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So this is the first time I've ever actually recorded myself throwing. I'm a little rusty and these throws didn't feel quite right, but it was starting to rain so I had to call it.
Throw #1 is with a 172 ESP Flash and the distance was measured at ~410' (I was throwing from a measured distance past a football field). The second throw was with a 171 Champion Teebird and the distance was ~380'.
A few things definitely surprised me about my own throwing motion.
1. My stance is way wider than I thought at release, and my weight is way further back than I thought. I know these throws felt a little upright but I didn't think I was that far back. I need to relax, take smaller steps and let myself just move forward instead of tightening up. It's locking me in place and limiting my distance.
2. I don't really pivot on my heel, more like the entire outside of my foot. Maybe I should work on lifting my toe a little more and that will help me move through the pivot.
3. My pull is very high across my chest. I always knew it was pretty high but this looks ridiculous. Part of it is that the camera is only 2 feet off the ground, so it's making it look more extreme than it really is. It also makes the throws look like I'm putting a ton of anhyzer on them but I'm not. They both came out relatively flat, maybe a very slight anny on the teebird.


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What could be better than starting off the week with some skiing or riding? How about doing it for dirt cheap. Maryland's only ski resort, Wisp, has offically named Monday "Deal Day" as of Jan. 7, 2013 where skiers and riders can get on the slopes to improve their skills for just $29 bucks. Price includes an all-day lift ticket (9am - 5pm), Sport Ski or Snowboard Rental & 60-minute clinic. Available while rentals and clinics last, valid through closing day of the 2012/13 season (excluding Monday, Jan. 21 and Feb. 18, 2013).
Standard midweek lift tickets options are only good morning (9am-1pm) or twilight (1pm to 9am). Deal Day provides an extra four hours of slope time so guests can enjoy a full day and still get home at a reasonable dinner hour.
Wisp's January Learn-to special – a learn to ski or ride program Monday-Friday for $49 – is available to first-time skiers and riders. The package includes a lift ticket, rental equipment and a group lessons. Minimum age is 8 years old. But like all Learn-to specials around the country, this deal expires at the end of the month. Once beginners get the basics under their belts, "Deal Day" is there to help them continue practicing their turns, improving their technique and enjoying winter to the fullest.

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The underclasswomen were having a blast finding stylish clothes at the Fort Bragg Food Bank on the day before Thanksgiving.
The days before Thanksgiving and Christmas are like the "Super Bowl" every year for the North Franklin nonprofit. Everybody turns out to serve clients all the fixings for a truly spectacular holiday meal. The pace is frantic, seeming like this is the great finale, the event everybody has been practicing for all year. In reality, of course, hunger never ends and everything starts up again as soon as the holiday dinner fest passes.
Clients waited in long lines on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, as the Food Bank struggles with a volunteer shortage this year. The Fort Bragg High School Kiwanis Key Club students were a big help. Several high school sophomores had their first look inside the Food Bank while working at the fast, big game pace to pass out food to families. Several of the girls from the Key Club said it was the first time they had been to the Food Bank and they were surprised at the number and diversity of the clients.
"There are a lot more people who need food here in Fort Bragg than I would have thought," said Victoria Yanez, a sophomore, who was clearly both working hard and thinking while she did her volunteer service.
"For a small town, seeing this many people is really surprising to me ?. I like to help people get their food and it's good to get the experience from doing this" she said.
Her father is Spanish speaking, so I asked her why more Latino people do not use the Food Bank.
People of Hispanic origin comprise 32 percent of the population in Fort Bragg. Just 10 percent of Food Bank clients are Latino/Hispanic. We talked about the question for a while.
"It may be cultural, people may be hesitant to ask for help," Yanez said.
Somehow word got back to the high school that there was great stuff to be had at the Food Bank. I've seen leather jackets, antiques and lots of useful things dropped off. Many people give good stuff that fits on the shelves inside, especially clothes and books. Apparently one of the high school student volunteers wore a real designer prize found at the Food Bank, bringing the crowd of four nameless freshmen girls I met the next day. The pulse-pounding pace of Tuesday had slowed on Wednesday, but things were still crazy enough that the girls went mostly unnoticed. They had brought some clothes to give and were going through the piles with giggles. One thing they weren't giving was their names for the story. I had to be content with the joyous laughing and sorting scene.
Warm clothes needed
"We keep a free warm coat rack in our lobby and it's pretty well known. As soon as the cool weather starts, clients stop in frequently to see if something has shown up in their size," said Food Bank Executive Director Nancy Severy.
"Lots of folks bring in warm coats and jackets, but a couple of people come to mind. Kate (Hee) of the Outdoor Store has been collecting large quantities of coats and bringing them to the Food Bank for years. Another person who regularly adds to our warm coat rack is Bob Zoller, husband of long-time Food Bank volunteer, Bette Goldfarb. We so appreciate how folks from the community take the initiative to organize these services," Severy said.
The volume of stuff, as well as food that moves through the Food Bank, is something that its next-door neighbor (which my business is) can truly comprehend, as the process continues even after the Food Bank is closed.
A "Gift Economy'
It was the next day, talking with Janie Rezner that I realized what the Food Bank is a "Gift Economy."
There was a program on PBS about how Native American cultures often operated on a gift rather than trade or currency economy. Their gift of Thanksgiving dinner was something they may have hoped would inspire the pilgrims to give, not take.
Rezner recently aired a program on KZYX featuring Genevieve Vaughan, who has been working on the theory of a maternal gift economy as an alternative to patriarchal capitalism for many years. Her books include "For-giving, a Feminist Criticism of Exchange."
Gift economies are being talked about by those who worry the world can't survive more generations of zoom-zoom, waste-waste, shop "til the planet drops market economy. The annual Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert, which prohibits use of money and embraces the term, has become the fiery torch symbol for the concept.
A gift economy could also be called a "grace economy" as gifts are given without any requirement for reciprocation. A benefit to a gift economy is that very little gets wasted. Another is that one gift often multiplies in many directions.
That certainly is true at the Food Bank. The community-wide effort to provide the magnificent dinners on the two big holidays brings in businesses and people who give and take all year. Those who get usually can't wait for the opportunity to give. Hardly anybody can just take, with the spirit of giving contagious in a functional gift economy like the Food Bank. The Mendocino County Grand Jury found that 95 percent of volunteers are also clients at all of Mendocino County's food banks and pantries.
Key Club
The Kiwanis Key Club seeks to build leadership through service, which is exactly what was happening last week with the students giving their time.
Madisyn Pyorre was another Key Club member working at the Food Bank last Tuesday. Along with Yanez, she is a participant in multiple sports and extra curricular activities. These are students gaining plenty that will look good on a college resume. The service and experience those young people gave will be multiplied as the experience enriches their lives and those of others back at the school. Not to mention some surprisingly stylish clothes along the way.
