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Goldy striving to build off stellar first half
PHOENIX -- Despite going 0-for-3 in the All-Star Game on Tuesday, first baseman Paul Goldschmidt is looking to carry his hot hitting from before the break into the second half of the season.
After going 1-for-3 with a walk and homer in the D-backs' 5-4 win on Friday, Goldschmidt is hitting .391 with a .491 on-base percentage and a .696 slugging percentage since the beginning of July. He also has hit eight doubles this month, contributing to his Major League-leading 36 two-baggers.
"It seems like a while ago now, after the break," Goldschmidt said. "I think when you're going good, you're probably keeping things simple."
Goldschmidt attributed at least part of his hot streak to being patient at the plate. He has never been a major walks producer -- he has struck out 187 more times than he's walked in his career. But since June 7, Goldschmidt leads the Major Leagues with 35 walks while striking out only 30 times.
"Sometimes [swinging at the right pitches] means being aggressive, sometimes being patient," he said.
On Friday, though, manager Kirk Gibson warned that the All-Star break can be a disruptive force.
"You've had the days off for the break, so anything that was happening could be interrupted," Gibson said. "You've been away from the game. Those guys went to the All-Star [Game], so it's a little bit different for [catcher Miguel Montero] and Goldy, so you kind of almost -- I don't want to say 'start over' -- but it is different."
Adam Lichtenstein is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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STOURBRIDGE'S salsa gran is set to dance in tomorrow's Britain's Got Talent semi-final after all.
The 79-year-old, who just yesterday (Thursday) was declared out of the top TV talent show after injuring her ribs while rehearsing with dance partner Nicko Espinosa, has confirmed she will be performing after all in the last semi-final which will be screened live tomorrow.
Show judge Amanda Holden announced on Twitter this evening: "Delighted to announce that after getting the all clear today from medical experts Paddy and Nico are back in BGT Tmra night 7pm ITV !!"
An overwhelmed Paddy said: "I feel better and Nicko has changed some of the lifts so we can do something. It will be better than nothing."
Paddy and Nicko won a guaranteed place in the semi-finals after judge Amanda Holden buzzed them straight through to the penultimate round of the ITV talent contest by pressing the newly introduced golden buzzer.
She singled the dynamic duo out as her favourites to win the show and yesterday when it looked like the end of the road for her star act, she said: "Ever since I first saw Paddy dance I fell in love with her. She epitomises everything which Britain's Got Talent is about, she is a sheer joy to watch and an inspiration.
"Her audition was breathtaking and that's why I pressed my golden buzzer."
Paddy, who used to run Paddy's Fabrics in Victoria Passage, took up salsa dancing around ten years ago after losing her husband David to leukaemia shortly after the couple moved from Stourbridge to live in Gandia, near Valencia, Spain.
Instead of returning to her old life in the Black Country, she decided to stay in Spain and started attending Nicko's dance academy.
The Spanish salsa instructor soon spotted the potential in Paddy, who was a professional dancer in her youth, and the pair started showcasing their unlikely dance partnership at congresses across Spain and then internationally before winning the Spanish version of Britain's Got Talent - Tu Si Que Vales - back in 2009.
The duo also appeared on Argentina's version of Strictly Come Dancing - Showmatch - in 2010; and that same year great-gran Paddy earned herself a mention in the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest female acrobatic salsa dancer in the world.
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A couple of dirty rotten scoundrels will descend on the Neville Center this weekend.
Lawrence Jameson makes his lavish living by talking rich ladies out of their money. Freddy Benson more humbly swindles women by waking their compassion with fabricated stories about his grandmother's failing health.
After meeting on a train, they attempt to work together only to find that the small French town isn't big enough for the two of them.
They agree on a settlement: the first one to extract $50,000 from a young female target, heiress Christine Colgate, wins and the other must leave town. A hilarious battle of cons ensues that will keep audiences laughing, humming and guessing to the end, Playhouse Publicist Phyllis Swigart said.
This will be the first production of the 2012-13 season, which is packed with shows to entertain central Nebraska.
Production dates for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels are Oct. 13-14 and 19-21, with Friday and Saturday performances starting at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m.
Tickets went on sale Monday and are $15 for adults and $8 for students and children.
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Season memberships are also available for $50 for adults, $25 for students and $135 for a family (2 adults, 2 students.)
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The cast: Tom Clements is Andre Thibault. Daniel Harder is Lawrence Johnson. Amariah Hodgen is Christine Colgate. Amanda Pleiss is Jolene Oakes. Kevin Wood is Freddy Benson. Angie Burrows is Muriel Eubanks. Jen Wellan is Renee. Allison Klimek is Sophia.
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Buyers should expect light volume of Florida spring sweet corn until much later in the deal.
An early March freeze harmed nearly half of early spring volume and is increasing demand and prices.
Paul Allen, president of the Maitland-based Florida Sweet Corn Exchange and vice president and co-owner of R.C. Hatton Farms, Pahokee, Fla., said growers lost up to 45% of the deal's early production.
"We have had damage that will probably show up in the first three weeks of April," Allen said March 19. "There will be moderate supplies during that time, moderate but not low. Regular spring volumes will come in the week of April 29 or as early as week of April 22."
Allen, who markets corn and beans through South Bay, Fla.-based Hugh H. Branch Inc., said the remaining corn looks good and buyers should expect Florida's Sunshine Sweet-branded corn promotional program to begin April 29.
Usually, spring volume begins in late March with promotable volume starting in early to mid-April.
Growers disked damaged corn fields and Allen said it took some time for growers to accurately assess the damage.
On March 18, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported supplies of white corn light with growers experiencing strong demand. The USDA reported wirebound crates of 4-4 1/2 dozen yellow, white and bicolor corn from south Florida selling for $16.35.
That's up from the $12.35-14.35 the USDA reported a week earlier for yellow and bicolor but the same for white.
Last year in late March, the USDA reported yellow, white and bicolor selling for $10.95-$12.95.
Jon Browder, sales manager for Pioneer Growers Co-op, Belle Glade, Fla., agreed volume shouldn't begin until late April.
"There should be a lot of demand in April," Browder said March 18. "Everyone's looking for corn — Easter corn too — but there's nothing out there. It won't start to clear up until late April. I wouldn't expect any volume of corn to kick off until late April. We should see light volumes of corn around April 10-12, maybe a little a week earlier if stays hot but the cool nights continue to push it until the second week of April."
Browder said Homestead volume is mostly finished and a couple of growers planned to continue harvesting once a week until early April.
Georgia, which normally begins light volume in mid-May, looks to be on schedule, he said.
Prices for beans, affected by cold weather and rain, were similar to mid-March.
The USDA reported bushel cartons/crates of hand- and machine-picked round green beans from central and south Florida selling for $35-35.85.
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Save a trip to the mechanic. Rev also reads and lists engine codes (like those responsible for your Check Engine/MIL light), and allows you to reset them as well!
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The iPhone is a powerful computing platform, and Rev takes advantage of all the iPhone's built-in technology to provide interesting metrics about your vehicle. These built-in metrics, available without the aid of additional hardware, include:
Rev gives you access to lots of vehicle metrics, communicating via an OBD-II device to extract highly accurate, real-time data directly from your vehicle's ECU. Those metrics include:
* The Fuel Consumption calculation may be inaccurate on some diesel vehicles.
