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Twenty-two entrepreneurial students are gearing up to turn their innovative ideas into serious startups this summer with the support of a new business accelerator program at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Kicking off on Saturday, June 7, with an inaugural cohort of six project teams, Catalyze CU-Boulder will provide mentorship, grants and space at Spark Boulder to support students as they launch startup companies to develop promising technologies. The technologies range from a mobile app for the sports industry that scores social media influence to a solar irrigation system for the developing world.
Over the course of eight weeks, the teams will aggressively develop their ideas, products and businesses with guidance from local business experts.
"Our goal is to move them to the next stage, whatever that is," says Doug Smith, assistant dean for programs and talent in CU-Boulder's College of Engineering and Applied Science. "It could be product development, raising capital funds, and, in some cases, releasing their products on the market."
The engineering college launched the program in partnership with the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship at the Leeds School of Business and Spark Boulder, a student co-working space and "innovation hub" founded by engineering senior Fletcher Richman and classmates.
Catalyze CU-Boulder is modeled after the best practices of business accelerator programs across the country, with input from local business icons Brad Feld and Jason Mendelsohn of the Foundry Group and Dave Cohen, founder of TechStars. The program builds on existing collaborations of students, faculty, alumni and local businesses committed to supporting student entrepreneurship.
"With numerous projects courses and business and technology competitions, we have a rich entrepreneurial community across the CU-Boulder campus," says Smith. "But until now we haven't had anywhere for these students to go next. We saw a need for this kind of accelerator community right here on campus. As educators, we want to teach our students, but we also want to help them launch their businesses."
Catalyze CU-Boulder has attracted teams from capstone design courses and business competitions, such as the popular New Venture Challenge, that are inspired to take their projects to the next level. More than 35 teams applied to be part of the first Catalyze CU-Boulder class, including undergraduate and graduate students from degree programs across campus.
"We applied for Catalyze CU-Boulder because we feel we have a great idea but need to learn how to best articulate our ideas and market our products for our consumers," says Jana Jefers, a member of the Dynamic Measurement Solutions team, which hopes to revolutionize the way prosthetic sockets are fit to help amputees return to dynamic activities more quickly and comfortably. "With the expertise assembled in the Catalyze CU-Boulder team, we're sure to learn all this and more to make our business a success."
Catalyze CU-Boulder is open to CU-Boulder students and faculty. Smith says students will finish the two-month program with a clear sense of their next steps and an invaluable network of supporters and connections in the community to help them continue their endeavors.
Teams participating in the inaugural cohort are:
Malleable Metals
Malleable plastics that can be molded directly onto the body to eliminate the need for mold-making currently required for custom orthopedics.
Dynamic Measurement Solutions
A novel device that uniquely measures displacement of a residual limb within a prosthetic socket during dynamic movements along multiple axes.
Global Solar
A solar drip irrigation pump for rural farmers in India that uses mirrors to concentrate solar power and reduce the initial price by 50 percent.
A subscription service that delivers care package items to college freshmen in their residence halls.
An online clothing platform that helps people who want to look awesome find outrageous and hilarious clothing.
A Web platform and app that scores social media influence for the sports industry.
Photo: Members of the Dynamic Measurement Solutions team at the April 26 Engineering Design Expo, where they demonstrated their socket technology for prosthetic joints to judges and the public


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WHITBY lifeguards have saved the life of a young boy who was caught in a rip current and dragged out to sea in Saturday afternoon.
The seven year old boy fell into the water from rocks near Whitby Pier, at about 4pm, but was soon spotted by a quick-thinking member of the public who threw him a life ring to hold on to.
RNLI lifeguards then swam out to the boy and brought him back to shore. The boy wasn't breathing so lifeguards started CPR.
After just one rescue breath the boy began breathing on his own again, and he was flown to hospital by the air ambulance.
Lifeguard Christie Milner said: "Thanks to the quick actions of the lifeguards and members of the public the casualty was quickly pulled from the water.
"It is very unusual for anyone who isn't breathing to start breathing again on their own after just one rescue breath but it's a fantastic result. We all wish him a speedy recovery."

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This game was classified by the community with the following category scores - Violence=2/3, Sex=0/3, Mature Content=0/3. This is Bowman like you've never seen before! Set in a fully 3D medieval town you can fire arrows in any and all directions. Play against your friends, either locally or online, and watch your name climb the global high scores list as you amass wins! Nothing's more satisfying than correctly adjusting for the wind and watching your arrow curve into the face of your foe!
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Combining high-speed data transfer rates with record-breaking access times, OCZ Octane SSDs are designed to provide a superior user experience and improved application performance. Octane leverages the cutting-edge Indilinx Everest platform and is optimized for the complete spectrum of file types and sizes, with proprietary page mapping algorithms mirroring real world conditions across a wide range of applications.
The Octane series also includes advanced features unique to Indilinx, including latency reduction technology to enhance system responsiveness and enable instant-on boot-ups, and proprietary NDurance technology to increase the lifespan of the NAND flash memory and minimize performance degradation. In addition, Octane drives support AES and automatic encryption to secure critical data, bringing unique enterprise features within the reach of enthusiasts. Octane SSDs also deliver the energy efficiency, durability, and reliability that traditional hard drives cannot provide.
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Encarnacion's return delayed by swollen finger
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- First baseman Edwin Encarnacion had his return from the World Baseball Classic delayed when a swollen finger kept him out of the lineup on Friday against the Boston Red Sox.
Encarnacion jammed the finger in his final at-bat for the Dominican Republic, which defeated Puerto Rico on Tuesday in San Francisco to win the World Baseball Classic title.
"I guess his last at-bat the other night, he hit a ball off the end of his bat and it kind of jarred his index finger," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said on Friday. "It swelled up a little bit and it was kind of irritated. They X-rayed it [Thursday] and everything is fine, but he won't be playing for a couple of days. No concern. Plus he's had plenty of work lately."
Shortstop Jose Reyes, who also played for the Dominicans, was back in the Blue Jays' lineup for Friday's game, going 0-for-1 with a pair of walks. Outfielders Moises Sierra and Ricardo Nanita also played for the Dominican and were back at the Minor League camp.
Gibbons admitted there will be an adjustment for players returning from the intensity of the Classic to Spring Training games.
"It won't be easy, I'm sure it'll be a little bit of a letdown," Gibbons said. "They're probably glad to be back with their team. One thing, a guy like Reyes, he's enthusiastic in everything he does. He'll be out there today and he'll probably just get a couple of at-bats the next couple of days. Next week they'll all be in there every day."
Larry Millson is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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TEP With 68-DOTANOC in Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors (68-DOTANOC-GEP)
This study has been completed.
Nantes University Hospital
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Last updated: July 28, 2016
Last verified: July 2016
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Evaluation of the diagnostic performance of PET / CT with 68Ga-DOTANOC in Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors with comparison with other techniques used in routine clinical practice (octreoscan ® ; multiphase SPECT / CT, MRI or endoscopy).