The Interact and Key clubs from Fort Bragg High School provided help on the fall newsletter as well as with the pre-Thanksgiving rush, the busiest days of the year. They will both be back for the pre-Christmas game of the Fort Bragg Food Bank "big game," ranking a close second.
"These kid's are just super. They get a lot done really quickly and their hearts are definitely in the right place," Severy said.
Bills to pay
Of course, the Food Bank doesn't operate as a pure Gift Economy. Workers must be paid, with the costs of 4.2 full-time employees being more than half the $300,000 expenses $164,000 in 2012. But that is leveraged with the equivalent of 5.3 full-time employees working every day.
Gifts suddenly arrive just when they are needed. A woman from Chico who has followed the Season of Sharing series year after year in this newspaper's online pages knits and sends hats that are in high demand.
"She delivered about 30 colorful hand-knit warm hats to us in October and called recently to say she was bringing more," Severy said. "I'm hoping to get her name and photo when she returns. Holly and Sarah in the front office just love offering them to clients when they check in for their food. People really enjoy picking out just the right color hat."
The Food Bank actually loves and needs cash gifts more than hats, clothes and books. I have found the cash is greatly leveraged too.
"All donations are spent in support of acquiring and distributing food to Food Bank clients," Severy said. "This doesn't always mean direct food purchases. We find we can stretch our dollars considerably and acquire lots more food by locating and transporting donated foods through various public and private emergency food programs. This requires the support of staff, vehicles and warehouse throughout the year, all of which takes funding."
767 families received Thanksgiving dinner
As to the results of the Turkey Challenge and the holiday meal, it went much better last week than it did for Natives in that legendary gift economy.
"We served 767 client families for Thanksgiving. Second highest number of people ever served down just slightly from our peak of 778 last year.
"This year folks had their choice of a turkey or a roaster chicken. Some people preferred the smaller bird and we were satisfied that extra turkey meat wasn't going to waste. The hams were missed so we'll make an effort to have them for a choice for Christmas," Severy said.
The Food Bank also tried to get tofurkeys for vegetarians but those items, so often mocked by comedians, were so much in demand none could be acquired, even with the help of local grocery stores.
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The point of saying all this about the gift economy is it's exciting to see one actually work, which I have at the Food Bank over the years as their neighbor and as a reporter. People bring stuff that other people can use. Those who receive give all they can. Sent here as part of Season of Sharing to be sure money was being spent well, I found dollars were truly being stretched, not wasted.
"The Grand Jury was impressed with the administration of the Fort Bragg Food Bank," concluded last year's investigation of the county's three food banks. The others got no such praise.
No dumping, please
Jerks can spoil everything. That was a problem a few years ago when a particular landlord decided to dump left behind and useless furniture and other stuff out front, which encouraged more of the ugly same from others. A cancer grew along with a trash pile. The brakes had to be put on the gift economy for a while.
"We've managed to convince most people to stop dumping ratty furniture and broken appliances so this isn't as big a problem as it used to be," Severy said. "Many people will call and ask us first if we want the larger item. We take a few and turn away most as we have no storage space for them and they deteriorate out in the weather."
In a gift economy, ugly gifts are the ultimate insult and costly to the community, too.
"It's important for people to know that if they dump stuff here, the Food Bank ends up having to pay waste disposal fees to get rid of it and yes, this is money we would have been able to spend on food. The only items we routinely welcome are clothes in good condition (especially warm coats), blankets and sleeping bags and books. Folks should talk to staff before leaving anything else," Severy said.
Season of Sharing
Since the 1996 holiday season, the Advocate-News and The Mendocino Beacon have raised roughly $301,543 for the Food Bank through the Season of Sharing fund drive. Since 1999, the nonprofit Community Foundation of Mendocino County has administered the drive as a courtesy to the newspapers, which means that every penny donated goes directly to the Food Bank.
"There are many dozens of nonprofit organizations in our area, all very worthy of support, but the Food Bank addresses the most basic problem facing hundreds of individuals and families hunger," said Publisher Sharon DiMauro. "The goal is to give the Food Bank money it can use year-round, not just during the holidays. It doesn't matter a bit whether a person contributes through our fundraiser or directly to the Food Bank, the main thing is to contribute and if you're able, to give year-round."
How to donate
? By check: Make check payable to The Community Foundation of Mendocino County (CFMC) and mail or deliver to the Advocate-News, 450 N. Franklin St., Fort Bragg 95437.
? By credit card: Pay via CFMC's website, www.communityfound.org. Click "Donate Online," then "Poverty Related Funds" and select "Season of Sharing Fund (Fort Bragg Food Bank).
Questions? Please call us at 964-5642.
This week's donors
The names of donors who contribute through the newspapers or CFMC's website are printed each week, unless they ask to remain anonymous.
At the end of the drive, which runs through Dec. 31, the names of everyone who donates to the 2013 Season of Sharing will be reprinted.
In addition to appearing in the Advocate and The Beacon, the weekly installments are posted on both newspapers' websites.
As of press time Wednesday, donations from Myra Figueiredo, Donna Brown, Donna Feiner, Mel and Susan McKinney, Winston and Rebecca Bowen, the Mendocino Coast Gem & Mineral Society, Jan Boyd, Forest and Patricia Tilley and an anonymous donor brought the Season of Sharing fund drive total to $1,270.


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The Los Altos & Los Altos Hills Little League A's capped a perfect season by winning the Minors AA Division championship Thursday at Purissima Park. Front row, from left Johnny Colet, Sameer Singh, Corey Wang, Cameron Wang, Andy Higgins, Cole Cox, Lance Kluge, Matt Poppitz, Nasir Naqvi, Rohan Agarwal and Matthew Kumpf. Back Coaches An-Ti Wang, Tom Poppitz, Keith Higgins (head coach) and Jeff Cox. Not pictured Player Cedric Chan.
These A's truly were amazing.
The Athletics of Los Altos & Los Altos Hills Little League completed a perfect season Thursday with a one-run win over the Cubs in the finals of the Minors AA Division tournament.
"Our kids had a season I think many will remember for the rest of their lives," head coach Keith Higgins said. "We worked very hard, we had a lot of fun, we got a lot better and we had a very successful and rewarding season."
The A's finished 23-0, which may make them the first Minors AA squad (ages 8-10) in league history to go undefeated.
"We don't know for sure – they don't track every season – but to the best of one of the commissioner's recall, it's never happened before," said Tom Poppitz, A's assistant coach. "But the 23-0 can't be disputed – that's locked in."
The last five wins came in the 10-team league tournament at Purissima Park in Los Altos Hills. The A's routed the Red Sox 18-3 in their May 30 opener, edged the Giants 8-6 two days later and crushed the Cardinals 13-2 June 7 to reach the championship round.
Facing a team that was also 3-0 in the double-elimination tourney, the A's needed to beat the Cubs twice to claim the crown. The A's clipped the Cubs 16-14 June 8 and eked out a 7-6 win Thursday.