** The Boost calculation may be inaccurate on piggyback turbo systems.
Data is great, but not very useful without a way to visualize it. Rev provides beautiful visual representations of everything about your vehicle:
|Gauge: Displays a moving needle and LED display to show the current value of the metric. Themes allow you to select an empty backdrop or different gauge colors. A double-tap zooms in for best readability.
|Graph: Displays current value over time. The graph units represent the proper minimum/maximum values for the metric. Acceleration values are also plotted against the selected metric. Double-tap to zoom in.
|Accelerometer: view forward/lateral acceleration G's with local minima and maxima.
|Map Track: use gps to correlate position on a track and forward acceleration. Red represents braking, green represents acceleration.
With its polished dark interface, Rev is tuned to be highly visible and non-distracting, even at night.
You talked, we listened. Rev now provides data-logging. Here is a quick overview:
|Record multiple metrics at the same time with the Multi-Metric Logger.
|While recording, tap and hold to display the color key. Double-tap to set reference markers.
|Any metric can now be recorded, reviewed and exported via email.
Want to know why your Check Engine light is on? Rev will tell you why!
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|View a detailed list of trouble codes and other diagnostic pending codes.
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Rev communicates with your vehicle via its physical OBD-II port. Interfacing with this port requires an OBD-II hardware device that supports the 802.11/WiFi interface on the iPhone and iPod touch.
DevToaster supports a variety of devices serving a variety of needs.
All devices supported by Rev have the following features:
Perhaps our most-asked question has been "is my vehicle supported?". We cannot answer that question exactly because each vehicle model is set up differently by its manufacturer.
In the United States, all vehicles sold after 1996 (1998 in Canada) were required to have OBD-II support. That means if you're driving a 1996 or later vehicle in the United States (1998 in Canada), your car is virtually guaranteed to be supported. The number of metrics supplied by the vehicle may vary, but you are certain to get the important ones required for the operation and evaluation of the vehicle (speed, RPM, etc) as well as support for reading and clearing trouble codes.
If your vehicle was made before 1996, or if you're just not sure whether or not OBD-II is supported by your vehicle, check with your local dealer or service garage.
The following manufacturers are proud to support Rev.
OBDKey WLAN is a vehicle interface providing a WiFi/Wireless LAN/WLAN radio interface for devices that have a WiFi compatible system. A single unit design with no cables or mechanical connectors.
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Now the OBDKey WLAN has been redesigned into an even smaller casing, similar the size of a box of matches at 65 x 44 x 25mm (2 1⁄2 x 1 3⁄4 x 1 inches). Power consumption has also been reduced by over 30% and the unit weight is down to a meagre 47 grams.
The new design still has all the features and reliable functionality of the original OBDKey WLAN and works as a "drop in" replacement for the original design.
Kiwi Wifi is a plug and play wireless device measuring only 2.75 x 1.25 x 0.6 inches. Kiwi Wifi comes attached with a 6 ft OBDII cable for easy installation. It is compatible with 1996 and later vehicles. Connecting to your iPhone/iPod touch is made by 802.11a/b/g connection in adHoc mode.
Rev's original hardware partner! The first OBD-II/WLAN product on the market. Manufactured in Germany under strict European Union standards. OBD2/EOBD interface for all protocols and WLAN (TCP/IP) computer/iPhone connection, with a maximum bandwidth of 54 Mbps. Includes all cables and protection bag.
Note: DevToaster no longer directly sells OBD-II hardware. Please refer directly to the manufacturers for sales and support.
If you encounter any troubles obtaining support from those companies, contact us and we'll help work it out.
If you previously purchased a CarCode-Muller ElmCanII-WLAN from DevToaster, we still provide support. E-mail email@example.com for assistance.
Adding WiFi-broadcasting hardware to your automobile is probably a paradigm shift for most auto-enthusiasts. We ask that customers consider the following when purchasing WiFi automotive hardware for perminent installation:
It's right here: Rev2 User Manual (pdf). We also have the manual for earlier versions of Rev available if you need it.
We have investigated the hardware integration features of iOS 4.x.
However, after confidential discussions with Apple, we have concluded that WiFi is still the most reasonable option at this moment—both from technical and business perspectives.
We will not be supporting Bluetooth or Dock Connector OBD II connections yet—but we continue to persue this option and will announce any updates as soon as we have them.
Where appropriate, the user can choose to view sensor values in either Metric/SI or Imperial/US units.
The user chooses this on a gauge-by-gauge basis.
The units vary in size and features, but they all have similar performance and ease of setup when using Rev. Consult with the manufacturers' product pages for all the details.
Pay attention to their country of origin, too, as that will affect shipping cost and time.
If the OBD hardware device connects via ad-hoc networking, then your 3G/EDGE connection to the cellular network should still remain active. Most customers have had success with this provided they leave the "router" address blank in their network setup.
We highly recommend mounting your iPhone or iPod touch in a cradle with a car charger. Rev uses more battery power than most applications due to its significant amount of WiFi network usage.
Rev can only read metrics that are available via the OBD-II hardware. Likewise, the OBD-II interface hardware can only read metrics that are available via the OBD-II protocol supported by the vehicle manufacturer. If a metric is not available in Rev, the reason is because the vehicle does not present the data for that metric on the OBD-II bus.
Definitely not! The supported devices broadcast its own wireless network in Ad-Hoc (recommended for use with Rev), so your wireless connectivity is available wherever you are.
Rev communicates with an OBD-II/WLAN device to read vehicle OBD metrics. All cars and light trucks sold in the United States after model-year 1996 support OBD-II and will work with Rev. Manufacturers are only required to adhere to a subset of the OBD-II standard, so some advanced metrics may be unavailable for your vehicle, but Rev will dynamically adapt to the sensors supported by your vehicle.
We encourage users of Rev Lite (and all Rev versions) to provide feedback via our Feedback page.
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My dad Bill is going to have a very full day tomorrow. Morning blood transfusion followed by a parascentesis and then an afternoon ERCP with possible additional stent placements.
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A NEW 50mph speed limit will come into operation on Monday, from junctions 24-28 (Coldra-Tredegar Park) of the M4 around Newport.
The restriction is designed to improve safety and flow of traffic on a particularly busy stretch of the motorway, and will remain until summer 2010, when a new variable speed limit system is introduced.
Congestion, work to replace the central reservation safety fence, and the ongoing widening improvements between junctions 29 and 30 are the reasons why a 50mph limit is being introduced.
The length of road affected by this speed limit will be reduced when the widening works are completed, currently scheduled to be December this year.
Work has started on the replacement of the central reserve steel safety fence with a concrete barrier that meets current standards. Concrete barriers are virtually maintenance free and much more effective at preventing large vehicles from crossing over into oncoming traffic in the event of an accident.
Such incidents have increased recently and have caused serious accidents and delays to motorists.
From summer 2010, electronic signs on overhead gantries will allow the speed limit to be varied, to control motorway traffic to suit prevailing conditions.
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What McDonald's Taught Me About Running a Business
JOANNE CHANG: McDonald's is the company that has taught me the most about running a business.