Therapeutic impact and safety of PET / CT with 68Ga-DOTANOC will also be assessed. Expected results are a confirmation of the superiority of 68Ga-PET DOTANOC versus scintigraphy octreoscan ®, with a potential impact on the therapeutic management of patients.
|Patients With Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
|Drug: 68-Ga-DOTANOC
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
|Official Title:
|Diagnostic, Prospective, Comparative, Multicentric Study of the PET / CT With 68Ga-DOTANOC Versus Conventional Imaging Procedures (octréoscan ® Scintigraphy and CT / MRI) in the Assessment of in Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Carcinoid Tumors
Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center resources: Carcinoid Tumor Gastro-enteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Stomach Cancer NeuroepitheliomaU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Nantes University Hospital:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Detection of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors lesions in the initial assessment or during the search of recurrence. [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Reference to the gold standard (that will be obtained from the data of histology and / or follow-up imaging at least 12 months
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Compare the diagnostic performance of PET / CT with 68Ga-DOTANOC with the standard process [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
Other Outcome Measures:
- Assess the clinical impact of PET / CT 68 Ga-DOTANOC in terms of specificity and predictive value for the detection of locations of GEP. [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
- Assess the relevance of decisions of PET / CT 68 Ga-DOTANOC in terms of specificity and predictive value for the detection of locations of GEP. [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
- Assess the value of PET / CT 68 Ga-DOTANOC in terms of specificity and predictive value for the detection of locations of GEP. [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
- Tolerance of 68-Ga-DOTANOC [ Time Frame: 12 mois ]the vital signs and clinical tolerance will be assess during the 2 hours following injection of the radiopharmaceutical.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|November 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|May 2016
|Primary Completion Date:
|May 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age over 18 years
- effective contraception or exclusion of pregnancy dosage of beta-HCG in women of childbearing age
- Fortuitous discovery of suggestive tumors of TE-GEP with well documented conventional imaging (multiphase CT; MRI, US endoscopy) associated or not associated with clinical or biological signs of TE-GEP tumors (increase in tumor markers) OR
- Histologically proven GEP-TE (WHO classification 2010 (26) well differentiated in the initial staging OR
- Suspicion of recurrence or progression of well differentiated TE-GEP tumors on conventional imaging or laboratory tests (increase in tumor markers) OR
- Clinical or biological syndrome strongly suggestive of digestive endocrine disease without identification of lesions with conventional imaging
- Informed consent and patient's written
- Affiliation to an insurance
Exclusion Criteria:
- Multiple endocrine neoplasia
- TE GEP tumor not differentiated
- Pregnancy and lactation
- Persons protected by law
- Restlessness, inability to lie still hold at least 1 hour; Claustrophobia
- Poor compliance predictable or inability to undergo medical test for geographical, social or psychological
- Treatment with radiotherapy, chemotherapy or other antitumor treatment within 6 weeks of previous morphological and scintigraphic examinations. In case of treatment with somatostatin analogues delayed, scans will be performed 4 weeks after the last injection. However, a shorter period may be observed to avoid to do again the initial assessment exams.
- malignancy except basal cell cancers and cancer in situ of the cervix
- Contraindication of injection of a contrast agent necessary for the production of multiphase scanner.
- Patients who had a CT scan without injection of contrast material can not participate in the study
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01747096
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01747096
|Angers Hospital
|Angers, France, 49100
|Hôpital Beaujon
|Clichy, France, 92110
|Hôpital Bichat
|Paris, France, 75018
|Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest, René Gauducheau
|Saint Herblain, France, 44805
|Nantes Hospital
|Saint Herblain, France, 44805
Sponsors and Collaborators
Nantes University Hospital
|Principal Investigator:
|Catherine Ansquer, MD
|Nantes Hospital
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Keywords provided by Nantes University Hospital:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Nantes University Hospital
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|NCT01747096 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|November 13, 2012
|Last Updated:
|July 28, 2016
Keywords provided by Nantes University Hospital:
Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
immuno PET (iPET)
Gallium (68-Ga)
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Neuroendocrine Tumors
Carcinoid Tumor
Intestinal Neoplasms
Pancreatic Neoplasms
Stomach Neoplasms
Neuroectodermal Tumors
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Digestive System Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Digestive System Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Intestinal Diseases
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms
Pancreatic Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Stomach Diseases
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False Pretense
- What is false pretense?
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- Who can investigate false pretense?
- What should I do if I am the victim of false pretense?
- How can I protect myself from being a victim of false pretense?
- Where can I find additional information and resources?
|According to the IC3, Washington DC ranked # 1 in total number of perpetrators per 100,000 people. Are you protected?
What is false pretense?
False pretense is defined as taking or obtaining property, money, or
signature of another through the use of tricks, lies, or deception.
- You are approached in a parking lot by a person who tells you that they have a winning lottery ticket but can't cash it. They offer to sell you the ticket, and after the fact you learn the ticket is not real.
- Most scams and cons all involve false pretense. Read further.
What is necessary to establish false pretense under Virginia State
Under Virginia criminal code 18.2-178, the following elements must be established.
- There must be an intent to defraud;
- There must be an actual fraud;
- Some form of false pretense, false representation, trick, or deception must be used to facilitate the fraud; and
- The false pretense, false representation, trick, or deception must be in part the reason that the fraud was successful.
What is not false pretense?
Being overcharged for work is not false pretense.
Who can investigate false pretense?
The Fairfax County Police Department can investigate the crime if it
occurs within the jurisdictional boundaries of Fairfax County. If the
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What should I do if I am the victim of false pretense?
- File a police report with the correct jurisdiction.
Contact the three nationwide consumer credit reporting companies and
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- Close any accounts that you know have been compromised.
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- If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!
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Please contact the gallery director, Niclas Kruger, for additional information.
Born in Jerusalem, a land that is spiritual and passionate, searing and volatile - these words describe the artist as well as her works. Rhea, over the last twenty-seven years, has produced a body of work that celebrates with antiquity the everlasting human spirit, which survives the brutality and insanity of war, the aridity and harshness of human nature as it endures. Rhea utilizes a variety of media—oils, sand, water, treated paper, canvas and wood—which she layers, smooths and sculpts to create abstract impressions which demand tactile as well as visual interplay. Her works are perceived as the topography of intimate landscapes, as well as the mapping of emotions and sensations devoid of familiar forms. The paintings are a personal diary of the artist as she chronicles the events that have had an impact on humanity and nature.
These works combine to express the feelings of introspection, conflict, human emotion, and the effects of malicious wielding of power and greed on humanity. Rhea's work has been exhibited in Israel, Europe, Australia, New York and Los Angeles. She now resides in California with her husband of 48 years.
My entire personal history from the last six years is embedded into the brushstrokes of these paintings. I left nothing out and held nothing back. The struggle and reward of this form of recklessness is also recorded onto the surface. Now that I am turned inside out, I am free to know nothing and everything at the same time. When I paint I just ask questions and listen.
This exhibition will highlight work that was produced during the fall semester of 2009 in the following art courses: children's art, design, digital illustration, digital image manipulation, drawing, elements of art, graphic design, and painting. Student artwork is also on display throughout the academic year in the Library Arts Building at CUI.
Artists Kathy Jones, Stephanie Cunningham and Betty Haight are oil painters who have discovered the joy of collaborative art. Although they each have individual bodies of work, the pieces in this exhibit primarily focus on work they have done together in various combinations.
"Collaborative work gives us the joy of incorporating the trust developed through friendship into visual works of art. As a result of the push-pull, discussion and joint struggle we are able to transcend our individual limitations and rise to a level we would not have discovered on our own."
The exhibition will include paintings in which the artists have worked on the same canvas, paintings in which the artists have joined together separately worked canvases and jointly worked sculpture.
Artwork: Gretchen Beck, Doorizey, mixed media.
This exhibition will feature new work by the faculty in the art department at Concordia University Irvine. Artistic styles from abstract to representational celebrate a group of committed and talented artists. The annual exhibition highlights that Concordia's art faculty are mentors who are actively engaged in their disciplines.
I am basically a landscape artist, with a passion for plein air (on location) watercolor painting. Although design, color, texture, surfaces, several collage techniques and explorations into various nonobjective directions are important to me, after forty-five years of painting, I am most deeply committed to content—how to communicate my reactions and feelings about my natural environment to viewers. My goal is not replication of scenes and sites, but it is concerned with interpretation and visual communication that expresses my sensitivity and response to God's wonder-filled natural creation, and to the cultural and architectural.
This exhibition will highlight work that was produced during the spring semester of 2010 in the following art courses: ceramics, digital publishing, drawing, elements of art, graphic design, painting, senior art seminar, and typography. Student artwork is also on display throughout the academic year in the Library Arts Building at CUI.
My paintings are records of an intuitive journey that flows with a stream of conscious expression, guided by visions of free association. I conjure up memories that resonate with places and images of my life experiences. The use of nature-based images, memories, personal identity and heritage to explore visual possibilities emerges time and time again in my paintings.