"The Cubs are a very good team and very well coached," Higgins said, "and we had to play our absolute best in the final game."
The A's jumped to an early lead in the title-clinching contest. They scored three runs – all during a two-out rally – in the first inning and two in the second. After three innings of what Higgins described as "stingy defense," the A's allowed two runs in the fourth that made it a 5-2 game.
But the defense flourished in the fifth, as A's shortstop Andy Higgins made "two heroic outs," Poppitz said, to keep the Cubs from getting closer.
The A's added two runs in the bottom of the fifth frame for a 7-2 advantage.
But that almost wasn't enough. The Cubs refused to surrender, scoring four times in the sixth. They had two men on base – with the tying run on third – when the final out of the game was made.
"For anyone who watched, it was one of the most exciting, well-played AA games this year," said coach Higgins, who attributed the quick contest (approximately 65 minutes) to "the great defenses of both teams."
While proud of the perfect season, coaches Higgins and Poppitz were just as pleased with the manner in which their A's went about it.
"It was a thrill to watch our boys develop so much as skillful players, as selfless dedicated teammates and as individuals that won gracefully," said Poppitz, who worked alongside assistant coaches An-Ti Wang and Jeff Cox. "I couldn't possibly be more proud of them."
Added Higgins, "Our kids showed great sportsmanship during the season and battled hard in several games down the stretch that were very close."
Team members included Rohan Agarwal, Cedric Chan, Johnny Colet, Cole Cox, Andy Higgins, Lance Kluge, Matthew Kumpf, Nasir Naqvi, Matt Poppitz, Sameer Singh, Cameron Wang and Corey Wang.


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If you think the unfolding debate in Washington about subsidies for Revenue Protection (RP) doesn't matter, think again. The 2012 drought and its impact on farm income and farmer attitude should be proof positive of their value. To imagine the alternative, recall the cropping disasters of 1988 and 1993 and think Hurricane Sandy.
This weather event has drained available aid and raised calls for $40 billion to $60 billion or more in disaster aid.
By contrast, the worst drought in decades has crop producers and those ag professionals who rely on income from farmers relatively unruffled, thanks to a program that works, suggested Art Barnaby, Extension specialist, risk management, Kansas State University.
"More than 80 percent of growers in the affected areas were insured, and the vast majority had some level of revenue protection," reported Barnaby. "People had coverage that simply wasn't there in 1988 or 1993. Because they had revenue protection, their payment wasn't eliminated when the price went up."
Under traditional Multi-Peril Crop Insurance, yield losses alone were covered with elections from 50 to 85 percent of yield. With CRC/RP, which automatically includes the Harvest Price option, growers were not only protected against production losses, but also received much of the gain they would have made with higher prices at harvest had their crops produced as expected. This is vital to producers who market through livestock. Without revenue protection, they would have had to buy back higher priced corn and other feed grains to replace what they couldn't grow. However, livestock producers weren't the only ones to benefit. Barnaby pointed out that having revenue protection raises the comfort level for pricing the crop ahead of harvest. Not insignificantly for full-service ag retailers, that raises the comfort level when investing in high cost inputs for servicing farmers.
"Every single marketing plan out there assumes production and has a physical bushel at the end of the day," said Barnaby. "Revenue Protection with the Harvest Option gives you that less the yield deductible."
Ironically, a program that appears to be working as planned is under fire. Critics have suggested the program could put the federal government on the hook for $30 billion to $40 billion in payouts to farmers. Other news stories have suggested a large bailout of insuring companies will be required. Barnaby argued that neither claim has a basis in fact. He pointed out that payouts to farmers aren't losses to the companies until they exceed the premium. Even then, insurance companies are prepared to handle losses to the point required by the program.
"The latest I have seen out of the USDA is for $15 billion to $16 billion in claims," he said. "With $10 billion in premiums, that leaves an underwriting loss of $5 billion to $6 billion. Some of that will be paid by the insurance companies, with the biggest hit to them in Iowa, though Indiana had greater losses."
Barnaby based his argument on the reinsurance agreement between the private insurance companies and the USDA Risk Management Agency (RMA) and projected loss ratios. For group 1 states, which include Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Nebraska, a loss ratio of 160 would require companies to pay 65 percent of the underwriting loss. For that portion of the loss ratio over 160 and under 220, the company share drops to 55 percent. For the portion of loss ratios over 220, they would pay 10 percent.
"The loss ratio is across all crops, and better than expected soybean yields are having an impact there, as had falling prices in October," said Barnaby. "The truth is a 220 loss ratio doesn't happen very often."
As of September, Carl Ashenbrenner, a consultant with Milliman, an independent actuarial product and service provider to the insurance industry, released forecasts for 12 major corn and soybean producing states. He projected an underwriting loss ratio of 226 for corn and soybeans combined. However, with higher than expected yields in many areas, the loss ratio across the board may be significantly less. Even though it is likely to remain very high in Indiana, a less hard hit state like Iowa, which has twice the premium base, has losses falling mostly on the companies, not the taxpayer.
"We're anticipating a loss ratio of less than 220 for most companies in Iowa, and as a result, the approved insurance providers (AIPs) will pay most of the loss," said Barnaby.
Even if the Indiana loss ratio is above 220 and the taxpayer picks up 90 percent of the underwriting loss, it will still likely be less than the losses the AIPs absorb in Iowa. If these prove out to be accurate, the actual underwriting loss picked up by taxpayers will be a fraction of the earlier projected costs, perhaps $4 billion or $5 billion. If the RMA had been allowed to bank the $1.4 billion in underwriting gains it received in 2010 and that of other years past, underwriting losses would be even less. Of course, if the RMA even got credit for gains, the perceived subsidy for farm premiums of around $6 billion would also be less. Unfortunately, any gains go directly to the general fund.
What adds insult to injury for Barnaby is the idea that growers are cashing in on a subsidy from the taxpayers. He points out that for many growers, this may be the first time they have collected in 20 years or more of paying for crop insurance. Perhaps it would be more appropriate to refer to crop revenue coverage subsidies as co-insurance, with growers paying a portion to protect their potential revenue and taxpayers paying a portion to protect against large disaster payment programs.
That said, any subsidy or government program, especially one in agriculture, is under threat in the current Washington mentality of chop first and issue regrets later. Critics suggest a variety of options as related to crop insurance generally and CRC/RC specifically. One is eliminating the Harvest Price option, without which the drought would have required a disaster program on top of crop insurance, according to Barnaby.
Other suggested options include squeezing growers, insurance companies and insurance agents. Growers have indeed benefitted in recent years, as their share of premiums has dropped from 60 percent in 2000 to 38 percent today. Catastrophic insured growers have benefitted even more as 100 percent of their premium is subsidized.
"Insurance providers could have rates cut, while insurance agents could have their commissions reduced," explained Barnaby. "However, insurance agents in the Midwest already had their commissions cut in half in 2012."