You can go into a McDonald's anywhere and get the exact same product regardless of where you are.
We are always striving for consistency in our service and our product and I learned from McDonald's and their franchise model the importance of creating clear systems and structures that make it obvious what your end goal is to anyone walking in the door.
We spend a lot of time and effort to ensure that each staff member knows what success looks like for Flour and Myers+Chang on a minute-by-minute basis—whether it's how the pastries are displayed, what the music is like, how you are greeted, how the phone is answered, how your sandwich is prepared, how the work station is cleaned.
Another way to answer this question is: What company hasn't?
Everywhere I go I notice how other employees treat their guests, how other restaurants communicate with their staff about menu information, how other businesses market new products to their customer base. I'm lucky in that the industry I'm in—food and hospitality—is one that we all deal with every single day in some form or another.
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POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Adam Kemp had game highs with 23 points and 13 rebounds, as Marist College earned its second straight victory with a 69-64 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball triumph over Loyola (Md.) Sunday at the McCann Recreation Center.
Chavaughn Lewis added 21 points for the (7-18) Red Foxes, who outscored (17-9) Loyola, 43-37, in the second half to overcome a one-point halftime deficit. Isaiah Morton had nine points, six rebounds and four assists in the victory.
Marist helped itself at the foul line by going 25 of 37. Loyola, meanwhile, was 12 of 26.
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A POPULAR Church of England priest is to lead his final service in Grove on Sunday, having served 8,500 villagers for the past three years.
The Rev Paul Eddy, 45, has been Curate at Grove Parish Church in Main Street, Grove, since July 2009, and has become a well-known community figure.
The cleric, whose four children have attended Millbrook Primary School in Grove and King Alfred's Academy in Wantage, will preach his final sermon at the 10am service.
Rev Eddy, who before his time in Grove was a public relations consultant for 20 years, will be licensed as priest-in-charge of nearby Stanford in the Vale with Goosey and Hatford, on Tuesday, January 29, by the Bishop of Reading.
Rev Eddy: "I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in this large parish and it has been a real privilege to minister to the needs of the local people.
"I'm now looking forward to a new challenge in Stanford in the Vale."
In his three-and-a-half-years in Grove, Mr Eddy has become a popular figure in the village's schools, and has conducted a large number of baptisms and weddings and nearly 100 funerals for local families.
Margaret Williams, church warden at Stanford in the Vale, said: "We are looking forward to Paul's arrival in our parish and to his ministry in our village communities. He, Verity and their children will receive a warm welcome from everyone in Stanford, Goosey and Hatford."


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Congrats to Bob, he deserves it. He's a guy that opposing coaches have to gameplan for, but you cannot keep him out of your plays they way you can a cornerback. That's why a guy like Champ Bailey, although he deserves to be mentioned with the great defensive players, will never win the award, because teams just don't even throw at him. He barely gets a chance to make a play ever. It seems that Bob just absolutely refuses to let a play go by without him being involved. He gets into the play nearly every time and finishes it with authority, and that is why he won it.
Well deserved. He is a great player who is good against the run and pass. The only other guys who had a shot at it were Haynesworth and Kerney. Haynesworth missed some games and Kerney's defense got shredded a few times this year against inferior teams.
the right choice.
He should have gotten more than 31 votes.
Hell even most Pats fans think he is DPOY. The thing I like about Patriots fans is that they are generally not as virulent about being homers as Jags, Titans, and Steelers fans.
Well, in every single Colts game I've watched, he is always in on just about every single play. I don't think he's the most talented defensive player in the league..but he's got a knack for being in the right spot at the right time. When you consider his size, it's pretty incredible how good he is. Then again, he is very fast and plays with quite a bit of aggression..which is always good for any NFL DB.
That made my day!
He earned it. He's easily recognized as the best SS in the entire league and the fact that he's the heart and soul of this defense has never been more apparent.
It looks like the Colts got lucky by locking him up last week. If they had waited, it might've cost them another couple million dollars.
Congrats to Bob - he deserved it.
He may have won this award last year when the Colts D went from being cotton to concrete just from him being in the lineup. If I was voting I'd have sure considered that.
Amazing player - I just hope, the way he goes at it, that he can have a long career.
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Bob Sanders named Defensive Player of the Year
Updated: Jan07, 2008, 02:54 PM EST NEW YORK (AP) -- Bob Sanders' impact on the vastly improved Indianapolis defense, not to mention his impact on opposing ball carriers, earned the Colts safety The Associated Press 2007 NFL Defensive Player of the Year award Monday.
Sanders makes highlight films with his smash-mouth style and knack for always being near the ball. His value as a leader -- the Peyton Manning of the Colts' defense, if you will -- was just as much a factor in Indianapolis having the third-ranked unit in the NFL and allowing just 262 points, a league low.
Yes, these Colts can play dominating defense, and Sanders is the main reason.
"One of the things we talked about when he first got here was how critical this position is in this defense," said coach Tony Dungy, who has nicknamed Sanders "The Eraser."
"Donnie Shell went to five Pro Bowls, and John Lynch went to I don't even know how many Pro Bowls. You get asked to do a lot of things in this defense, and it's rare to find someone who can do those things."
Sanders did enough to earn 31 votes from a nationwide panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the NFL. That was particularly impressive because it was a strong season for individual defensive performances.
Yet next closest in the balloting were Seattle end Patrick Kerney and Tennessee tackle Albert Haynesworth with four votes each.
Sanders was a huge factor in the Colts' surge to the Super Bowl title last year. He missed most of the regular season, got healthy for the playoffs, and suddenly teams couldn't run or pass effectively on Indy.
With Sanders in the lineup for 15 games this season, the Colts were superb defensively on their way to a 13-3 record and the AFC South crown.
Not that Sanders laid back in an attempt to stay healthy.
"This (the award) is a goal I set for myself every year and for it to come so fast is something I never expected," Sanders said. "It's exciting, it's an honor and I will cherish this moment forever."
His teammates were celebrating right there next to him.
Indianapolis is typically regarded as an offensive juggernaut, and Sanders is the first Colts player to win the defensive award.
Plus, he did it in a season when the Colts' lost their other key defender, Dwight Freeney, for the final seven games with a season-ending foot injury. Freeney was just one of a handful of starters who missed games, but Sanders remained the constant on defense.
"His presence makes us better," linebacker Gary Brackett said. "He's a game-changer. But his presence gives us a comfort level, knowing he's going to be back there to clean up for us."
With Sanders in the lineup, the Colts became stingier and more physical as Sanders played closer to the line of scrimmage.
Sanders received much of the credit for the turnaround, which saw Indy cut its yards per carry average from 5.3 in 2006 to 3.8 this season.
"I think this year, I really played like I wanted to play," Sanders said. "I give a lot of credit to my teammates who helped me stay consistent in practice and in games."
Also receiving votes were defensive back Antonio Cromartie of San Diego with three; linebackers Mike Vrabel of New England and DeMarcus Ware of Dallas (2); and cornerback Ronde Barber of Tampa Bay, linebacker James Harrison of Pittsburgh, rookie linebacker Patrick Willis of San Francisco, and end Mario Williams of Houston, each with one vote.
Last year's winner was Miami defensive end Jason Taylor.