When my brush marks the surface - it is then that the creative process begins. Many of my works consist of several layers that allow for the work to evolve on the surface. The collage of layers is significant to the process and to the exploration of images. At times, when I revisit my work, I realize that I am moving onto a completely different creative event - a whole new journey.
My Ultimate intention is to create work that provides viewers with an inspirational experience, allowing them to construct their own personal narrative.


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I did a double-take when I clicked on Florida Congresswoman and DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz on CNN tonight.
Before posting I did a quick search and found out this is her second new look for Wasserman-Schultz in the past four months.
-- On a more serious note, a grand jury at the behest of the State Attorney's Office has charged the two alleged car burglars connected to the deaths of two bicyclists in Cooper City with first degree murder. My question: Is this a serious case of over-charging? Throw the book at these two, but first degree murder? The evidence indicates the man charged with striking the bicyclists, Obrian Oakley, was being chased by the BSO at high speeds (over 100 mph) through a residential area. In fact Oakley said he was looking back at the patrol cars when he struck a vehicle and ultimately hit the bicyclists. BSO has steadfastly refused to comment on whether or not there was a pursuit. If it is true there was a pursuit, then deputies were violating pursuit policy and could bear part of the blame for a tragedy that never should have happened. And the other unarmed car burglar? He was in police custody when the accident occurred.
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John Frieda Brilliant Brunette Luminous Color Glaze Reviews
Gross!Made my hair sticky and simply would not wash out. I don't even know how this product made it into stores. It didn't do anything for the color of my hair, either. What a waste of money. — 6 years, 7 months agoLittleBunny | 545 reviews
Good and bad...I love the shine and hint of color this applies after use, but I hate the nasty sticky feeling it leaves on my hair when I use it as directed. It makes it impossible to style my hair and I end up washing it again to get rid of the greasy, lank, sticky feeling that is left in my hair. I have gotten some success if I mix a small bit of glaze with my conditioner. I don't end up with the gross hair...read more, still get the color boost, but I do loose a some of the shine. I wish this stuff wasn't such a pain to use. Best bet? Stick with a shine booster and/or temporary color from Herbal Essences. — 8 years agoradar626 | 326 reviews
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Stains my hands!This works for me. It made my hair soft and shiny, and frizz free. It had a nice scent imo. But it staaaains your skin, your shoulders, everything! I would not buy it again. — 9 years, 1 month agoRavenLoudspeakr | 301 reviews
love this stuff!this left my hair shiny and smootha n soft till my next wash. love this stuff! — 9 years, 3 months agocandyapples17 | 223 reviews
blahI got this to use to keep my colored hair vibrant in between colorings. It didn't do that. This stuff smells awful, leaves a residue in my hair, and no noticeable color boost. — 9 years, 1 month agoMiss_Vicki | 271 reviews
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Limited colorsI wish John Frieda would recognize that some people have darker shades than "brilliant brunette". I used this for my natural onyx black hair and didn't see much of a difference. There was a little bit of extra shine and changed the texture of my hair slightly, but did nothing to enhance the color of it. I've had better results using plain old Pantene midnight expressions conditioner! And...read more also, like some of the other reviewers said, it's messy to use even in the shower. It stains your hands temporarily and can even stain your white shower curtains/tiles if you are not careful. Not worth the effort or the money. — 9 years, 4 months agoModernDayWriter | 205 reviews
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eweI have thick hair and decided to try this to give me a little color boost which it desperately needed. This however was not the solution. It didn't do anything for me at all other that having to spend extra time in the shower with a smelly mess in my hair. Yuck. I didn't try it again. — 9 years, 7 months agosmiley48 | 204 reviews
Do not like this!It didn't do anything for my hair, but did leave my towels brown and the shower too! — 6 years, 9 months agojenicide1 | 292 reviews
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It's Official......I don't like this product. I used it once more last night just to be sure. First of all, it takes a huge amount of product to cover my hair (almost 1/4 of the bottle. And I have short hair!). Using it everyday would cost me some serious money. Secondly, it doesn't condition or soften. After using it, my hair feels stiffer and less maleable. Finally, it leaves color all over my bathtub and my hands. Skip this and try Clairol Shine Happy. — 8 years, 1 month agoAmberDB | 189 reviews
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A MEMORIAL to teenager Ashley McKinnon will be held in Moredon today, with 200 balloons to be released in his honour.
Ashley, 17, fell from the top floor of Wyvern car park shortly before 9.30pm on Thursday, February 13 and died shortly after.
At 4pm today, family and friends will release the yellow balloons from the playing fields which stand between Akers Way and Manor Crescent, to the west of St Mary's Church.
Sarah Day, 54, of Manor Crescent, who has known Ashley since he was born, is organising the tribute and has said anyone who knew Ashley or wishes to pay their respects may attend the event. Sarah has also said Ashley's mother has travelled from Birmingham to attend the memorial.
"His mum will be there. She told me she's been overwhelmed by what's happened. The whole situation has been a lot to take," said Sarah.
"There's been lots of interest in the memorial. My grandchildren grew up with Ashley and this is for them and the kids in the community who knew him.
"This is for the people who truly knew him from the Moredon community. Anyone can come who knew him. I wanted to do something before the funeral."
The site for the balloon release will trigger many memories for those who knew Ashley as a child.
Sarah said many of their fondest and funniest memories were captured on that patch of grass. It would also provide the first sight of Ashley as he walked home from Hreod Parkway School.
"He used to go over there into the field for sneaky cigarettes in the bushes, even though I could see him from my bedroom window doing it," said Sarah.
"He played football over there too. He would always be moaning if he ever got a kick on the shins or a tackle. It was his field. He was always over there doing something."
The balloons are a nod to Ashley's love for popping them at birthdays. Sarah said he would never release them into the air.


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Rumble...What should happen but won't
by, 01-27-2013 at 02:44 PM (6160 Views)
I have been reading about this Rumble and many predictions and so forth and I like this site as they are pretty reliable for their news and for the most part, the blogs are decent, remember for the most part. I am not here for everyone to agree with what I say as in today's world, everyone blogs and comments whether they should or not is a different issue.
First off, let me reveal that I am going to be partial to certain wrestlers and also to what makes common sense in wrestling, even though we all know outcomes are pre-determined and politics determine stars.
Rock-Punk, I have read so much about this match and some of it is ridiculous. Rock should not win the title, period! This is not about part timer although if that is the reason then you should have sided with Cena last year, his comments on the Rock being a part timer. I know the Rock is good for business but his promos are now stale, it is the same thing over and over and gets boring, sure he still entertains most people but those are the ones who love the Rock and will never accept that his gimmic is old. He can do his schtick but it does not change the fact that you heard it last year vs Cena, 5 yrs ago, 10 yrs ago. The fact that Punk is the best on the mic right now and shows his versatility by getting over or drawing heat while not saying the same thing besides his catch phrase which everyone needs. I have heard that Rock winning makes it more legit because Punk drops the title to a legend and not someone currently on the roster. I think that is preposterous! Punk should hold on to the title and continue to be the face of the company as he has done what no one has in a long time, make the WWE title relevant and not become completely stale. Punk should hold onto the title until WM. Punk should win clean tonight, nobody would see that coming to further legitmize the title and his reign while Rock doing what he should putting over the guy who has been the man for over a year. Rock does not need the title, he is bigger than the title now and for his Cena Rock II rematch, it is WM, every match will draw. Money will be made and Vince is all about money which makes sense as he has revolutionized this company but becomes preoccupied with former stars than new ones. They don't need the title. Plus, if Cena Rock II is the main event for WM, then WWE has totally done a 180 on making the title prestigous again. Cena winning makes no sense as the torch was passed long ago to him, he became the face when Rock, Stone Cold left and while I hate his gimmic I do respect what he has done with his work outside of the ring.
A reaslistic booking for Punk and Rock is Punk wins tonight setting up the Elimination chamber with the Shield, Ryback, Punk, Cena, Rock for the title. It comes down to Cena, Rock and Punk, where either Rock costs Cena or vice versa. That sets up your grudge match for WM, no title needed.