One of the arguments being presented is for insurance to be eliminated altogether, to be replaced by disaster programs administered by USDA Farm Service Administration (FSA) employees as in the past. Barnaby argued that this could be a problem with current staffing, both at sign up and also in claims adjusting. While private companies have systems in place to move adjustors around from state to state as needed, no such system is in place for USDA FSA workers.
Barnaby suggested that should the Harvest Price option be eliminated, demand for insurance will likely fall, reducing interest from insurance companies. This could result in a strictly government-run program. A government-run program also raises the question of pricing versus free (known as universal, single payer in health insurance parlance) coverage. Free coverage, Barnaby argued, would likely result in means tested payment caps and limiting coverage to base acres. Neither option would be good for larger or expanding growers.
"The best option would be for growers and the insurance industry to find solutions and present a united front," said Barnaby.
Whatever the solution, the retention of CRC/RP with a Harvest Price option is important to growers as well as full-service input suppliers and service suppliers. It covers yield and potential income loss and creates a more secure environment for producers planning their inputs and marketing. This, not incidentally, creates a more secure environment for their input and service providers as well.


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Who knew that "Quadrophenia" was still such a major selling point in 2013?
I guess The Who knew.
The legendary British rock band, which formed way back in 1964, drew a near-capacity crowd to Oracle Arena in Oakland on Friday by simply promising to once again perform the 1973 opus "Quadrophenia." It's was the third time that the Who had attempted such a trick in the Bay Area. The group also brought "Quadrophenia" to the Cow Palace in Daly City in 1973 -- an infamous gig where Keith Moon passed out and was replaced on drums by, I kid you not, a guy from out of the crowd -- and then for a two-night stand at the HP Pavilion in San Jose in 1996.
What makes the lasting appeal of "Quadrophenia" so surprising, and satisfying, is that it's anything but a de-facto "greatest hits" album. Of the 17 tracks that make up the two-album set only a small handful can be called true fan favorites. To the contrary, "Quadrophenia" is a complex, challenging rock opera, one that hardly offers the type of grand drama to be found in comparable rock operas like Pink Floyd's "The Wall" and The Who's own "Tommy." To simplify things greatly, it's just the story of a young man trying to find his way in the world, while battling a personality disorder.
It's not something that lends itself easily in concert to mind-blowing theatrics, a la Roger Waters building a towering brick barricade, then blowing it apart, during his recent "The Wall" tours. The storyline is told on a very human scale, without the type of larger-than-life characters conjured in "Tommy."
The appeal, one must conclude, is strictly musical -- which, indeed, is a refreshing change of pace in the touring business. The music covers a ton of ground, but it still manages to feel quite coherent, like a rock symphony in 17 parts.
And, perhaps most important, you really feel like you've been on a journey -- a worthwhile journey -- by the time the band concludes the production with the immortal anthem "Love, Reign O'er Me."
The band, which is still led by ageless vocalist Roger Daltrey and guitarist-mastermind Pete Townshend, certainly didn't spend a lot of money on this production. The only real effects were some overhead video screens, which mainly flipped back and forth between stage shots and archival footage of the group.
The Who opened with "I Am the Sea," the first cut from "Quadrophenia," and then proceeded to zoom through every track on the album in order over approximately the next 100 minutes. In general, the live takes sounded very close to the album, which is exactly what fans wanted. That reportedly wasn't the case back in 1973, as The Who struggled to re-create the dense sonics from the studio on the live stage.
Daltrey, who at 68 still isn't shy about baring his chest for all to see, was an absolute lion at the microphone for most of the night. He roared proudly through the classic cuts "The Real Me," "5:15" and "Love, Reign O'er Me." His voice started to give out come encore time, when The Who ventured into greatest-hits territory, but he would somehow manage to stand tall when it mattered most -- delivering the famed scream with gusto at the end of "Won't Get Fooled Again."
Townshend, the only other original member left in the band, also was in fine form. He delivered a particularly soulful guitar solo during "5:15" and managed to thrill everyone in the house with that heroic lead -- one of the most cherished in all of rock 'n' roll -- at the beginning of "Pinball Wizard," which came during the six-song encore.
The other musicians onstage also made solid contributions. Pete's brother, Simon Townshend, was a mighty force on guitar and even handled lead vocals on "The Dirty Jobs," while drummer Zak Starsky (Ringo Starr's son) and bassist Pino Palladino were terrific as always.
Yet, it was the musicians who weren't actually on the stage who really provided the magic. Original bassist John Entwistle (who died in 2002) and Moon (died in 1978) were very much a part of the production, as video segments were mixed in with the live performance in ways that made it feel like these dearly departed players were still part of the mix. Moon even sang lead vocals on "Bell Boy."
The Who has now brought "Quadrophenia" through town three times during three different decades. Who knows if the group will do it again? If it does indeed happen, however, count that a full house will turn out to see it.
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The company also declared a fourth quarter dividend of 5 cents a share payable March 21 to shareholders as of Feb. 28.
Allergan is in the process of expanding its skin care and migraine treatment divisions while getting out of obesity treatments. In 2012, Allergan bought SkinMedica, which makes skin care and hair removal products, and in January the company bought MAP Pharmaceuticals, which makes an adult migraine treatment.
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Efficacy of Group Intervention to Reduce Stress Symptoms
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
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This research study will examine the usefulness of groups in reducing stress and helping individuals with HIV to stay healthy and avoid problems associated with sexually transmitted diseases. We hope to discover whether being in a group is effective in reducing stress-related symptoms and promoting healthy behaviors.
|Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic HIV Infections
|Behavioral: HIV Skills-based Prevention
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Efficacy of Group Intervention to Reduce Stress Symptoms
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- To determine if decreasing trauma-related stress symptoms improves HIV risk reduction behavior above a standard HIV risk reduction intervention alone post -intervention 3, 6, and 12 months after the group intervention sessions.
- To determine if decreasing trauma-related stress symptoms improves HIV risk reduction behavior above a standard HIV risk reduction intervention alone [ Time Frame: 15 months ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- To determine whether key variables moderate the intervention's effects. For instance gender, age, ethnicity, or psychological distress (e.g. , depression, anxiety) may interact with the intervention to affect risky sexual or drug-related behavior.
- To determine whether key variables moderate the intervention's effects. [ Time Frame: 15 months ]
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Inclusion Criteria:Must be 18 years or older, must be HIV-positive, report engaging in behavior that could put them at risk for HIV transmission in the past three months, report experiencing one or more trauma-related symptoms within the past three months.
Exclusion Criteria:Exclusion criteria include the presence of gross cognitive impairment, dementia, acute psychosis, or severe physical impairment that would preclude adequate comprehension of assessment material and participation in small group intervention.
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Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
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Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
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Stress Disorders, Traumatic
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YOUNG apprentices from Worcestershire who have taken their first steps on the career ladder with the organisation responsible for commissioning health services in the county have thrown their support behind the scheme.