But the award was a surprise to some in the Colts' organization. "To me, that's probably the biggest statement because the national perception is that we're an offensive team," Dungy said. "I thought for someone to win it on this team, it would take a big, big impact just to be considered."
Sanders credits his success and his style to how he was taught way back when.
"I would have to say it goes back to little league, peewee football," he said. "Those are some of the first things they teach you and that's something you remember as you grow up: stay low, stay low. It helps me now being explosive in short areas, because it's a combination of power, speed and quickness. You've
got to bring it all together, and then you can come from 10 or 15 yards deep to make the play."
Lots of them.
Congrats to Bob Sanders, he deserved it!
"Just look at the flowers ........ BANG"
Man, back in 2003/04 or so, whoda thunk a Colt would ever win DPOY.
Also, pretty surprised DeMarcus Ware only got 2 votes. And Cromartie getting three is ridiculous. I understand 10 INTs can skew the perception of a player, but he's nowhere near good enough to get DPOY consideration.
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I'm biased but I liked Patrick Willis.
Its difficult to get the major awards as a player on a bad team. You gotta be like Andre Dawson in 87. And he was almost that for the 49ers defensive front 7.
*Bob Sanders counted to infinity - twice.
*Bob Sanders does not sleep. He waits.
*Bob Sanders can have both feet on the ground and kick **** at the same time.
*When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night he checks his closet for Bob Sanders.
*If you can see Bob Sanders, he can see you. If you can't see Bob Sanders you may be only seconds away from death.
*If at first you don't succeed, you're not Bob Sanders.
*When Bruce Banner gets mad, he turns into the Hulk. When the Hulk gets mad, he turns into Bob Sanders.
*In a fight between Batman and Darth Vader, the winner would be Bob Sanders.
*Paper beats rock, rock beats scissors, and scissors beats paper, but Bob Sanders beats all 3.
*Bob Sanders once ordered a steak in a restaurant. The steak did what it was told.
*Bob Sanders will never have a heart attack. His heart isn't stupid enough to attack him.
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There are scheduled to be 26 players in camp for USA Basketball starting June 14 to contend for spots on the team that will compete in the FIBA U19 World Championship. Only 12 players can make the trip to Prague, so some very good college basketball players are likely to be disappointed when the final roster is announced. We know that barring any unforeseen circumstances, Oklahoma State point guard Marcus Smart will be one of them. He is not getting cut. That is not happening.
It's likely the second-safest player in camp is someone who's far less known: 6-10, 265-pound Jahlil Okafor of Whitney Young High in Chicago. Young is the only true center on the roster. The only taller player is 6-11 Mike Tobey of Virginia, who averaged 6.8 points in 14 minutes per game as a freshman and is considered more of a face-the-basket player.
MORE: Kentucky freshmen decline their invites to focus on their team
Sean Ford, men's national team director, told Sporting News that USA Basketball often likes to take just one true post player to international competitions. That way, the team is covered in case the opposing team has a big guy. But our national teams often play without one because "we're better defensively at being able to switch on screens, offensive rebounding and keeping the lane as clear as we can so guys can penetrate," Ford said.
Okafor is one of the top prospects in the 2014 recruiting class. He is rated No. 1 by ESPN.com. He played last summer on the U17 world championship team and was the second-leading scorer, producing 13.6 points per game to go along with 8.3 rebounds.
Ford is pleased that the group of players who've accepted invitations to the June 14-19 training camp includes so many experienced collegians. For instance, point guard Ryan Arcidiacono played 34 minutes per game for a Villanova team that reached the NCAA Tournament. Power forward Montrezl Harrell played important minutes on the way to Louisville's national title.
"We have an awful lot of players who played an awful lot of minutes for teams that won a lot of games," Ford said. "They've been coached. They've played impactful minutes. Those are the types of things that get you ready for a tournament like this."


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The SAFE Speakers Bureau is organized to present accurate, balanced, and objective information about domestic violence with a focus on those who typically fall between the cracks of domestic violence services. These groups include men, gays and lesbians, transgendered men and women, teens, elderly, and immigrants.
Philip Cook, Investigative Journalist
Mr. Philip Cook is a noted journalist who has received awards for his reporting from the Associated Press and the Professional Journalism Society among others. His work objectively examines and explains relevant research results, the feelings and problems of interviewed victims, and provider and media response to the issue. He has examined scores of national and international domestic violence and family programs and evaluated their potential for helpful replication. His presentations on the subject of male abuse victims have received high praise from a diverse spectrum of society such as "Dear Abby", leading domestic violence experts, attorneys, physicians, law enforcement, and numerous mental health professionals. He has served as a founding board member of Stop Abuse For Everyone, an organization dedicated to helping victims of domestic violence regardless of gender or sexual orientation.Mr. Cook has appeared on numerous national radio and television shows such as MSNBC, Fox TV's "The Crier Report, "The O'Reilly Factor," "Montel Williams," "The Home and Family Show." He is the author of the pioneering book called Abused Men: The Hidden Side of Domestic Violence (Praeger,1977). His articles on domestic violence have been published in several publications, including the Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment and the book, Family Interventions in Domestic Violence: A Handbook of Gender-Inclusive Theory and Treatment (Hamel & Nicholls, 2006).
Specialized Topics:
- Battered men: the hidden side of domestic violence
- Media and domestic violence
- The research on domestic violence
Elizabeth Crawford, MS, MPH, HES, Domestic Violence Prevention Educator and Therapist
In 1995, Elizabeth Crawford founded the Domestic Violence Counseling Center (DVCC), which is a non-profit organization utilizing a psych educational model instead of a criminal justice approach to address domestic violence. DVCC, an outpatient counseling center, focuses on the behavioral health needs of domestic violence victims and domestic violence offenders who are experiencing violence-related emotional trauma. Working in concert with Crawford, the West Virginia Health Care Authority, a healthcare regulatory agency, also recognized the need for this type of domestic violence program and accordingly issued a Certificate of Need to DVCC. The Certificate of Need declares that domestic violence victims and domestic violence offenders will experience serious problems in obtaining necessary behavioral health care services without the existence of DVCC.
DVCC serves any victim or offender of domestic violence regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, etc.
Ms.Crawford received a Masters of Science in Public Health and Community Health Education/Wellness from West Virginia University. She is member of the Public Health Honorary Gamma Mu Chapter of Delta Omega. This honor was bestowed on Ms. Crawford due to her work in the development of evidence-based and progressive approaches in the prevention and/or intervention of domestic violence.
During her career, Crawford has provided numerous national, regional, and local television, radio, and newspaper interviews on the behavioral health needs of domestic violence victims and domestic violence offenders. Ms. Crawford serves as an expert on domestic violence in the African-American community.
Crawford co-authored and presented an article titled "Mandatory Arrest Policies Harmful to African-American Communities" to members of the United States Congressional Black Caucus.