Punk goes onto to WM and face the Undertaker where it is streak versus streak, cause this the only time you would ever be able to have that type of match where there is real interest in which streak is going to end. Is Punk going over or does Undertaker rule. If Taker wins, which makes the title reign even better because a) Punk loses to the only guy who for whatever reason at WM finds a way to win and WWE can also give this as a sendoff to Taker who will not be having too many more WM matches and b) Taker can relinquish the title as he won't be able to compete a regular schedule tournament whereby the WWE can now make some new stars which it has trouble doing. Plus, they can get rid of that stupid title and create a better title. I would like to see either Bryan or Ziggler win as both are under appreciated and would make entertaining matches.
Now for the Rumble- odds on favourite the man whose promo on Raw was pathetic and rubbish, John Cena. His 2012 year was brutal in terms of him winning and yet gets Superstar of the Year, bleeping joke. He wins the Rumble to set up Rock Cena II, you have my take up above. Not only should not win, but also makes no sense in the fact that you are having the other true top star (Punk the other) win when he does not need to in order to set up his rematch. I know he is the face of the company but his years are winding down and everyone hates how Cena always wins which is why 2012 people enjoyed his slump. He will win again, just not the Rumble.
Ziggler, the guy being compared to HBK, and for good reason. Granted his mic work is a work in progress, no pun intended, but he does steal the show and puts his opponent over. He does not need anyone so good bye AJ and Big E, Ziggler can shine on his own. He should have been champ awhile ago and he should go on and cash in his MITB and win the WH title. He should be one of the remaining guys left for the final.
Ryback, don't get me started on this guy, he is a combo of Stone Cold and Goldberg but not even in the same league as Stone Cold. He gets over by beating jobbers and mid talent guys who for whatever weren't getting pushed aka Miz, Rhodes, Sandow. His mic work is brutal and sure he has a catch phrase but so does Zac Ryder. His gimmic will get stale as he won't be unstoppable versus established stars like Orton, Cena, and case in point Punk. His matches are predictable and boring too. Sure he win championships but his career will be similar to Goldberg. He will have his WM moment with the Big Show and granted impressive to lift the Show still not going to be the new face of the company.
Daniel Bryan, this guy should win the title. If anyone needs a WM moment, it is him after having to drop the title in 18 seconds, what a joke that was. He got himself over and then had to change as everyone was doing YES YES YES! and he is still over now. Plus, him winning the title would set up a match with Ziggler, that would be a WM moment. The crowd would be on fire for this match as they would be on the edge of their seats. These two guys would tear the house down and pull off a match of year or the potential for greatest match of all time. Plus, he gets his WM moment by winning the title from Ziggler and they can go feuding for awhile further cementing themselves as established stars.
The rest of the card is what it is, hopefully Rhoode Scholars wins as they are legit tag team and can carry what Kane and Bryan have done for that Tag division before setting off on solid single careers. WH title could be both of theirs later this year.
Again, I know none of this will happen but it should, it just makes sense. You may not agree, which is fine, but I am just trying to enlighten. You're Welcome!


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Topic: My mother just diagnosed with CC
I am so glad to have found this site just days after my 71 year old mom was diagnosed. I have already learned so much. My mom has been suffering for two years with bile duct obstruction and in that time had 17 ERCP procedures for stent placement. In that time they took numerous scrapings, 3 CT scans, 1 MRI and numerous bloodcounts. They were baffled as to how many times she needed the stents replaced. Just before Christmas they did the last stent replacement and she was told that the next time they became obstructed that she would go in for bile duct reconstruction surgery. In January when she became sick again and went in to the hospital they scheduled her for the major surgery. Once inside, they found the cancer in the bile ducts and spots that had spread to both lobes of her liver. They removed some spots on her right side of liver but realized they could not remove them all. She was in the hospital for four weeks as she had some complications after the surgery with her heart and blood pressure and also ended up with an infection and drains coming out of her cut. She is finally home and this week we went to the cancer clinic where we were given the prognosis that she could have only 8-12 months to live. They want to start her on gemcitabine but only after she has recovered for 2 months from this surgery. So the timeline is that in two months she will go in for a CT scan so they can have proper markers and then start her on the chemo with once a week for seven weeks and then 3 weeks thereafter. There has been no talk of radiation and after reading some of the posts here I wonder why? Also two months seems a little long to wait for things to start. My mom is terrified of the chemo side effects but they said that it was gentle and she would have little side effects. Any input would be greatly appreciated and I will be on reading up more on everyones experiences and learning all I can. Thanks , Michelle


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Stambaugh tabbed gymnast of the week
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - Oregon State's Makayla Stambaugh was named the Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week for the week of Feb. 11-17 as announced by the Pac-12 Conference office Tuesday. Utah's Tory Wilson was voted Specialist of the Week and Washington's Allison Northey was selected as the Freshman/Newcomer of the Week.
Stambaugh led then-No. 13 Oregon State to an upset over previously unbeaten and fourth-ranked UCLA, 196.725-196.075 Saturday night. The senior scored a career-high 39.550 in the all-around to claim the individual title and became the first gymnast this season to beat UCLA's Vanessa Zamarripa, who has four gymnast of the week honors this season, in head-to-head competition. Stambaugh, a native of Sacramento, Calif., also tied career-highs on vault (9.875) and floor exercise (9.950) to place third and first respectively. She also tied for first on the uneven bars with a 9.90 and added a season-best 9.825 on the balance beam.
Wilson was two-event winner in a draw between the Utes and Huskies. With a 9.95 this week, Wilson has now won the event title on vault in all six meets the Utes have participated in 2013. She also scored 9.875 on the beam to tie for the meet-high.
Northey, a freshman, performed in the all-around for the Huskies for her first time scoring 39.075. She tied for second on bars (9.80) and beam (9.85).
This week's award is the fourth GOW of Stambaugh's career and the 20th all-time for Oregon State.
Oregon State, ranked No. 11 this week, remains at home this Friday, Feb. 22, to host the eighth annual Pink Out when No. 15 Arizona and Seattle Pacific visit Gill Coliseum at 7 p.m.


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A Targeted Falls Prevention Program in Rehabilitation In-Patients
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Falls are a major complication in patients treated in rehabilitation departments, yet studies evaluating different interventions to reduce falls-risk are rare and inconclusive.
The aim of the present study is to evaluate the efficacy of a multidisciplinary fall-prevention program to reduce falls and injury in stroke patients treated in a rehabilitation department.
All stroke patients consecutively admitted to the department of rehabilitation at Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center for a period of one year will be eligible for inclusion. Upon receiving an informed consent subjects will be randomized to the intervention group or the control (convention care) group.
There are no exclusion criteria. The Intervention includes group education on risk of falling and safe mobility and transfers; physical therapy of balance training at the patients' bedside twice weekly and medical assessment of medication use (anxiolytics/hypnotics, neuroleptics, antihypertensives and other vasodilators), orthostatic hypotension, urinary frequency/incontinence, delirium and visual problems.
Intervention therapy will not be given as an extra time, rather at the same treatment time as the control group.
Primary outcomes are rate of falls and related injuries.
|Accidental Falls
|Other: Multidisciplinary falls prevention
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|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|A Targeted Falls Prevention Program in Rehabilitation In-Patients
- Rate of falls and fall-related injury [ Time Frame: At one year ]
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|November 2009
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|November 2010
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|November 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|Experimental: Falls prevention
Other: Multidisciplinary falls prevention
Group education on falls risk and mobility and transfers safety; Physical therapy at the subjects' bedside consisting of balance training; Medical assessment - medications use (anxiolytics/hypnotics, neuroleptics, antihypertensives, antiarrhythmics and other vasodilators) with effort to discontinue or reduce dose when possible; orthostatic hypotension - discontinue/reduce dose of related medications; urinary frequency/incontinence - evaluation and treatment; delirium - evaluation and treatment; visual pathology - evaluation and treatment
No Intervention: Control group
Routine rehabilitation treatment
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|20 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
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|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- All stroke patients admitted to rehabilitation
Exclusion Criteria:
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00973297
|Contact: Yoram Maaravi, MD
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New Jersey Symphony Hosts College Night, 3/1; Offers $10 Tickets, Free Transportation & Tweet Seats!
