artistic capabilities.
"This summer, audiences will experience a new world of light and beauty that will illuminate our stages for decades to come," Orr said.
During Orr's tenure at CSF, he started the CSF School of Theatre, which offers camps and classes for children and extend CSF's reach into the community. He also launched CSF's nationally recognized Shakespeare anti-bullying school tour, which has been seen by more than 46,000 children and featured on "PBS NewsHour."
Orr is committed to CU undergraduate students. He plans to raise by 50 percent the weekly stipend of the acting interns this summer, who are drawn from the Department of Theatre and Dance, from $100 per week to $150 per week.
Further integrating CSF's outreach goals with the college's academic mission, last year's "Spring Into Shakespeare" series included a host of events designed to view Shakespeare through the lens of multiple disciplines. The series included a special class called "Shakespeare in Performance," taught by Shakespeare scholar and Professor Emeritus Harry Berger Jr. of the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Orr holds degrees in music and arts management from California State University, Sacramento, and an MFA in theater from the University of California, Davis, and was a fellow with the League of American Orchestras. As an actor, he has appeared in 10 productions at CSF and also at numerous theaters across California.
In its 2014 season, which begins on June 6 and runs through Aug. 10, the Colorado Shakespeare Festival will perform "The Tempest," "Henry IV, Part 1," "Henry IV, Part 2," "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and "I Hate Hamlet."
For more information on the Colorado Shakespeare Festival visit http://www.coloradoshakes.org.


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BUDDING entrepreneurs across the borough can now apply for grants from the Dudley Innovation Fund.
Dudley Council launched the fund in 2012 when it announced funding of £200,000 available for small enterprises, community groups and voluntary sector organisations to apply for and further creative ideas that will make a real difference to people who use or need adult social care services.
but also have a good chance of developing into innovative care and support services.
There will be three strands to the fund - the first is kick start which offers grants of £500 to £2,000 for people to develop or test their idea or to get them off the ground.
The second element is progression funding which offers grants of up to £10,000 to implement an idea that has either progressed through kick start or where the applicant has been able to demonstrate an excellent idea and strong business plan.
The final element is the innovation bursary; this will look to support innovative individuals in their own right, through ongoing support, to develop creative solutions in social care and support services.
The application form can be download at www.makingitrealindudley.org/dif.
Forms must be returned by Friday March 7.


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presidio hills wrote:i'm tripping out reading this thread.
i've been throwing the illusion for a month or so now and think it really isn't that overstable. i have a 169 in the S plastic and really think its comparison in stability is close to a champion beast (easy to flip, lots of turn, will probably fade). i usually only have about 300' of consistent golf d (with a pro starfire, dx eagle) but can get the illusion past that easily (if thrown right i'm hitting 350' ). it flips easily then glides through its turn and fades very late. it's awsome for big D if you have enough room for the flip (it does not hold a straight line)... i also like it for low straight shots. this disc can be thrown very low to the ground with less power to go quite straight. it's also great for rollers (disc is cruisin' when it hits the ground). amazing disc! i believe it's WAY better than a CFR wraith.
It may just be me, but I haven't had good luck with the Illusion. If I throw it with a hyzer it stays on a hyzer and if I throw it with an anhyzer it holds the anhyzer line for a long time and then fades hard (which is how I keep losing them). The only time I could get a good throw out of it was when I would get it flat (which I cannot do consistantly) or throwing it with a hyzer into a headwind. I assume it's a combination of my inability to throw with enough speed and it's natural stability. I also never really got one to beat in at all. I had an S that got pretty banged up but still never had that cool, broken in feel to it's flight. I can throw a Spirit with an anhzyer and get a nice, tight S out of it and get good distance with predictability into a headwind so I'm sticking with that.
I wasn't all that impressed with the CFR Wraith either. I can't get it out any farther than any of my other high speed drivers (Avenger, Orion, Spirit), it wasn't especally straight or overstable, so it didn't really fit into my bag. I had to throw it with a bit of anhyzer to get it to fly straight and I'd rather throw an X Avenger or Orion with a hyzer to get the same effect. Again, the Spirit is more predictable for me into the wind with just as much D.
The Pro Wraith is still new to me and I'd like to see what it's like after I break it in some. If I can get it to the point where I can throw with a bit of a hyzer and have it flatten out I may like it, but from what I understand it's not a disc that handles a throw like that well. I'd like to get a D Venom and beat it in for fun, too, just to see what it's like. I doubt this will happen quickly, though. I really should be working on other parts of my game.
Right now I'm throwing a X Avenger for straight hyzer flips that fade, an Orion LS for straight hyzer flips that don't fade and anhyzers (perhaps a really beat X Avenger would work eventually), a Z Avenger for something kind of overstable, but not crazy and Spirits for my overstable needs.


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By Greg Sargent
The Washington Post
Rep. Raul Labrador, Idaho, who is being watched for clues to House Republicans' leanings in the immigration debate, has come out against citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants in this country.
By Greg Sargent
The Washington Post
Rep. Raul Labrador, Idaho, who is being watched for clues to House Republicans' leanings in the immigration debate, has come out against citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants in this country.
"If you knowingly violated our law, you violated our sovereignty," he said Thursday, according to Talking Points Memo. "I think we should normalize your status but we should not give you a pathway to citizenship."
Given the views of many on the right, it's hard for House Republicans to embrace citizenship, which some of them have derided as "extreme." Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor have declined to endorse it.
But isn't embracing second-class legal status about the worst possible political option?
Quinnipiac polling released Thursday studies the range of immigration policy options with the right degree of nuance.
Consider this question: "Which comes closest to your view about illegal immigrants who are currently living in the United States? (A) They should be allowed to stay in the United States and to eventually apply for U.S. citizenship. (B) They should be allowed to remain in the United States, but not be allowed to apply for U.S. citizenship. (C) They should be required to leave the U.S."
Fifty-six percent of respondents picked citizenship. Staying without citizenship, which some Republicans like to portray as the middle ground, is supported by just 10 percent of Americans and 11 percent of independents.
That position is also supported by only 13 percent of Latinos while 70 percent of them back citizenship. Only 11 percent of Republicans support the non-citizenship option. Indeed, far more Republicans (40 percent) back citizenship.
(On the other side, a whopping 46 percent of Republicans support deportation, so a big chunk of the GOP base isn't willing to cut Republican officeholders slack even to support non-citizenship.) Second-class status pleases virtually no one.
When offered a range of policy options, a comfortable majority including a majority of independents supports citizenship. It's the mainstream position.
It's understandable that Republicans need to move cautiously on immigration, but it's hard to see how they will meaningfully moderate their party's image on this issue or begin to repair relations with Latinos if they can't find a way to embrace genuine reform.
Almost nobody wants this problem resolved with the creation of a massive subclass of Americans.