Specialized Topics:
· The Behavioral Health Issues Faced by Domestic Violence Victims and Domestic Violence Offenders
· Domestic Violence in the African-American Community
Patrick Dati
Patrick Dati is an advocate for all victims of abuse: domestic, sexual, and gender preference. Patrick is an advocate because of his experiences. At age nine, his life was changed forever when he was raped by serial killer, John Wayne Gacy. Along with sexual assault, he was bullied in a domestic relationship and veiled his sexual preference for years. For these reasons, he has a profound understanding and empathy for victims going through the mental and physical trauma from childhood sexual abuse, bullying, and persons struggling with identity issues. His advocacy is dedicated to helping victims unveil hiding and to become the person they are intended to be so each of them can say "I AM ME". His message is simple: "together we can overcome the hiding and shame caused by abuse and bullying."
Patrick is associated with several organizations devoted to promoting the rights for victims of domestic abuse and the advancement of LGBTQ rights. These organizations include Chicago's Center on Halsted; New York City AntiViolence Project; MaleSurvivor; Teach Antibullying Inc; Dream Catchers for Abused Children; The National Association of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse; and RAINN. In 2011, Dati was selected by SAMHA/US Department of Health and Human Services to participate in their 2012 trauma survivor campaign. In 2014 Dati's book "I AM ME" was published.
Dati has appeared on WGN News with Larry Potash; ABC News with John Garcia; NBC News with Dick Johnson, ABC 7 Windy City Live with Val Warner. Additionally, he has been interviewed by Sarah LeTrent from CNN; by Naomi Nix from Chicago Tribune; by Mike Thomas from Chicago SunTimes; and by Carrie Maxwell from Windy City Media Group. He is frequently invited to be a guest speaker on radio shows such as DTalk Radio Show hosted by Denise Brown; eHealth Radio Network hosted by Eric Michaels; and blogtalkradio hosted by Laurie Smith.
Dati's book "I AM ME" was published in 2014. It chronicles his life of abuse commencing with the rape by John Wayne Gacy as a nine-year-old KIRKUS describes "I AM ME" as a "riveting, heart-wrenching chronicle of one man's journey from victim to survivor." It is an intense story that could empower other survivors.
Specialized Topics:
- Domestic Violence
- Bullying
- Sibling Bullying
- Child Abuse Prevention
- Coming Out
Richard Davis
Richard is a retired police lieutenant with a graduate degree in liberal arts from Harvard University and another in criminal justice from Anna Maria College. He is a member of the International Honor Society of Historians and the American Society of Criminology, and he is an adjunct instructor for Quincy College at Plymouth, MA.
Lt. Davis is also the president for Family Nonviolence, Inc. (www.familynonviolence.org) in Fairhaven, MA, and the author of the books Domestic Violence: Facts and Fallacies (Praeger, 1998) and Domestic Violence: Intervention, Prevention, Policies, and Solutions (Taylor & Francis, 2008). Many of his articles have appeared in newspapers, journals, and magazines concerning the issue of domestic violence and its intersection with the criminal justice system.
Lt. Davis has online columns concerning domestic violence at www.policeone.com, and www.nycop.com
Specialized Topics:
- DV Laws and Their Intersection with the Criminal Justice System
- Bullying
- Corporal Punishment
- Dating Violence
Don Dutton, Ph.D.
Don Dutton received his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Toronto in 1970. In 1974, while on faculty at the University of British Columbia, he began to investigate the criminal justice response to wife assault. He began preparing a government report that outlined the need for a more aggressive response, and subsequently training police in "domestic disturbance" intervention techniques. After receiving training as a group therapist at Cold Mountain Institute, he co founded the Assaultive Husbands Project in 1979, a court mandated treatment program for men convicted of wife assault. During the 15 years he spent providing therapy for these men, he drew on his background in both social and clinical psychology to develop a model for perpetrators of intimate abuse. He has published over 100 papers and three books, including the Domestic Assault of Women, The Batterer: A Psychological Profile and The Abusive Personality.
He has provided talks at the Sorbonne in Paris, the US Army at Walter Reed Hospital, Navajo Nation in Arizona, the joint ABA-APA Taskforce on DV in Washington, DC and the US Department of Defense. SAFE Speaker Dutton has frequently served as an expert witness in civil trials involving domestic abuse and in criminal trials involving family violence, including his work for the prosecution on the O.J. Simpson trial. He is currently Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. His latest work, Rethinking Domestic Violence includes an examination of how the gender paradigm developed in domestic violence research and policy.
Specialized Topics:
- Cause and Consequences of Domestic Violence
- Treatment and Criminal Justice Response to DV
- Psychological Factors in the Development of Violence
Stanley Green is the first male survivor of domestic violence to present the opening keynote at a professional/academic conference on family violence. His international advocacy for victims of intimate partner violence spans more than 20 years and he was the founding co-chair of the Male Victims/Survivors Task Force of the Los Angeles County Domestic Violence Council.
Mr. Green has appeared on ABC News 20/20, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and numerous other print and broadcast media in the USA, Canada, the Caribbean, and Latin America. He has conducted trainings for social service agencies and Native American organizations in the USA and Canada. He has also presented to numerous universities and military institutions—including the US Army Academy of Health Sciences.
Mr. Green has testified at a hearing on insurance industry discrimination against victims of domestic violence conducted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, by invitation of then-Washington State Insurance Commissioner Deborah Senn; and a similar hearing conducted by US-Senator Ron Wyden, then a member of the US House of Representatives from Oregon. Mr. Green served as the only man on the legislative committee of the Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs from 1997 - 2001 and served on the Public Information Committee of the Los Angeles County Domestic Violence Council from 1992 to 1993.
In 1999, Mr. Green co-launched the effort to include a nondiscrimination clause in the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). He testified at nine meetings of the US President's National Advisory Committee on Violence Against Women; the US Office on Violence Against Women awarded Mr. Green a scholarship to attend the invitation-only Symposium celebrating the 10th anniversary of VAWA, held in Washington, DC, in September 2004. President Barak Obama signed a bipartisan-supported nondiscrimination clause into VAWA in 2013. This is the first Federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, and sexual orientation and gender identity—actual or perceived.
Mr. Green is currently Director of Intimate Partner Violence Prevention for the Men's Health Network, a national nonprofit organization headquartered in DC.
John Hamel, LCSW
John Hamel, LCSW, has a Masters in Social Welfare from U.C.L.A., and has conducted batterer intervention and parent programs in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1992. He is the author of Gender-Inclusive Treatment of Intimate Partner Abuse (Springer, 2005), and co-editor with Tonia Nicholls, PhD, of Family Interventions in Domestic Violence: A Handbook of Gender-Inclusive Theory and Treatment (Springer, 2007). Mr. Hamel is Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed professional journal, Partner Abuse, published quarterly by Springer Publishing. He regularly speaks at conferences on domestic violence, and has provided consultation and training to mental health professionals, victim advocates and shelter workers, social service organizations, teachers, attorneys, judges and law enforcement officers. He also provides case consultation and expert witness testimony. His latest book, Intimate Partner and Family Abuse: A Casebook of Gender Inclusive Therapy, was published by Springer in Spring, 2008.