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra will host College Night on Friday, March 1, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark. A special $10 student ticket includes entrance to the Orchestra's Pictures at an Exhibition concert and a post-concert all-student party with light refreshments and live entertainment provided by student musicians and performing groups from various New Jersey colleges and universities.
The NJSO will provide free round-trip bus transportation to the concert from select New Jersey college campuses. Pick-up times and locations are posted at www.njsymphony.org/college; the site will be updated as additional buses become available.
The Orchestra has set aside a block of tickets as Tweet Seats, from which college students can post live concert commentary on social media. The NJSO (@NJSymphony) will tweet live program notes during the performance.
Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition is the centerpiece of a concert program of Russian and French Romantic music. NJSO Concertmaster Eric Wyrick makes his annual solo appearance with the Orchestra, performing Chausson's Poème and Saint-Saëns' Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso. The program also includes Borodin's Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor (with a theme famously adapted as the song "Stranger in Paradise" from Kismet and later sampled in hip-hop tracks and video game scores); Eugene Tzigane conducts.
NJSO Music Director Jacques Lacombe says of Wyrick: "Eric is really a top violinist, and we are very lucky to have him as our concertmaster. He has the qualities of both a soloist and a chamber musician, which is very rare to. He has such clear vision and instincts, and whenever he solos with the NJSO he really brings the Orchestra with him."
The March 1 performance at NJPAC begins at 8 pm; a pre-concert Classical Conversation about the music with conductor Eugene Tzigane begins at 7 pm.
For more information on College Night, visit www.njsymphony.org/college.


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Introducing the latest group of fellows in Asia Society's landmark Afghanistan 21 program: Ten young men and six young women, journalists, business people, diplomats and NGO workers.
25-year-old Humaira Bachal is grabbing attention worldwide with her fight for equal access to education in Pakistan.
Asia Society's Young Afghan Leaders Initiative releases its position paper reflecting the common person's yearning for Afghanistan's development prior to the upcoming Tokyo Conference on Afghanistan.
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BLUE LAKES -- One person died after two big rigs collided on Highway 20 near Blue Lakes early Wednesday morning, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) reported.
Authorities have not released the name of the fatal victim nor information about the conditions of any other people involved in the crash.
The driver of a big rig traveling westbound on the highway lost control on a curve east of The Lodge at Blue Lakes, causing the attached trailer to overturn and enter the eastbound lane just before 6 a.m., CHP Officer Kory Reynolds stated.
An oncoming big rig struck the overturned trailer and careened into Blue Lakes, Reynolds stated. It was not immediately clear which vehicle the decedent was in.
This is Lake County's seventh fatal crash in 2013.
Highway 20 is closed in both directions and is expected to reopen around 11 a.m. with one-way traffic control in effect. The highway is expected to fully reopen by 2 p.m., Reynolds stated.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available. For up-to-the-minute information, visit the Record-Bee Facebook page at www.facebook.com/recordbee.


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Topic: Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation
We are ready to start putting together the Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation.
The first step is establishing a foundation board and we need your
help in identifying potential foundation board members. In order to
put together the best possible foundation board, we need to assemble a
diverse group of people who are connected to cholangiocarcinoma. We
think the best way to do this is to give you some of the critieria we
are looking for when considering prospective foundation board members.
Prospective members of the foundation board will be selected based on
two attributes: influence and/or affluence. In addition to this,
every board member should bring a level of expertise to the foundation
in one or more of the following key areas: finance, investment,
strategic visioning, long-range planning, legal expertise,
organizational ability and community involvement.
Members of the board must be committed to individual giving as well as
participate directly in the fundraising efforts of the foundation.
Many patients will not have the time, finances or health to do the
work of a foundation board member, but may have family members,
friends, business associates or others who have been wanting to do
something to help.
The mission of a foundation is to raise money for a specific purpose.
Those who have influence and/or affluence can give and can influence
others to give. A strong foundation board will help attract strong
medical advisory board members. This is critical for establishing
credibility within the medical community which in turn will have a
direct impact on the treatment of cholangiocarcinoma.
This needs to be an international effort. In order to maximize the
impact the foundation has on this disease we must work together.
Once the board is in place we will begin organizing the rest of the
foundation. There is room for every skill and every level of giving.
Because we are a relatively small group, we will be calling on you to
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you will find updates on our progress, areas in which we need your help or expertise, upcoming events, etc.
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World Bank $27.5 million credit to support Yemen's Health Reform
The World Bank approved a $27.5 million credit to the Republic of Yemen for a Health Reform Support Project (HRSP). The first in a series of projects aimed at strengthening the health care system, the HRSP will focus on increasing the access of women and children in poor communities to quality health services. It will also seek to improve the effectiveness of public health programs and resource allocation within the public sector, according to a World Bank press release.
The International Development Agency (IDA), an arm of the World Bank Group, which provides interest-free development assistance to the poorest countries, will issue the credit. The overall project cost is $30 million. The World Bank credit of $27.5 million will be disbursed on standard IDA terms with a 10-year grace period and a maturity of 40 years, and the Government of Yemen will contribute $2.5 million.
The health sector in Yemen faces major challenges with adult mortality, total fertility and maternal mortality rates among the highest in the Middle East and North Africa region. Under-nutrition afflicts 50 percent of the child population and communicable diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis are posing significant burden on the healthcare system.
Less than half of the population, especially those in rural areas, has access to basic health services. Other challenges include inefficient allocation and use of resources, inadequate quality of health services and an overly centralized health sector.
In response to these challenges, the Government of Yemen launched a health sector reform in 1998 aimed at improving equity, quality, effectiveness and accessibility of health services. At the request of the Government of Yemen, the HRSP will support the national health reform program through a three-pronged approach. — (menareport.com)
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October 16, 2013
For the Busy Parent > Room Renovations Under $100
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Prize Recipient
Robert S. Knox
University of Rochester
"For pioneering contributions in the application of theoretical physics to understanding the first steps of conversion of electromagnetic energy into chemical energy in photosynthesis; in particular, for elucidating the creation and motion of photosynthesis excitons."
Selection Committee:
H. Frauenfelder, Chair, W. Webb, G. Feher, E. Greenbaum, P.G. Debrunner, S. Krimm


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UPDATE | Residents told to evacuate after Oso landslide blocks SR 530 and Stilly River, killing three
OSO — Residents of the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River are being advised to evacuate, by the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office, in the wake of three confirmed deaths as a result of a landslide on Saturday, March 22, across State Route 530, between Arlington and Darrington, as a National Weather Service Flash Flood Warning for the area remains in effect through Sunday, March 23.
The landslide was first reported around 10:45 a.m. on March 22, at the 29400 block of State Route 530, near milepost 37, and at least six houses have been confirmed destroyed.
According to Shari Ireton, director of communications for the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office, the cause of the slide is believed to be ground water saturation, from heavy rainfall in the area previously in the month, but they're still assessing how many other structures may have been affected. Identification of the victims is pending from the Snohomish County Medical Examiner.
The slide has cut off Darrington and is blocking the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River at Whitman Road. Initial reports indicate the slide is at least 45 yards wide and 60 yards across. Both directions of State Route 530, between mileposts 37 and 38, are completely closed as a result, and the public is being asked to avoid the area.
Several emergency response crews have since been dispatched, including members of not only the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office, but also the Washington State Patrol, Department of Transportation, Department of Emergency Management, U.S. Navy and most of the fire service agencies in north Snohomish County.
One helicopter with the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office has been transporting victims, while the other helicopter has been surveying the area from the air for the Department of Emergency Management. Among those transported from the area have been at least eight adults, and one 6-month-old child, to local hospitals.
Upstream of the landslide, the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River will likely flood low-lying areas, including roads and possibly some homes. When and if the landslide-induced blockage releases, some flooding downstream to Arlington is possible.