The NHS South Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has taken on a number of young apprentices over the past few years and as part of this week's National Apprenticeship Week two of them have spoken about the value of the scheme.
Nicole Pinder, aged 18, from Worcester is currently working with the primary care and communications teams as a business apprentice and said it had been a valuable experience.
"I decided to apply for the apprenticeship scheme following my A-levels, as I felt the time wasn't right to go to university," she said. "The scheme has offered me a great opportunity to gain experience in a working environment, helping to build my skills and knowledge.
"The apprenticeship scheme has not only benefitted me, but it also benefits the organisation that you work for.
"It would be nice to see more of these schemes, giving young people the same opportunity that I am benefitting from."
Cheralyyn Roe from Powick previously carried out an apprenticeship with the CCG and now works for the organisation as an administrative support officer.
The 20-year-old said she was glad she opted to take up an apprenticeship.
"I have learnt so much and have taken my first steps on the career ladder," she said.
"I would recommend becoming an apprentice to anyone who prefers to learn in a busy working environment where you can pick up new practical skills."
George Stringer, aged 21, from Worcester also completed an apprenticeship with the CCG in 2012 and now works for the organisation as a communications support officer.
The CCG's director of corporate and organisational development Lucy Noon said the scheme had benefited both the young people involved and the organisation.
"It offers a great opportunity for work-based learning whilst at the same time helping to develop in-house talent, providing a bright future for the CCG," she said.
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Spain has more acres under vine than any other country and ranks third in production behind Italy and France. Much of this output continues to be hot-country jug wine made to satisfy the everyday thirsts of the domestic and greater European markets. But many inexpensive Spanish wines that once were rustic, tired, or dried out have been replaced by bottlings that are lush, round, ripe, and cleanly made. Regions that previously made blended Spanish wines that were virtually too strong to be bottled on their own, such as Tarragona, Valencia, Yecla, Jumilla, and Toro are now firmly in the table wine business, even if these wines of Spain can be alarmingly high in alcohol.
At the high end are exciting new bottlings from the historically important Rioja and Ribera del Duero regions in north-central Spain and from the wild, hilly Priorat in Cataluña, in the northeast corner of the country. A new generation of Spanish wine makers has begun crafting wines in a distinctly modern international style: deeply colored, very ripe, and high in alcohol, generally aged in a high percentage of new French oak, and often quite pricey. The majority of these wines are based on Tempranillo, Spain's most distinguished red variety. While the ultimate quality and longevity of these Spanish wines are yet to be proven, these new bottlings have unquestionably captured the attention of wine drinkers both inside and outside Spain.
Although much of Spain bakes in the sun for at least half the year, the country actually covers a vast range of climates-from the cooler and much wetter Atlantic-influenced northwest, to the arid, blazing Mediterranean south and southeast-so vintage generalizations are tricky with Spanish wines. Moreover, the majority of Spain's better vineyards lie at relatively high altitude, where summer nights are cool even when afternoons are stifling. " e wines and is perfect with any chocolate dessert.
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Temporary Disability
In the Matter of Charles D. Scott
Decided April 27, 1999
The Supreme Court affirmed the Appellate Division's reversal of the final administrative decision of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Board of Review, denying temporary disability benefits under the Temporary Disability Benefits Law which applies to non-work related disabilities, based on an employee's full-time employment. In reversing, the court held that an employee who is injured on a part-time job covered by workers' compensation is not necessarily disqualified from receiving benefits under the Temporary Disability Benefits Law especially when the workers' compensation benefits received are substantially less than what the worker would have received had the accident occurred on the full-time job. The court did not address the issue of set-offs between the workers' compensation benefits and the Title 43 temporary disability benefits and remanded the case for administrative review.
Sperling v. Board of Review
Decided December 11, 1998
The Supreme Court affirmed the Appellate Division's denial of temporary disability benefits pursuant to N.J.S.A. §43:21-30, which applies to non-work related disabilities. The court held that an individual who settles a workers' compensation claim and receives a lump sum settlement pursuant to N.J.S.A. §34:15-20, acknowledges that the injury is work related under the workers' compensation act. Therefore, the individual may not obtain temporary disability benefits under N.J.S.A. §43:21-30 for the same injury.
NJ Superior Court – Appellate Division
Quereshi v. Cintas Corp.
413 N.J. Super. 492 (App. Div. 2010)
Decided May 28, 2010
The Appellate Division held that a workers' compensation judge must award a reasonable counsel fee, in addition to a 25% penalty, when a petitioner is forced to resort to N.J.S.A. 34:15-28.1 to obtain temporary disability benefits after unreasonable delay or refusal by an employer or its carrier to pay such benefits. This "reasonable" counsel fee is not bound by the 20% limitation imposed by N.J.S.A. 34:15-64 as there is no such limitation required by the express language of section 28.1 and the intent of this statute was to make counsel fees, in the context of penalty proceedings, dependent upon the actual costs in petitioner legal fees which were incurred due to improper withholding of benefits.
Cunningham v. Atlantic States Cast Iron Pipe Co.
386 N.J. Super. 423 (App. Div. 2006)
Decided June 26, 2006
After petitioner was terminated from his job with respondent for cause, a doctor advised petitioner that he needed treatment due to an injury he suffered on the job before his termination. The judge of compensation found petitioner eligible for temporary total disability benefits. However, the Appellate Division reversed the compensation judge's decision and remanded the case. The appellate court held that, in order to receive temporary disability benefits, the petitioner must establish on remand that "but for" his work-related disability he would have been employed.
Wood v. Jackson Township
383 N.J. Super. 250 (App. Div. 2006)
Decided February 17, 2006
The Appellate Division affirmed the decision of the workers' compensation judge and held that petitioner's widow was entitled to receive the full amount of compensation benefits petitioner would have received had he not been receiving Social Security disability benefits before he died at age fifty-four. Since petitioner's Social Security disability benefits were terminated when he died, the basis for respondent's receiving an offset under N.J.S.A. 34:15-95.5 was thereby ended, making respondent responsible for paying petitioner's widow the full measure of workers' compensation benefits from the date of petitioner's death to the end of the designated period.
Tobin v. All Shore All Star Gymnastics
378 N.J. Super. 495 (App. Div. 2005)
Decided June 24, 2005
The Appellate Division affirmed the decision of the workers' compensation judge and held that petitioner, who doubled as owner and chief instructor at respondent gymnastics school, was entitled to receive total temporary disability benefits for the period of time after she became able to resume her duties as an unsalaried owner but remained unable to perform the more physically demanding job duties of salaried chief instructor.
Division Reserved Decisions
Hulitt v. Farm-Rite, Inc.
12-18007; decided September 1, 2015 by the Hon. E. Elaine Voyles, J.W.C.