Specialized Topics:
- New Approaches for Effective and Inclusive Batterer Intervention
- Domestic Violence Today: Truth, Myth, and all The Shades of Gray (includes manual and reading guide)
- Domestic Violence: The 12 Things You Aren't Supposed to Know
- Male Victims of Domestic Abuse
- Gender Bias in the Courts: A Second Look
- Family Law Basics: Divorce, Paternity, Custody and Support
R. L. McNeely, Ph.d, J.D., School of Social Welfare, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Dr. R.L. McNeely is a professor of social welfare at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and a practicing attorney. His published books as well as peer-reviewed journal articles have focused upon issues of work and family, aging and race, and on numerous aspects of domestic violence. His work in the field of domestic violence inspired a NBC documentary, "Of Macho and Men," and he has appeared on CBS Morning News discussing domestic violence as a human issue, rather than a women's issue. R.L. is also a Research Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America. He has testified before Congress on the issue of domestic violence, serves as a domestic violence consultant for the US Army and, as an attorney, has successfully represented individuals falsely accused of domestic violence. We are thrilled that he speaks for SAFE. Dr. McNeely is a speaker who will challenge, enlighten, and educate any audience
Specialized Topics:
- Research on domestic violence
- Legal aspects of domestic violence
He is an internationally sought after speaker on Men's Rights, Personal Performance, and Leadership Lessons From The Law. His presentations to audiences from California to Virginia and as far south as Mexico have garnered high praise for their entertainment and educational value.
He is the author of four books, three for men: A Man's Guide To Divorce Strategy, A Man's Guide to Child Custody, A Man's Guide to Domestic Violence; and the internationally recognized What About Wally? Co-Parenting A Pet With An Ex.
He is The Lawyer's Lawyer. His trainings for other lawyers across the nation with Thomson/Reuters have been on topics as diverse as Family Law For Men, International Child Custody, Domestic Violence, and Podcasting for Professionals.
There are many speakers on leadership, but few are able to ground their talks from lessons learned in the trenches of the courts, and the battlefields of business – David Pisarra has the experience and the ability to motivate not just from the top down, but from the bottom up. As an entrepreneur he has built companies, and fixed ones that were in trouble.
He worked his way through law school going into companies that were in distress and quickly managed to find ways to cut costs, motivate the staff, and, build and implement a publicity plan for new client development. As an entrepreneur himself he has built a medical diagnostic company, a law practice and a multi-media publishing company.
Prior Speaking Engagements:
- Thomson/REUTERS
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- Santa Monica Parks and Recreation Department
- BlogPaws Social Media Conference – Falls Church, VA
- WordCamp LAX 2014 – Los Angeles, CA
- Cross-Campus – Santa Monica, CA
- New Visions Foundation – Santa Monica, CA
- Rotary Club of Santa Monica
- California Men's Gathering
- Westside Toastmasters – Santa Monica, CA
- South Bay Study Group – White Zuckerman Warshavsky – Hermosa Beach, CA
- Valley Study Group – White Zuckerman Warshavsky – Van Nuys, CA
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Edward M. Stephens, MD - New York
Edward M. Stephen, MD is an Irish medical graduate, Board Certified in Psychiatry working in New York for 47 years. He has, in addition to the general practice of psychiatry, had a special interest in family and interpersonal conflict and resolution.
In 2005, he created the Foundation for Male Studies to support the development of University level courses directed at understanding male participation in life and society. (malestudies.org)
Dr. Stephens has worked extensively with SAFE and Dr. Linda G. Mills around innovative ways to understand Domestic Violence (DV) and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV).
Carol Rhonda Burns
Carol Rhonda is currently a PhD researcher based at Ulster University. She gained a 1st Class Hons Degree in Social Psychology in 2013 from Ulster and completed a Masters in Research with Distinction (MRes) in 2014. Carol Rhonda has been investigating interpersonal poly-victimisation over the life course and the cumulative negative mental health impact on male populations. Interpersonal victimisations are specific experiences perpetrated for the most part, by people the victim knows whom they are likely to have some familial or attachment relationship to. This includes adverse childhood experience, dating violence and intimate partner violence, stalking, bullying and elder abuse among others. Carol Rhonda publishes her research in peer reviewed journals.
Carol Rhonda is currently the Team Lead of the RESPECT Network, a collaborative all-Ireland multi-disciplinary research group with the aim of promoting safe relationships for all http://www.respectnet.org/ . She is also a member of the newly formed (UK) Domestic Violence Against People Research Network.
Specialized Topics:
- Interpersonal poly-victimisation in male populations
- Mental Health
- Advanced statistical analysis


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January 17, 2013 — Europe is not a monolithic entity—approximately 225 languages are spoken across Europe's 47 countries (27 of which are part of the EU.)
Of course, opportunities for women differ greatly throughout Europe, but the overall regional representation of women in the workplace is still quite revealing. Below are five illuminating facts about European women in business drawn from the 2012 European Commission report, Women in Economic Decision-Making in the EU:
- 45 percent of those employed throughout the European Union are women, as are 56 percent of those enrolled in tertiary education and a majority of tertiary-level graduates.
- Women are therefore entering the labor market better-equipped than men—yet the higher their position, the less likely they are to encounter other women. According to the European Commission, this suggests that "women have fewer opportunities than men to advance in their careers and…women's skills are not being used to their full potential."
- In January 2012, the average number of female board members in the largest companies listed in the EU was 13.7 percent, compared with 11.8 percent in 2010.
- While the overall number of women in the boardroom is increasing, albeit at a snail's pace, women are hardly ever chairpersons or presidents of major companies. Of the 600 largest listed companies in the EU, more than 96 out of 100 company presidents are men—and there is no sign that this is changing anytime soon.
- In December 2012, the European Commission announced that the European Business Schools Women on Boards Initiative will transform its "Global Board Ready Women" list of 8,000 women into an online database. According to the commission: "There are more than enough eminently qualified women to help lead Europe's and the world's corporations into the 21st century and it is now time to shatter the glass ceiling that keeps these women from ascending to board of directors positions." Let's hope so!
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MADISON - When Wisconsin racks up 598 yards of total offense, forces three turnovers, sees Montee Ball rush for a career high in the first half and celebrates Aaron Henry's third touchdown of the year, things are probably going well.
When the same Badgers squad sees James White rack up 148 yards and two touchdowns, it's backup quarterback Jon Budmayr complete a 74-yard touchdown bomb to the team's fourth-best wide receiver, its kicker Philip Welch score 17 points and blast 14 kickoffs, and it's fourth-string quarterback Nate Tice gallop for a 17-yard touchdown run late in a 83-20 rout of Indiana, it's borderline fictional.
Unfortunately for Indiana, there was nothing fake about its nightmare inside Camp Randall Stadium.
The No. 7 ranked Wisconsin Badgers looked every bit the part Saturday afternoon. And they left a trail of points to prove it.
"I've never been a part of a blowout like this," Henry said. "I've heard about a couple of them. But I've never in my entire football career, in any game I've ever participated in, I've never been a part of anything like this."
Judging by the final score one would have never guessed Saturday's game was once tied at 10 in the second quarter. But when starting Indiana quarterback Ben Chappell left with an injury, the tides swung.
Credit Ball for kick-starting a momentum swing that propelled the Badgers to a 63-point romp.
The sophomore tailback, who filled in for a sidelined John Clay, rushed for 167 yards on 22 carries, including a clutch 36-yard sprint that paved the way for Whites' 30-yard touchdown score to blow open what was a seven-point UW lead early in the second quarter.
Ball was also responsible for three of the Badgers 11 touchdowns on the day and was never really challenged by a downtrodden Hoosier defensive front.