Do not drive cars, vans or trucks through flooded areas, as this is the cause of most flood-related deaths in Washington.
The city of Arlington activated its Emergency Operations Center at 2:30 p.m. on March 22, in response to the landslide. City staff have since been monitoring events upstream on the Stillaguamish River.


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A Gentleman of History
In war or peace, Winston Churchill's cigars were never far from his hand.
Prior to the First World War, warfare was viewed among English gentlemen as an exciting and gallant activity. As a rite of passage, ambitious military officers eagerly sought battle. But in the late nineteenth century, "a long spell of almost unbroken peace" meant that there was little opportunity for ambitious English officers to distinguish themselves. In that period of uncommon peace, Winston Churchill found himself stymied in his search for honor.
"Rarity in a desirable commodity is usually the cause of enhanced value," Churchill wrote, "and there has never been a time when war service was held in so much esteem by the military authorities or more ardently sought by officers of every rank." The young Winston understood such service was the road to distinction and fame. Lacking any field of battle on which he might distinguish himself, Churchill sought out a real live conflict. He wished it to be "a private rehearsal, a secluded trip, in order to make sure that the ordeal was not unsuited to my temperament."
This led him in 1895 to Cuba, which was then attempting to rebel from the Spanish empire. Cuba was a place, he later wrote, "where real things were going on. Here was a scene of vital action. Here was a place where anything might happen. Here was a place where something would certainly happen. Here I might leave my bones."
And it was in the Caribbean that Churchill's cigar smoking began in earnest. Having arrived in Havana in November 1895, along with a fellow officer named Reginald Barnes, and having been stood up at the docks by the Spanish commandant who was to have met the two men, Churchill and Barnes took a room at one of the best hotels in town and spent the next several days living off of little more than two of the local specialties, oranges and cigars. From that point on, Churchill favored Cuban cigars above all others.
As Larry Arnn, an assistant to Martin Gilbert, Churchill's official biographer, has said, "Thereafter, cigar and Cuban were synonymous for Churchill." Indeed, among Churchill's favorite brands were Romeo y Julieta and the now-defunct La Aroma de Cuba. He had a number of regular suppliers of Havanas who kept him well-stocked with cigars throughout his life, even during the prohibitive years of war. And at Chartwell Manor, his country home in Kent, Churchill stocked between 3,000 and 4,000 cigars, mainly Cuban, in a room adjacent to his study. The cigars were kept in boxes on shelves with labels reading "large" and "small," "wrapped" and "naked" to distinguish the cigars' sizes and whether or not they were wrapped in cellophane. Not surprisingly, Churchill spent a great deal of money on his cigars over the years. As one of his valets, Roy Howells, wrote in his book, Simply Churchill, "It took me a little while to get used to the fact that in two days his cigar consumption was the equivalent of my weekly salary."
Perhaps no political figure is more readily associated with the enthusiastic and regular enjoyment of cigars than Churchill. Few informal photographs show him without one. And when a London cartoonist depicted Churchill as a tommy gun-toting gangster, he dubbed him "Cigarface." So integral was the cigar to everyone's image of Churchill, that a jesting King George VI was once able to have some fun at the expense of a few English pottery manufacturers who made ceramic toby jug likenesses of Churchill smoking his trademark cigar. According to one of Churchill's private secretaries, Phyllis Moir, "When King George and Queen Elizabeth visited the pottery works, the King examined the toby jugs with critical interest. 'I do not think he smokes his cigars at such a low angle,' the King remarked earnestly, thereby sending the pottery firm's executives into a hurried conference on the slant of Winston Churchill's cigars."
Throughout most of Churchill's political career, he was inseparable from his cigars. And he went to great lengths to make certain that he would not have to abstain needlessly, even for short periods. On one occasion, while serving as prime minister during the Second World War, he was to take his first high-altitude airplane flight in an unpressurized cabin. According to biographer Gilbert, when Churchill went to the airfield on the evening before the flight to be fitted for a flight suit and an oxygen mask, he conferred with the flight expert who was to accompany him on the journey and requested that a special oxygen mask be devised so that he could smoke his cigars while airborne. The request was granted, and the next day Churchill was happily puffing away at 15,000 feet through a special hole in his oxygen mask.
On another occasion, in one of his later triumphs of the Second World War, Churchill encountered and audaciously overcame daunting royal opposition to two of his greatest loves. As prime minister, he hosted a luncheon in February 1945 in honor of King Ibn Sa'ud of Saudi Arabia. Churchill wrote about one aspect of this luncheon in his war memoirs: "A number of social problems arose. I had been told that neither smoking nor alcoholic beverages were allowed in the Royal Presence. As I was the host at the luncheon I raised the matter at once, and said to the interpreter that if it was the religion of His Majesty to deprive himself of smoking and alcohol I must point out that my rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them. The King graciously accepted the position."
Churchill typically smoked between eight and 10 cigars per day, although he did not constantly smoke his cigars but often allowed them to burn out so that he could chew on them instead. In this manner of consumption, the cigars often became mauled and frayed. To address this problem, Churchill devised what he called a "bellybando," which was a strip of brownish paper with a little glue on one end. To prevent the cigar from becoming excessively moist and to keep it from fraying, he would wrap the bellybando around the end.
The bellybandos also made it somewhat easier for Churchill to smoke so many cigars every day, because they limited direct contact with the tobacco and, therewith, Churchill's intake of nicotine. Churchill smoked his cigars down to about the last one or two inches, and, later in life, when he spent much of his time in the country at Chartwell, his staff would save all of the ends of his cigars in order to give them to one of the gardeners at Chartwell, a Mr. Kearnes, who liked to break them up and smoke them in his pipe.
Churchill had received cigar cutters over the years as gifts and kept one of them, a cigar piercer, attached to his watch chain. But he did not use any of the cutters he owned on his cigars. He preferred to moisten the end of the cigar and poke a hole through it with one of the extra-long wooden matches he had specially imported in large cartons from Canada. He would then blow through the cigar from the other end to make sure it would draw. Finally, he would light it, sometimes with the candle that he kept nearby in case the cigar went out.
Churchill also had a favorite ashtray; it was made of silver and shaped like a pagoda with a little trough at the top to hold his cigar. This ashtray, a gift from a friend, was always at Churchill's side and was even packed into a special little suitcase so he could take it along wherever he traveled. "There was always a certain ritual with the silver ashtray whenever he was away from home," writes Howells. "On the Riviera it was ceremoniously handed over to the head waiter of his private dining-room each day before lunch, and then returned with great decorum after dinner."
While he was apparently very careful about tending to the unlit end of his cigars with his bellybandos, Churchill was much less careful about tending to the lit end of his cigars. Moir writes, "Hostesses invariably complained that wherever he went he left behind him a trail of cigar ash on their valuable carpets." If he dropped cigar ash on his hostesses' carpets, he also frequently dropped ash on himself. Moir says that the two images of Churchill which remained most prominent in her mind after leaving his employment were of Churchill pacing a room while composing a speech and of Churchill "sunk deep in the depths of a huge armchair, a little mound of silver-gray cigar ash piled on his well rounded midriff."
He not only frequently dropped ash on his clothes, but he also had a tendency to burn his clothing. "Sir Winston's suits," writes Howells, "were constantly going in for repair because of holes caused by cigar burns. He used to burn his suits this way when he became too engrossed in reading; the cigar would droop slightly and catch the lapel." Indeed, the problem became sufficiently great, according to Edmund Murray, who was Churchill's bodyguard for a time, that Churchill's wife, Clementine, designed a kind of a bib for him to wear in bed to help prevent him from burning his silk pajamas.
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born in 1874 to an American mother, Lady Randolph Churchill (nee Jennie Jerome), and an English father, Lord Randolph Churchill, a famous Victorian member of Parliament. Referring to the dual nationality of his parentage in a 1941 speech to a Joint Session of the United States Congress, Churchill quipped to his audience: "I cannot help reflecting that if my father had been American and my mother British, instead of the other way round, I might have got here on my own."