Petitioner suffered injuries in a work-related motor vehicle accident and was terminated from employment with the respondent the next day. Petitioner received authorized medical treatment related to the accident and temporary disability benefits from the date of the accident until the date the treating doctor found him to have reached maximum medical improvement. Approximately two years later, petitioner filed a motion seeking additional medical treatment and temporary disability benefits. The judge of compensation granted the request for further medical treatment but denied further temporary disability benefits under N.J.S.A. 34:15-38 and the Cunningham doctrine because the petitioner failed to prove he was actually absent from work and actually lost wages/income from continued employment for the time period for which he was seeking additional temporary disability benefits.
Catalini v. AIG
08-1138; decided October 22, 2013 by the Honorable Jill M. Fader, J.W.C.
Petitioner applied for modification of an earlier award based on a leg and back injury. In response to the application, the respondent authorized petitioner to see a doctor and subsequently authorized her to receive a total knee replacement. At that time, the doctor opined that the petitioner was totally and temporarily disabled. In spite of the fact that she was receiving unemployment benefits until this time, the petitioner argued she was entitled to temporary disability benefits starting from the date of the knee replacement and continuing until she was deemed by the doctor to be at maximum medical improvement or ready to return to work. The Judge of Compensation, after applying the legal precepts set forth in Cunningham v. Atlantic States Cast Iron Pipe Co., 386 N.J. Super. 423 (App. Div.), certif. denied 188 N.J. 492 (2006), agreed and granted the requested modification because the petitioner would actually lose income as a result of being totally and temporarily disabled due to the knee replacement.
Soto v. Herr's Foods, Inc.
11-18325, decided September 7, 2012 by the Honorable Emille Cox, J.W.C.
Petitioner filed a motion in which he requested supplemental temporary disability benefits. Respondent objected and argued that, because the petitioner was returned to only minimal light duty work, his temporary disability benefits should be limited by the amount earned in such light duty capacity (rather than an amount based upon regular wages. The judge disagreed as he found that allowing a respondent to provide only minimal light duty work and thereby reduce a petitioner's temporary disability benefits would defeat the purpose of the temporary disability provisions of the workers' compensation statutes. Petitioner's motion was granted.
Jose Paucay v. Hickory Ridge Horse Farm
10-14249; decided February 7, 2011 by the Honorable Ingrid French, J.W.C.
Even though he was able to return to work at his second full-time job, petitioner alleged that he was entitled to receive continued temporary total disability benefits from this respondent because he was still receiving treatments authorized by it. The judge, however, dismissed petitioner's argument and held that N.J.S.A. 34:15-38 requires a respondent to pay temporary total disability benefits only until a petitioner has either resumed work or is deemed permanently disabled. Since the petitioner here was able to resume full-time work for which he was being paid, the judge found he was no longer entitled to temporary disability benefits from the respondent.
Cherry v. Edmund's Direct Mail
09-21068 decided November 29, 2010 by the Honorable Carmine J. Taglialatella, J.W.C.
Petitioner claimed that she was entitled to restoration of temporary disability benefits after: her left foot was run over by a forklift at work, she was treated and released from care by an authorized physician, she received temporary disability benefits during the time of this treatment, she was placed on permanent restrictions in her ability to work, she was terminated from her job because respondent could not accommodate her medical restrictions, she consequently received unemployment benefits (which ceased after a year), and she afterward needed further treatment for the foot wound. Respondent accepted responsibility for providing additional necessary medical treatment, but denied any temporary disability was due petitioner during the time of such follow-up treatment. After reviewing pertinent statutes and caselaw, the Judge of Compensation found the petitioner was entitled to temporary disability benefits during the time of such authorized follow-up treatment.
Salmons v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
98-08251, decided March 6, 2000 by the Honorable Neale F. Hooley, J.W.C.
The workers' compensation judge found that the petitioner did not have to accept light-duty on a different shift and that she was entitled to a continuation of temporary benefits.


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MIAMI - Miami-Dade police questioned the husband of a woman who, along with her two daughters, was found murdered in her home Tuesday.
Police questioned Alberto Sierra late Wednesday and released him Thursday morning. He was not arrested and has not been named a suspect in his wife's murder.
According to Miami-Dade Police, a family friend discovered the bodies of Gladys Del Carmen Sierra, 29, and her daughters, Julia Padrino, 6, and Daniela Padrino, 4, in a home in the 7300 block of NW 4th Street on Tuesday afternoon.
The woman who found the bodies told Local 10 that Sierra was her landlord.
Sierra and Gladys had been married for a year. He has been convicted several times, including for selling cocaine and possession of a firearm.
Last year, Sierra was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was released from jail in June.
Court records show a year before the couple married, Sierra was accused of assaulting Gladys. A stay away order was issued in court.
According to court records, Michael Padrino, Gladys Sierra's former husband, asked a judge for custody of his two daughters last year, but was denied.
A principal at Julia Padrino's former elementary school said the girl told her teacher that her stepfather had bit her. The teacher notified the Department of Children and Families, which confirmed an investigation was started on the family.
Police said Gladys Sierra also has a 6-year-old son. The boy is now living with a family member.
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Nautilus: Dynamic Craniotomy; New Surgical Technique and Preliminary Results (Nautilus)
This study has been completed.
Nucleo de Plastica Avancada
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First received: August 18, 2012
Last updated: August 22, 2012
Last verified: June 2010
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Being the craniostenoses sutural basically a disease, the fact that the brain being trapped in an enclosure that does not have complacency required to accompany their growth constitutes the challenge of treatment, which aims to restore the complacency of the suture and correct the stenotic compensatory cranial deformity.
This paper proposes the combination of a helicoid osteotomy distraction osteogenesis provided by the use of springs distracting.
|Children With Craniosynostoses
|Procedure: dynamic craniotomy
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Nautilus: Dynamic Craniotomy; New Surgical Technique and Preliminary Results
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Genetics Home Reference related topics: Apert syndrome Beare-Stevenson cutis gyrata syndrome Crouzon syndrome with acanthosis nigricans Jackson-Weiss syndrome Muenke syndrome Pfeiffer syndromeU.S. FDA Resources
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Nautilus: dynamic craniotomy; new surgical technique and preliminary results [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ]This study proposes to analyze the cranial remodeling achieved through the use of a dynamic craniotomy, without detachment of the dura mater in cranial deformities caused by craniosynostosis.
- cranial remodeling [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ]Quantify the results of cranial remodeling by osteotomy helicoid-shaped Nautilus by clinical and CT in 6 months after the procedure, by 3 surgeons at different times - The skull shape, postoperatively, will be assessed independently by four surgeons, who will use the following scale results: insufficient when there was no attenuation of preoperative deformity, partial, when the correction happened, but was not able to capture all the characteristics of the deformity; appropriate, when there was complete remission of cranial deformity.
|Study Start Date:
|June 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
children with craniosynostosis
children with craniosynostosis aged 6 months to 13
Procedure: dynamic craniotomy
Surgical technique of craniotomy spiral without detachment of dura mater
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As demonstrated by some authors, the curved shape of the helix fits perfectly the remodeling of a curved surface as well as the skullcap. If you do not receive fixation, however, trace the helicoid of the bone osteotomy can turn on a spring that can expand or contract depending on the direction of the force that is received. This form of osteotomy was therefore chosen by the authors to induce bone compliance areas of secondary defect that should expand or compress indirectly during the process of dynamic remodeling of primary defect with springs.