"It's a great feeling for sure," Ball, who at one time recorded 20-straight rushing attempts between last weeks win at Purdue and the start of the Indiana game, said. "I give credit to the offensive line for working up front. But I did work hard in practice and I'm glad to see that I carried it over to the game, and actually our whole team did too."
Right in the thick of a Big Ten championship race, Wisconsin needed a big win over lowly Indiana to maintain its lofty BCS aspirations. Entering the game the Badgers were the highest ranked team in the Big Ten.
It would be hard to see them losing any of that luster following Saturday's performance.
"I wish I could tell you how those computers worked," junior J.J. Watt, who finished with three tackles (two for loss) and two fumble recoveries, said. "Hopefully it helps us. I figure an 83-point game can't hurt you. I guess on Sunday we'll find out.
"But if we keep taking it one game at a time everything will play out."
Scott Tolzien, who finished 15-of-18 for 181 yards and three passing touchdowns, managed an offense that literally could not be stopped. The senior quarterback engineered drives that featured a lot of the run and a little bit of the pass.
He, like the rest of his teammates, was fresh from start to finish and it led to a blowout of all-time proportions. Wisconsin's 83 points sets an all-time high for points in a Big Ten game. It's also the most points recorded in a Big Ten contest league-wide in the modern era.
You'd have to go back to UW's 85-0 win over Marquette in 1915 to find a better offensive output.
"I thought our guys took a very aggressive mentality," UW head coach Bret Bielema said. "That was the last thing I said in the locker room, that we were going to be the aggressor today in all phases.
"We weren't going to let up an inch."
Bielema, who underwent some criticism earlier in the season for a late two-point conversion in a one-sided affair against Minnesota, understood many would be left wondering if the Badgers had intentionally run up the score.
According to the fifth-year head coach, that wasn't the case.
"I understand that people probably go down that route," Bielema said. "I talked to coach Bill Lynch afterwards. Literally when Nate Tice scored, we were taking a knee the next play. It was just kind of the way things happened. I don't think Wisconsin will ever get accused of trying to be sexy or (get) style points.
"(Lynch) wasn't upset at all. I think he knows about who we are and who I am and the kind of things we do here and believe in. There was no malice intended."
With an already decisive 69-13-edge midway through the fourth quarter, offensive coordinator Paul Chryst dialed up a deep pass for the freshman backup quarterback Budmayr.
When he wound up and delivered a beautiful bomb that Abbrederis would catch and take to the house, Bielema understood how outsiders could see that as pouring salt in the wound.
But he had different reasoning.
"I wanted to give us a chance to give us a first down," Bielema said of the third and six play. "I didn't want to handicap my second string quarterback and not allow him to run our offense.
"The kids just played well."


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Halloween is coming. Do you have prepared any Halloween gifts?
THREEA will release a new action figure for the Halloween this year. Look at the following picture. This guy with a pumpkin head, named Charkin Zombkin is the leading role of Halloween from THREEA. Let's wait and see.


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You know, it takes a certain level of confidence to play every down of every game with the word "Gay" written across the back of your jersey (like the Patriots corner).
Maybe it's a little like the boy named "Sue." You could never let yourself put anything less than a monster hit on with that across your back.


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A sea lion seen from the Seal Beach pier.
Laura and her parents live in Seal Beach. Laura and Helen had never seen a seal or sea lion at Seal Beach, other than the bronze statue at the entrance to the pier. Stan says that it was common to see seals on Seal Beach back in the 1950s. At this time, it was usual to find a view resting on the beach. He has not seen a seal at Seal Beach in recent decades.
(It would be interesting to ask the resident surfers. I assume they see them much more frequently.)
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A primary mission of the EMBI is to host an annual conference that joins the University, local businesses and community leaders to work toward the realization of a sustainable future. The annual conference is called Green Innovations, and features international experts and local panelists who can provide insight on important topics such as sustainability in transportation, wind energy, regional health, regional sustainability and water management.
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Editor's note: This is an edited version of an article that originally ran in the June 2013 issue of Skin Inc. magazine. All rights reserved.
Scientists believe the first cell life to form on earth was a marine bacteria, or a very simple single-cell algae. The depths of the ocean provided a simple filtration system for the harsh UV rays that blazed down on the planet that, at the time, was devoid of an ozone layer. Thanks to the water's protection from the harsh rays and the nutrients in seawater, species of microalgae could form and flourish.
Now, 3.8 billion years later on a planet with diverse marine and terrestrial plant content, microalgae species are being seen as a wave of the future for topical skin and body care products.
As a picture begins to be painted of what marine-based skin care has to offer, it is important to understand the unique nutrient composition of the oceanic environment. It's no coincidence that seawater and blood plasma have a nearly identical chemical composition in terms of mineral and trace element levels. Both blood plasma and seawater contain naturally occurring trace elements and minerals, and the concentration of each mineral present is very similar. Seawater is so close to the body's internal environment that if white blood cells are removed from the body and placed in a sterile diluted seawater solution, they are able to maintain normal cell function—and this is the only solvent that will accommodate continued cellular activity.
The human body needs replenishment of minerals such as zinc, phosphorous, calcium and magnesium on a daily basis. Because seawater contains the body's ideal balance of minerals, it is the perfect medium to restore these levels. Minerals and trace elements are important catalysts to all cell functions. Maintaining ideal mineral levels is key to preventing cellular imbalances and boosting every cell function.
Not only can seawater provide a balanced way to supplement minerals to human cells, it also provides a nutrient-rich growing environment for micro- and macro-algae. As marine plants grow in this amazing mineral medium, they absorb and concentrate various nutrients also beneficial to the human body. Depending on the environment in which the seaweed is growing, it will develop different nutrients and cell functions as defense mechanisms to protect itself from various aggressors. Researchers have noted the similarities between human skin and various seaweed species, and have found ways to use marine extracts to improve many skin conditions.
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As the House of Representatives puts off a vote on the 2012 Farm Bill, Mary Kay Thatcher, American Farm Bureau Federation, senior director of Congressional relations, says the outcome is very hard to predict. However, "there will be far less money to write a farm bill next year than this year," she warns.
Further, there is no guarantee that the farm bill will be brought up in a lame duck session because there are many other issues that will likely take priority, such as expiring tax provisions.
The comments were made in an interview Tuesday with Mike Adams, host of AgriTalk.


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The number of workers hired on U.S. farms and ranches increased this summer and fall, as did their wages compared with the same periods a year ago. According to this week's Farm Labor report from USDA, there were 872,000 hired workers hired directly by farm operators during the week of October 7 to 13, 2012, up more than 5 percent from the reference week in October 2011.
During the week of July 8 to 14, the number totaled 906,000, up nearly 9 percent from the 2011 July reference week.
Wages for farm labor also have improved this year. During the reference week in July, field workers received an average of $10.71 per hour, up more than 4 percent from a year earlier. Livestock workers earned an average of $10.89 per hour, up from $10.29 a year earlier. All farm workers, including supervisors and others besides field and livestock workers, earned an average of $11.36 per hour in July, up nearly 4 percent from their July 2011 pay.
The biggest pay increases in July took place in the Northern Plains region followed by the Eastern Corn Belt.