When Churchill was 13, he enrolled in the Harrow School, perhaps the most prestigious school in England after Eton. He was undistinguished as a student. Indeed, he was last in his class for much of his time at Harrow. This meant at least two things: He did not study Latin and Greek but instead mastered the use of the English language; and he did not go on to a university but instead went to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst--England's West Point--where he was trained as a cavalry officer.
His early school record notwithstanding, Churchill was a man of prodigious genius and accomplishment. He was one of history's greatest statesmen, and he may be the greatest orator of the twentieth century. He was a decorated soldier who saw action in four wars. He was a Nobel prize-winning writer of history, an acclaimed novelist and a skilled polo player. He was an accomplished painter as well as a licensed craftsman. He was an epicure, a connoisseur of the finest wines and cigars and a consummate gentleman.
And his accomplishments started early. By the time he turned 26, Churchill had seen action in three of England's imperial wars and had been decorated for valor in battle. He had been taken prisoner of war and had escaped from captivity. He had written no less than four highly praised histories of three of the wars he had experienced: The Malakand Field Force, The River War, London to Ladysmith via Pretoria and Ian Hamilton's March. He also had written a novel called Savrola about a fictitious statesman and master orator. In addition to these and other remarkable accomplishments, Churchill, at 25, was elected a member of Parliament.
After his "private rehearsal" in Cuba, Churchill was to perform most magnificently as a young soldier and reporter in three of England's colonial wars--first in India, next in the Sudan and finally in South Africa. Indeed, he performed perhaps too brilliantly at times. It was Churchill's ambition to manifest unconcern with the hazards of combat, and he was exceedingly daring on the battlefield. "I am more ambitious for a reputation for personal courage," he wrote to his mother from India, "than [for] anything else in the world." At times, Churchill positively seemed to enjoy the perils of war. "The game amuses me--dangerous though it is--and I shall stay as long as I can," he wrote in another letter. And, in The Malakand Field Force, he proclaimed, "Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result."
Concerned about sentiments such as these and about the tales she was receiving from him and others of his extraordinary exploits in battle, Churchill's mother wrote to him to express her anxiety. Churchill soon wrote back to allay any fears she might have had about his dying on the battlefield: "I am so conceited, I do not believe the Gods would create so potent a being as myself for so prosaic an ending."
In addition to the military exercises and an occasional battle, Churchill devoted himself during his years in India to the serious study of history, philosophy and economics. He called this period "my university years." The English historians Edward Gibbon and Thomas Babington Macaulay were easily his favorite writers and arguably those to whom Churchill's own rhetorical style is most indebted. In describing his 800-page epic, The River War, for example, Churchill wrote, "I affected a combination of the styles of Macaulay and Gibbon...and I stuck in a bit of my own from time to time."
In 1899, Churchill left the army to run, unsuccessfully, for Parliament and to write newspaper articles and a book. It was as a newspaper columnist that Churchill, in October of that year, traveled to South Africa to observe the Boer war of independence against the British Empire. In South Africa, Churchill was traveling with a soldier friend aboard a train carrying English troops that was ambushed and derailed by the Boers. While exhibiting great valor in coordinating the escape of many of the troops who were aboard the train, Churchill was captured by the Boers and taken as a prisoner of war.
Although treated well by his captors, he later wrote of his time as a POW, "I certainly hated every minute of my captivity more than I have ever hated any other period in my whole life." He hated captivity above all because it thwarted his ambition for heroic action: "The war was going on, great events are in progress, fine opportunities for action and adventure are slipping away." So, after unsuccessfully appealing his capture on the grounds that he was a noncombatant, Churchill escaped from prison. Before escaping, however, he left a letter of apology on his bed to Louis de Souza, the Boer secretary for war. The letter began: "I have the honour to inform you that as I do not consider that your Government have any right to detain me as a military prisoner, I have decided to escape from your custody." It ended: "Regretting that I am unable to bid you a more ceremonious or a personal farewell, I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, Winston Churchill."
The colonial wars of India and Africa were the sort of conflict for which Churchill and his fellow officers had longed in the days shortly after they graduated from Sandhurst: "This kind of war was full of fascinating thrills. It was not like the Great War. Nobody expected to be killed."
Less than 15 years after the war in South Africa, however, came the first fully modern war, "The Great War," "Armageddon"--the First World War. "The age of Peace had ended," Churchill wrote in one of his memoirs, My Early Life. "There was to be no lack of war. There was to be enough for all. Aye, enough to spare." At the time of the outbreak of the First World War, Churchill was serving as first lord of the Admiralty. He had spent the previous three years successfully preparing the British navy for war. He continued to serve as head of the admiralty through most of 1915. He also advised the War Office on land strategy and tactics during this time.
Churchill's understanding of the true nature of the war on sea and land was complete. He saw events from a clearer perspective than most of his contemporaries. Churchill's insights on the war are recounted at considerable length in his five-volume The World Crisis, a work that ranks with the greatest books ever written on warfare. No less an authority than T.E. Lawrence, "Lawrence of Arabia," who as a scholar and translator of Latin and Greek was well acquainted with the greatest Western classics of military history, called The World Crisis "far and away the best war book I have yet read in any language."
Seeking to better understand the war on land, in October 1914 Churchill visited the front lines in France. While there, he was observed by an Italian journalist, Gino Calza Bedelo. Bedelo's account of Churchill, according to Gilbert, became somewhat famous around London shortly after it was given in a talk at the Lyceum Club: "I was in the battle line near Lierre, and in the midst of a group of officers stood a man. He was still young, and was enveloped in a cloak, and on his head wore a yachtsman's cap. He was tranquilly smoking a large cigar and looking at the progress of the battle under a rain of shrapnel, which I can only call fearful. It was Mr. Churchill, who had come to view the situation himself. It must be confessed that it is not easy to find in the whole of Europe a Minister who would be capable of smoking peacefully under that shellfire. He smiled, and looked quite satisfied."
In 1915, when Churchill returned to the front as a major, after resigning as head of the admiralty, he was to make quite a similar impression on his fellow officers and subordinate soldiers. And he was to have the same effect on his colleagues at Downing Street during the countless German air raids over London in the Second World War. At all times, his fearlessness seemed to know no limits, and nearly everyone who came into contact with Churchill under dire circumstances was most impressed by it.
Throughout the 1920s, Churchill served in a number of ministerial posts, and his political career was punctuated by a few political triumphs as well as an occasional setback. The most significant setback of this period was the Conservative Party's defeat in the 1929 general election. With that defeat, Churchill was put out of cabinet office. Thus began what Churchill called his "wilderness" years, the years spent out of responsible office and away from all vital decision making, a period that would last for over a decade. Churchill passed considerable time during these years at Chartwell, his beautiful country home in Kent, which he had purchased in 1922 with royalties from The World Crisis.
Life at Chartwell in the 1930s was a marked change from Churchill's earlier political and military adventures. He did keep busy, however. "I never had a dull or idle moment from morning till midnight," he later wrote, "and with my happy family around me dwelt at peace within my habitation." While still remaining politically active, he was able to spend a great deal of his time on what may be called noble leisure--reading, writing, painting and dining with friends and family.
Dining was always a major event at Chartwell. Churchill preferred simple but sumptuous meals. "Whatever the Good Earth offers, I am willing to take" he once told a chef at the Waldorf-Astoria. Churchill often dined with friends, dignitaries and celebrities from Europe and America. T.E. Lawrence was a regular luncheon guest until his untimely death in 1935. Albert Einstein visited Chartwell. And Charlie Chaplin dined there, as well. Churchill was notorious for dominating conversations in even the most illustrious of company. As Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith once said of Churchill, "His conversation...is apt to degenerate into a monologue."
Fortunately, Churchill's wit on such occasions was equally well known. At one Chartwell dinner, for example, he asked Charlie Chaplin what his next role would be. "Jesus Christ," Chaplin replied; to which Churchill responded, "Have you cleared the rights?"
And Churchill was always a most gracious host. "It is a marvel how much time he gives to his guests," remarked one visitor to Chartwell, "talking sometimes for an hour after lunch and much longer after dinner. He is an exceedingly kind and generous host, providing unlimited Champagne, cigars and brandy."