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children with craniosynostoses
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- age between 6 months to 13 years
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- absence of clinical conditions for the surgical treatment
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npa - 777 - 12
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|August 18, 2012
|Last Updated:
|August 22, 2012
Keywords provided by Nucleo de Plastica Avancada:
Osteogenesis Distraction
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Bone Diseases, Developmental
Bone Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Craniofacial Abnormalities
Musculoskeletal Abnormalities
Congenital Abnormalities
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text: Mixing work and family: parents teach at school children attend By Jessica Johnston, Valley High School November 2, 2012 Story Share Courtesy photo Emily and Slayton Beard of Valley High School share their school with their parents. Diane teaches history, psychology and geography; George recently retired as a gym teacher but still coaches the football team. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Some students have to worry about their parents hearing about the things they do at school. But what if you have to worry about your parents seeing those things?That's what happens with students whose parents are teachers, like Valley High School's Slayton and Emily Beard. Until this year, both their parents taught at Valley.Their father, George, was a gym teacher and football coach, but retired from teaching this year. Now, he's only at the school near the end of the day to get ready for football practice. Their mother, Diane, on the other hand, spends all day at the school, where she teaches history, psychology and geography.Most students would probably hate having their parents at school with them. Slayton and Emily enjoy it."It's so much better and easier having her at school with me," Emily said about her mother. "If you need something, she's right there. And if you have a mom like mine, then it's very helpful."Though that may be true, Diane said having her and her husband as teachers hasn't always been easy for the children."All three of my kids tell me it was difficult having both Mom and Dad in the school with them," said Diane, whose third child, Elizabeth, graduated from Valley in 2010."They never really could get by with things because someone always told one of us -- sometimes not on purpose. But if they were honest, I think they liked having us close if something went wrong." According to Emily and Slatyon, their mom isn't really any different at school than at home. Slayton feels she's the same both places, and Emily said, "Mom has to be more professional at school, but she still doesn't hesitate to help me if I need it -- just like at home.""I am able to separate being mom from being teacher," said Diane. "I have to say, though, at times [like with term papers], I am a little more invested in their performance."But the grading system is concrete, so that helps to have a rubric in front of me. I have never flinched when giving my kids failing scores, either."Some students may expect their parents to treat them better than other students, but Beard's children know that's preposterous."When I was in Mom's class, she treated me the same as everyone else," Emily said. "I had to do just as much as everyone else, and my grade point average was fair just like everyone else.""My children never expected special treatment and didn't call me Mom in class," Diane said. "I am sure they would have liked an inside track on tests and such, but neither of them actually asked for anything the other kids didn't receive."When asked if they were happy about their Dad's retirement, Emily admitted that she missed seeing him at school, though since she knows she'll see him at home, she's OK with it. Slayton would rather have both of his parents still working at the school. Even though they're not, the Beards still see plenty of their dad. "Both of my high school-aged children are active at school with sports and clubs," Diane said. "The majority of our family time is spent with their activities."This year, my husband retired so that 'at-home' errands and tasks are much easier to get completed," she explained, then confessed, "But I have to admit a lot of things have to wait until the weekend or days off." Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Derek Redd: Marshall thinks outside the cable box for broadcasts 2 New leaders begin to emerge for Marshall football 3 Philanthropist Betty Schoenbaum of Shoney's fortune turns 100 4 Former State Police captain now chief in Winfield 5 Rod Run and Doo Wop brings classic cars, music to Boulevard for 12th year Wine bar offers unique pours, savory bites Previous Story That dark patch may be a red flag Next Story


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Beltran continues to sit for Cardinals
JUPITER, Fla. -- Carlos Beltran's return to the Cardinals' starting lineup was delayed by continued discomfort in his right toe. The injury is one that Beltran has been dealing with since being hit by a pitch Feb. 28. He played through the pain while representing Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Classic.
Manager Mike Matheny characterized the issue as day to day, not putting a date on when Beltran was expected to return to the field.
"We feel comfortable with the at-bats he's been able to get," Matheny said. "We're going to have to hold on until he's ready to go."
Beltran said Friday that the toe was particularly bothersome when he plays right field and hits from the right side. The Cardinals do not have the flexibility of letting Beltran slot in as a designated hitter anymore either, as they want to make sure their pitchers are taking at-bats to prepare for the regular season.
Matheny dismissed concerns about the possibility that Beltran would not be ready for the start of the season. The Cardinals have six games remaining on their spring schedule before the team's April 1 opener in Arizona.
"Getting in the outfield, it's not like he needs help reading balls off the bat," Matheny said. "He just needs time to let this thing play out. It could be [Sunday]. We'll talk to him in the morning."
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NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets coach P.J. Carlesimo saw this one coming. After a Game 1 performance in which his team dismantled the Chicago Bulls' vaunted defense, shooting 55.8 percent from the field, Carlesimo was quite sure that Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau would muster some changes, and that a Game 2 win here at the Barclays Center would be much tougher to come by.
"Thibs is not a good coach, he's a great coach," Carlesimo said ahead of Monday's Eastern Conference playoff game. "They're going to make adjustments. Their guys are coming to come in frothing at the mouth tomorrow. We need to play like we're down 0-1, not up 1-0, and that's always the challenge in these even-numbered games."
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By the time the Bulls had built up a 14-point lead in the fourth quarter Monday, the word that best summed up Carlesimo's predictive powers was this: Yup.
Despite center Joakim Noah's ongoing bout with plantar fasciitis, and with star guard Derrick Rose dapper as ever in street clothes, the Bulls bounced back from their lifeless showing in Game 1 and did, in fact, come out frothing at the mouth—or something like that—with a much more impressive effort, winning Game 2, 90-82. In doing so, the Bulls held the Nets to just 35.4 percent shooting from the field and 4-for-21 shooting from the 3-point line.
While a boost in effort had a lot to do with the Bulls' performance, an adjustment by Thibodeau really made the difference. After seeing Deron Williams dominate in the first game with 22 points on 9-for-15 shooting, Thibodeau was determined to make the Nets star into more of a passer. It worked. Williams did not get his first basket until 6:35 of the third quarter, missing his first six shots. Though he had 10 assists, he was just 1-for-9 from the floor for five points.
To do that, the Bulls committed to attacking Williams on pick-and-rolls with center Brook Lopez, having Noah or another big man jump out at Williams when the Nets set up the play in the high post. It looked like the plan was going to flame out when Lopez got hot in the second quarter (5-for-6, 10 points in the period), but Thibodeau stuck with it.