During the reference week in October, field workers received an average of $11.22 per hour, up over 6 percent from a year earlier, while livestock workers earned just 16 cents per hour more than a year earlier at $10.83. The average pay for all farm workers during October was $11.76, up over 5 percent from October 2011.
October brought a decline in the number of hired workers in some regions compared with last year, with the Iowa and Missouri region reporting declines followed by California. In the Central Corn Belt, drought and early harvest meant fewer workers in the fields during October.
While wages were up in most regions in October, the largest increases occurred in Oregon and Washington followed by the Arizona and New Mexico region.
The full Farm Labor report is available online from USDA.


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whynotme wrote:Son wrote:whynotme wrote:Just out of curiosity, do they cast shadow on the ground or another object? I mean are they transparent/opaque in visible light?
I don't know about translucent, but they exist with their own luminance. They have form and that includes solidity. I suppose you would say they're somewhat opaque. You can see what is behind them but that is because of gross light meeting your eyes. You see the deva with the divine eye, which is perceiving form and has the contact of eye-sight-consciousness. It's difficult to describe because unlike the fleshy eye, the divine eye does not see obscurations. I suppose the opaqueness depends on how focused you are in your divine sight at the time and how clearly they are revealing themselves to you. However in themselves they are not really translucent at all. This is a question of view.
No, I think they are opaque and solid to divine eye. What I meant is something like this, transparent in one view but opaque in another view. Sillicon is transparent in infra red but opaque in normal light. Similarity, I want to ask that Devas are supposed opaque to divine eye but do they interact with normal light, i.e create shadow on the ground when they are block the light source, i.e the sun (in the scientific manner).
I just want to ask do they create any shadow on the ground when they appear? If there isn't any shadow on the ground then they don't interact with normal light even when revealing themselves. If so, one must try other wavelengths to capture their image, i.e infra red, ultra violet, x-ray.. Or they don't interact with any electromagnetic radiation at all.
I can't say that they do not interact with electromagnetic radiation at all. This is very delicate and interesting analysis and is probably much easier for intellectually inclined devas. No, devas don't cast shadows. They have their own subtle light. It's not made of photons so photons pass right through their body. Otherwise people would see them, or even if they were vibrating too quickly, they would show up at least sometimes in photographs. In theory. In practice, they do not have shadows fair and square. Some of them can look and touch in several directions at once, generating multiple faces or arms, indicating a lack of divine luminescent obscurity in general, but not ruling it out as a possibility. In short, since you do not see a deva with the flesh eye, which perceives shadows and electromagnetic radiation, there is no possibility of a shadow. What's more, they cannot block out the sunlight physically.


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Fiery crash follows 150 mph chase on I-90
Updated 9:08 pm, Saturday, November 9, 2013
A Bellevue man is now facing several charges for eluding police and driving under the influence after a chase and crash on Mercer Island.
Shortly after 11:30 p.m. Friday night, a trooper clocked a Porshe Panamera going at least 150 mph in the eastbound express lanes of Interstate 90, according to Washington State Patrol's Sgt. Courtney Stewart. The trooper tried to catch up and watched as the car exited the freeway. That's when the driver lost control and crashed into an office building at Southeast 30th and Island Crest Way.
The car burst into flames after the crash, but Mercer Island firefighters, with assistance from Bellevue Fire Department, were able to prevent the flames from spreading to the building.
Both occupants were outside the sports car when emergency crews arrived and were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
"It was just pure luck that driving that recklessly and at those speeds that nobody else was hurt," Stewart said.
Police arrested the driver for suspicion of driving while intoxicated, reckless driving and vehicular assault.


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Trial record 3 of 17 for: Hemifacial Spasm
Effect on Tear Functions of Pretarsal and Preseptal Techniques of Botulinum Toxin Type A Injection in Hemifacial Spasm
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.
Verified March 2012 by kitthisak kitthaweesin, Khon Kaen University.
Recruitment status was: Not yet recruiting
Recruitment status was: Not yet recruiting
Khon Kaen University
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
kitthisak kitthaweesin, Khon Kaen University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: March 18, 2012
Last updated: March 27, 2012
Last verified: March 2012
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Detailed Description:
The purpose of this study is to determine whether pretarsal and preseptal techniques of Botulinum toxin type A injection have any effect on tear functions.
|Hemifacial Spasm
|Drug: preseptal injection of botulinum toxin type A Drug: pretarsal injection of Botulinum toxin type A
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Effect on Tear Functions of Pretarsal and Preseptal Techniques of Botulinum Toxin Type A Injection in Hemifacial Spasm
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Botox Muscle Cramps Tears
Drug Information available for: OnabotulinumtoxinAU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by kitthisak kitthaweesin, Khon Kaen University:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- tear break up time [ Time Frame: change from baseline in tear break up time at 12 weeks ]unit of measure; minutes
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- schirmer's test [ Time Frame: change from baseline of schirmer's test at 12 weeks ]units of measurement; millimeters
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|April 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2012
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|September 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: preseptal
Drug: preseptal injection of botulinum toxin type A
botulinum toxin type A (Botox)2.5 units, 5 points
Other Name: Botox
|Experimental: pretarsal
Drug: pretarsal injection of Botulinum toxin type A
Botulinum toxin type A 2,5 units, 5 points
Other Name: Botox
Detailed Description:
Botulinum toxin type A has been used for hemifacial spasm since 1986. of Botulinum toxin type A can be subcutaneously injected at pretarsal or preseptal portion of orbicularis muscle. Blepharoptosis has been reported less frequently with pretarsal technique, however dry eye was noticed in one patient treated with pretarsal botulinum toxin type A for cosmetic purpose.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|20 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- patient diagnosed with hemifacial spasm
Exclusion Criteria:
- previous history of botulinum toxin treatment for hemifacial spasm
- ocular surface disorders
- tear disorders
- evidence of infection at or around eyelids
- pregnant woman
- other neurologic disease, i.e. OMG
- coagulopathy or treatment with thrombolytic agent
- treatment with aminoglycosides, chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01564979
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01564979
|Contact: kitthisak kitthaweesin, ND
|Khon Kaen University
|Not yet recruiting
|Muang, Khon Kaen, Thailand, 40002
|Principal Investigator: kitthisak kitthaweesin, MD
|Principal Investigator: Pawat Phusetwong, MD
Sponsors and Collaborators
Khon Kaen University
|Principal Investigator:
|kitthisak kithaweesin, MD
|Khon Kaen University
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Keywords provided by kitthisak kitthaweesin, Khon Kaen University:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 20, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|kitthisak kitthaweesin, Assoc Prof, Khon Kaen University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01564979 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|March 18, 2012
|Last Updated:
|March 27, 2012
Keywords provided by kitthisak kitthaweesin, Khon Kaen University:
botulinum toxin
facial nerve
hemifacial spasm
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Muscle Cramp
Hemifacial Spasm
Neuromuscular Manifestations
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
Muscular Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Mouth Diseases
Stomatognathic Diseases
Botulinum Toxins
Botulinum Toxins, Type A
Acetylcholine Release Inhibitors
Membrane Transport Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Cholinergic Agents
Neurotransmitter Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Neuromuscular Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 20, 2017