Churchill loved Champagne, and it always accompanied lunch and dinner at Chartwell. He also enjoyed Port, claret, Scotch and brandy. His favorite Champagne was Pol Roger, his favorite Scotch, Johnnie Walker Red Label, and his favorite brandy, Hine. Once a friend of Churchill's, South African Prime Minister Jan Christian Smuts, brought him a bottle of South African brandy. Churchill savored a sip of it and, looking appreciatively at his friend, said, "My dear Smuts, it is excellent." He paused, then added, "But it is not brandy."
Real brandy, as author William Manchester put it, was usually consumed after dinner along with, of course, a cigar. After a couple of snifters, Churchill would stay up late reading or writing, often until three or four in the morning, only to awaken a scant five hours later. Churchill sometimes started the morning with a glass of Scotch and soda in bed, and he drank continuously throughout the day. According to Manchester, "There is always some alcohol in his bloodstream, and it reaches its peak late in the evening after he has had two or three Scotches, several glasses of Champagne, at least two brandies, and a highball."
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I want to see more of OJ as well. We may need him a lot in the near future.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
More OJ please!
Eh, you should hit that, Cope.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
The more I watch him the more I hope Orlando is part of the rotation this year.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
OJ Boom Baby!
Orlando beasting!
If he would have hit that one I would have started an Orlando For Starting Role petition lol.
Orlando strikes me as a guy who won't be fazed by the occasion and won't be afraid to take the initiative when even being with the first team. He can develop into a valuable guy for us.
Some quick thoughts to a somewhat entertaining game with a lot of really crazy lineups.
1. I want more significant playing time for Orlando Johnson...he can hit shots and drive to the basket!
2. It's crazy what happens when Copeland starts hitting those 3s. He will be very very helpful in short spurts...he just needs to hit those 3s more often. I know he got the green light for just shooting every shot in the preseason, so he can get aclimated but hopefully those 2 in a row lit a fire under him.
3. Lance Stephenson is still unstopable on fastbreaks! He got most of his points inside the paint and on the line tonight!
4. Donald Sloan is a really good 3rd string PG...he is better than DJ Augustine. I switched over for a short moment to the Toronto game and saw him loosing the ball and Tyler getting blocked...Sloan and Watson and Scola are way better than those guys!
5. Speaking of Watson, you could tell he is still in jetlag mode...just a step slow tonight.
6. Hilton Armstrong will get the 3rd Center spot, getting blocked like Tyler but can hit freethrows. Rasual Butler is known for his shooting and is currently in a battle with Cope in who is missing the most from the arc. Jackson and Howard never played, so I guess they gonna be released.
7. Solomon Hill is a rookie looking for his role. Sometimes he makes smart decisions but sometimes he tends to overpassing. Seems like he is trying to make it perfect, just like in SL. He got a couple of nice rebounds tonight.
8. Speaking of rebounds...they are the missing piece! Hope we get that straight...that and our defensive system. The new guys still try to figure out how to switch.
9. Hope Danny is ok and it's really just a strained calf!!!
10. MAHINMI HAS BUTTERFINGERS!!! In Europe we play handball and use resin, so the ball has a lot of grip. Maybe Mahinmi will be the first to promote it in the NBA: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ballwax_01.jpg
Go Pacers!
Indiana Pacers @Pacers 4m
Vogel says the training staff does not think Danny Granger's calf strain is serious. In a preseason game, he was taken out as a precaution.
From the looks of it, if Orlando keeps it up in the regular season he is one of our top 7 players.
Danny is day-to-day. At least that's what I heard from Mark Boyle.
Turner and Young are THE FUTURE!
Armstrong should make the roster. Butler should be cut tomorrow.
"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel
"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "
I saw Danny going to the locker room, he seemed to be in a hurry but didn't show any sort of pain. Obviously it is never fun watching someone go to the lockerroom, but at the least, he didn't visibly seem to be in any pain. I guess we'll find out tho...
The decision on the 4th. wing or 9th. man in the rotation needs to be settled and should have been tonight. Vogel needs to commit to OJ and move on. I'd like to see Vogel work out the real rotation issues for the remainder of the preseason and maybe in the process we could win one.
Nuntius needs to contact Mark and Slick to remind them that this is only the preseason and it's "to be expected" that they wouldn't play well.
OJ played well last season too I thought, so I'm not surprised. He's one of those guys that just does what he's asked, makes the easy pass, hits the open shot and doesn't add any drama... I like him! Seems to be one that understands what a privilege it is to be an NBA player and does the best that he can when he's called on.
Some observations I had:
1) On offense it was pretty clear they were mixing guys used to playing the same position in different units. A number of times you would see two guys trying to take the same position or make the same move on a play, getting in each other's way and more-or-less breaking things up.
2) The Mavs offensive sets were crisp and polished, and the Pacers defense was unable to figure out how to position themselves to attack the offense as a whole. Most of the game, the defense was being played as if each player was solely responsible for his man - little help, no anticipation for where a play was going, no movement to get position for a rebound when a shot went up.
3) Once our lower bench was actually playing the Mavs lower bench the game started to look even (that's when we made the run in the late 4th). Up until then, everyone on the floor looked overmatched.
4) Not enough time to really see what Danny was able to do before he went out, but his lateral movement seemed strong and he got some lift on the three he made. I'd say he looked a little slow on defense, but frankly every single Pacer on the floor looked a little slow on defense, so how much of that is a team malaise and how much of it is specifically Danny is hard to tell. One important point is that Danny's fouls were due to getting his hands into a player going after the ball, not due to footwork issues.
5) Can anyone hold on to a rebound? I know Ian has the reputation for having concrete hands, but my gosh it looked like these guys were playing volleyball out there sometimes.
6) Lance gets the crowd going, but I get the feeling his heads-down flat-out fling himself at the basket play will end up being about as valuable as Tyler's was once it gets figured out. He outruns his dribble far too often and has to struggle to maintain control when turning the corner or getting ready to go up for a shot, and any little bump or touch makes him want to flail. I do, however, want some classic James Brown clips for the center screen when Lance goes down on one of those "OMG I've been SHOT" moments.
Since 4 of 5 starters did not play I don't feel right taking much from this game overall. The players were clearly tired, which may have affected timing and shooting. I am concerned about cohesiveness, but after all the units playing together were very possibly units that had never spent extensive time on the floor.
My prediction, however, is that it is going to take some regular season games for this to clear up, perhaps even up to the first extended road trip (which is often where things start to gel, oddly enough). There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Finally, I was following Candace Buckner on Twitter and I want to say how refreshing it is to have a beat reporter not only paying attention to the game but putting out constant information that was timely and valuable. I really look forward to her work the rest of the season.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...
Or we could just show them the lineup card. They looked out of whack, in a preseason game, with 4 starters sitting out? The horror!!!!!!!
When they're looking like crap 5-6 games into the actual SEASON, then wake me up, until then...
Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right. ― Ricky Gervais.
Amazing that we didn't look strong last night without our four best players.
If following the Pacers and Colts over the years has taught me anything, it's that pre-season = zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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I didn't see any of mthe game, and only heard the radio pregame show. Slick sounds concerned about what he has seen so far.
I'm not concerned at all. Let me be clear though, I am always concerned about everything, every game, every minute of every game. So that is my nature, but I don't feel that way about preseason games.
Is it possible that the Pacers might get off to a slow start? sure that is always possible and could the weak preseason be evidence of what is to come? Sure. but I doubt it
Anyone remember how weakly the Pacers ended the regaulr season last year? Probably not, but we did and there was a lot of concern that was quickly and rightfully forgotten as soon as the playoffs started.
That was when the seedings had been decided and there was really nothing to play for. This year - they need to start strong from Day 1. Home court in the POs. They can't afford to whizz away a few games to get in their groove.
So games 78, 79, 80, 81, and 82 were meaningless while game 1, 2, 3, and 4 are super-duper important?
Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right. ― Ricky Gervais.