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"Anytime you put two guys on the ball, Deron is so good in the pick-and-roll, it requires your entire team to react and be tied together," Thibodeau said. "He made some shots. We had to decide what we were willing to live with, that's the thing that makes it tough. Lopez has great touch for a big guy. Deron is just a very unselfish player and he made clean passes. We've got to close harder."
Gradually, the Bulls did a better job of closing out on Lopez, and the Nets' offense — despite a 9-0 run that gave them hope in the fourth quarter — mostly ground to a halt. The big-man combination of Noah, Carlos Boozer and Nazr Mohammed was tough in limiting offense in the paint, where the Nets made just 15 of their 36 field-goal attempts. Brooklyn was 28-for-38 in the paint in Game 1.
This is problematic for the Nets, in the long term and the short term. Over the weekend, team owner Mikhail Prokhorov told Bloomberg Television in an interview from Moscow that the Nets are still a flawed team. "One more good player, and we need time to make a really strong team," Prokhorov said.
Easier said than done. The Nets are locked into big contracts for Lopez, Williams, Gerald Wallace and Joe Johnson, all of whom are signed at least through the 2015-16 season, and will be paying a luxury tax that will severely limit their ability to add players through straight-up signings. If they're looking to make a trade, they'll have to do so with the likes of Kris Humphries and Reggie Evans as bait. That's not going to get you much in return.
But the ability of the Bulls to clamp down on the Nets' offense on Monday was indicative of the fact that Prokhorov is exactly right, that the Nets need another player. Lopez did his part, scoring 21 points, and with the Bulls' defensive effort focused on Williams, it should have fallen to Johnson primarily and Wallace secondarily to pick up the slack. Instead, Johnson went a miserable 6-for-18 from the field for 17 points and Wallace had two points on 1-for-7 shooting.
Coming off a remarkably active offseason, the Nets came into the year with some championship intentions, however slim they might have been. But in a series against the banged-up Bulls, the Nets now have squandered homecourt advantage, and they head to Chicago to face a team that is feeling much more confident now that it has gotten back to its standard style of play. Carlesimo might have seen this one coming, but now he's going to have to see something much more difficult—a way to get his moribund offense going again.
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Fairfax County's Meals on Wheels program needs volunteers to deliver meals to Vietnamese speaking residents in the Annandale and Falls Church areas. Fluency in Vietnamese is helpful but not required.
The county's Meals on Wheels program provides nutritious meals to older adults who are unable to prepare their own meals. The delivered meals help them continue to live independently.
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Located in the heart of Fort Collins, this hotel is 0.9 mi (1.5 km) from Foothills Mall and 1.8 mi (2.9 km) from Collindale Golf Course. Colorado State University and Johnson Hall are also within 6 mi (10 km).
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This smoke-free hotel features an indoor pool, a fitness center, and a spa tub. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a 24-hour business center, coffee/tea in a common area, and dry cleaning.
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In addition to an indoor pool, Quality Inn & Suites University provides a spa tub and a fitness center. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. A 24-hour business center is on site. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. This Fort Collins hotel also offers a picnic area, coffee/tea in a common area, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Onsite self parking is complimentary. A total renovation of this property was completed in April 2013.
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Worried your kid forgets everything they've learnt when not at school? Here's how to keep their brain sharp. more
Betsy provides practical and down to earth tips and advice for parents to help with milestones, discipline, fussy eaters, pet deaths, toilet training and more, for toddlers through to school age children.
Betsy is a renowned child development specialist, parent educator, and author of Just Tell Me What To Say: Sensible Tips and Scripts for Perplexed Parents. You can find out more about Betsy and her best selling book here.
Raising young children can be magical, daunting, and mystifying. It is an experience that enriches your life and makes you a better you, but it is really, really hard. Parenting is physically exhausting, psychologically demanding, and often perplexing. It isn't as if your baby arrives with a little instruction book dangling from his big toe.
When my husband and I were raising our triplets (two boys and a girl, now adults) I needed help. Yes, I had been a teacher, director of a preschool, and a child development specialist, and I thought I was supposed to know how to do it all. But knowing theory is much different than raising your own children. I wanted someone who would just tell me what to say . . . and do.
Working with parents and thousands of children (from toddlers to teens), during parenting groups, individual consultations, or desperate phone calls, I have heard parents plead time again, "Betsy, please just tell me what to say."
With over 35 years of experience in early childhood and elementary education and as a parenting educator, I decided to put into print the tips and scripts I give to my clients to handle the sometimes challenging situations that inevitably accompany raising young children.
Whether it is how to approach the "birds and the bees," learning about death, or just basic "do's and don'ts," the day-to day communication you establish with your child directly affects her growth, development, self image, and her behavior.
Each month, I will share with you information about your child's development as well as specific tips and scripts to help you handle a multitude of situations. Let's begin with two tips on how to increase the effectiveness of your verbal communication and improve your connection to your child by consciously setting up your communication.


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Yesterday, since my starter was bubbling along the sides of the jar, I set aside four ounces of the starter and mixed it with some flour and water in a bowl.
Today, that proto-dough in the bowl has risen and bubbled nicely. Time to make bread! Check out the recipe to the right, and you'll have a freshly baked loaf in your hands shortly!
But what about the rest of the starter in the jar?
It's bubbling away, even more than it was on Day 9. Congratulations, you're ready to start making some pizza dough! Follow the link to the recipe at the top of the page. You will start by harvesting 4 ounces of your sourdough starter and mixing it with 2 ounces bread flour and 1 ounce water in a bowl. This will rest overnight at room temperature.
And the rest of your starter? Feed it again today, one ounce of water and one ounce of flour. If you don't have time to bake over the next few days, don't fret. As long as there's room in the jar, there's no need to discard any starter.
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Mariners take pride in 'green' efforts
SEATTLE -- Tuesday was Earth Day around the country, but the Mariners didn't line up any special events to promote the day for one simple reason.
"Every day is Earth Day at Safeco Field," said public information director Rebecca Hale, noting the club takes great pride in being one of the top recycling teams in Major League Baseball.
Last fall, the Mariners won their second consecutive award from the Commissioner's Office as the top recycler in the American League and were just edged out by the Giants as the top recycler in MLB. The team has increased its recycling rate at Safeco Field from 12 percent in 2005 to over 90 percent in 2013.
Nearly everything used at Safeco Field is recyclable or compostable, down to the straws, spoons, forks and leftover food. Hale said the club continues to look for recyclable products as it move toward a goal of zero waste.
The Mariners are in their third year of a partnership with BASF for Sustainable Saturdays, a season-long interactive program that raises awareness of environmentally responsible practices through ballpark signs and a trivia game that asks fans questions.
Fans are able to win an iPad Mini or Galaxy Tablet at the Sustainable Saturdays, which will be May 10, May 31, June 14, June 28, July 12, July 26, Aug. 30 and Sept. 27.
Additionally, outfielder Michael Saunders and shortstop Brad Miller have participated in a project for the King County EcoConsumer program where they videotaped themselves making an environmental message using a refurbished iPod Touch.
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.