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The functions of having specific policies in place are multiple: (1) misconduct is specifically defined so that athletes, parents and employees know wrong behavior when they see it, (2) everyone in the sport program is made responsible for reporting conduct violations, (3) athletes know who to contact to safely report violations without fear of retaliation from coaches or others who are more powerful than they are, (4) a mandate for immediate decision-making and action to restore a safe sport environment is established and (5) violators of policy clearly understand what will happen to them if they engage in prohibited activities. Think of what could happen without policies in place: employees thinking they can get away with sexual misconduct, bullying or abusive behavior, parents, athletes and others hesitating to speak up about the conduct of a successful or popular coach, athletes being afraid of reporting the misbehavior of a coach and not knowing who to go to and program administrators taking to much time to decide what to do to deal with an unsafe situation.
We are not powerless over these issues, we can empower ourselves to make sure that there are policies and procedures in place. We also need an "athlete welfare advocate" in every sports environment so they athletes know a safe place to go for advice about their concerns and that this person is designated to represent them rather than the coach or the program. Without these key elements, we keep our athletes vulnerable to sexual abuse, bully and harassment without recourse and change.
If parents roll their eyes because they are concerned that putting such policies and procedures in place is just one more cost after all the other financial sacrifices they are making to enable their children to participation, they don't understand that creating such a safe environment doesn't cost anything. Safe4Athletes policies and procedures and educational materials are free and accessible online, ready for every local sports program to adopt.
We need to prepare our athletes and educate them on the range of abusive behavior that are commonly seen and experienced in the sports program. We need to educate our parents and empower them through knowledge. We need to teach our athletes how to speak up against sexual misconduct, bullying and harassment without fear over retaliation and further victimization. Parents must insist on such accountability in our sports programs.
If we set the team standard as meeting the threshold of "is it safe and positive" we are providing the best possible sports experiences we can. If not, we must address and be able to take action to restore the environment to meet that standard. Without a comprehensive program that includes policies and procedures that address sexual misconduct, bullying and harassment, we remain powerless in the face of such behaviors and allow these behaviors to continue hurting our children.
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I've been playing disc for almost a year now, started all forehands for the first few months until i started learning how to throw backhand. To learn, I started watching pros and doing drills on this site and now i am about 70 % BH and 30% FH my distance with drivers has reached around 400 on a good throw. mids are up to 300-320. and putters up to 250. I feel like my bag is pretty solid but i feel like it is missing something. (help!). I am sure there is some overlap in the bag, but oh well thanks to everyone who helps! all comments are nice.
Star Boss175 Max D mild headwinds
Star Boss168 Control Max D Beat can be flipped
Pro boss175 Really long holes just bought but can fly 30 feet further than star boss. yay
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A LEADING Hampshire wildlife charity has appointed a new director.
Dr Paul Jose joins Wessex Chalk Stream and Rivers Trust in October.
He has a strong academic background in river and floodplain management and 25 years experience in delivering water-related environmental projects, having held senior management roles in the public and charitable sectors.
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Most tobacco users want to quit. But it's not as simple as wanting. Preparation and planning are key to increasing your chances for success.
What is nicotine dependency?
Nicotine binds to areas in the brain called receptors and stimulates the release of feel-good chemicals. Over time, the number of receptors increases and they become de-sensitized, resulting in a continued need for more nicotine.
Tobacco users also have many social and emotional ties to tobacco that make it hard to quit. Our brains learn to associate tobacco use with certain times of day, places, moods (e.g. stress) and activities.
Learning to develop new associations is an essential part of becoming a successful quitter. But, for many smokers, it can be hard to break the psychological ties to smoking while getting over nicotine withdrawal symptoms at the same time. For most people, the best way to quit will be some combination of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), a method to change personal habits, and emotional support.
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Do stop smoking aids work?
Quitting cold turkey isn't recommended
Less than 5% of the 13 million smokers trying to quit each year will succeed. That's because your body physically craves nicotine. The cravings begin when your brain stops getting nicotine. And when your brain wants nicotine, it's hard to tell it no. It's for this reason that quitting "cold turkey" is often unsuccessful.
According to one study, over 95% of "cold turkey" quitters start smoking again within 6-12 months. The most widely used method of quitting smoking is also the most misunderstood. Going it alone, or trying to quit smoking "cold turkey," means relying solely on your willpower to quit. Because nicotine is so addictive, people often underestimate how difficult it is to resist cravings simply using willpower.
That's where nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products, like Nicorette Gum, Nicorette Lozenge, and the NicoDerm CQ Patch, can help. NRT products can ease your body safely off of nicotine by releasing controlled amounts of nicotine slowly, when used as directed. This allows you to focus on staying smoke-free without burning out your willpower.
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Do stop smoking aids calm cravings?
Cigarettes contain a natural substance called nicotine, which is addictive. When you smoke, the nicotine in a cigarette enters your blood and is carried to your brain. There, it causes a chemical reaction that can lead to feelings of pleasure, relaxation and satisfaction. These feelings are only temporary, but over time the brain changes and begins to expect them.
This works a bit like hunger. The longer you go without food, the more signals your brain sends to your body to tell it you are hungry and need to eat. It is the same with smoking. The longer you go without a cigarette, the more signals your brain sends to your body telling it you need to smoke.
This is what causes temptation when you try to give up. Most smokers will find it difficult to ignore the temptation to smoke. Just as your natural reaction to hunger is to eat, your natural reaction to lack of nicotine is to smoke.
One way to overcome the body's need for nicotine is to stop smoking but continue to supply your body with a smaller amount of nicotine. As your body adapts to having less nicotine, you will experience temptation less often. Eventually you can completely stop supplying your body with nicotine. This is the idea behind a type of treatment called nicotine replacement therapy (NRT).
With nicotine replacement therapy, nicotine can be taken in three ways:
These look like large adhesive bandages, and are stuck onto the skin in the same way. The sticky side of the patch contains a layer of nicotine. While you are wearing the patch, the nicotine passes through the skin into your blood.
This looks like regular chewing gum, but it also contains nicotine. As you chew the gum and hold it in your mouth, the nicotine passes through the skin inside your mouth into your blood.
These work like the gum, but you allow them to dissolve in your mouth instead of chewing them.
The way you get nicotine from nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products like NicoDerm® CQ® differs from the way you get it from cigarettes. When you puff on a cigarette, you get a rush of nicotine to the brain. You don't get the same rush from NRT — instead it delivers nicotine to your brain in smaller amounts and in a steady stream. This helps to reduce the symptoms you experience from lack of nicotine and makes it easier for you to use your willpower to stop smoking.
Each form of NRT comes in different strengths. The strength you begin with depends on how much you smoke or when you usually smoke your first cigarette. After you have been successful using the initial dose for a while, you can usually switch to a lower dose. Eventually you can stop using NRT altogether.
Using NRT means that you continue to take nicotine for a while after you stop smoking. But this is safer than continuing to smoke. Nicotine is addictive but it is the other ingredients in cigarettes that cause the most harm to your body.
NRT will help you overcome your addiction to nicotine. You are twice as likely than placebo to quit successfully if you use it. You can also increase your chances of success if you combine NRT with a behavioral support program (BSP). The BSP will help you learn how to give up your smoking habit and encourage you to keep using your NRT. Together, they can help you achieve a smoke-free life.
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Are stop smoking aids safe?
Therapeutic nicotine products like patches, lozenges and gum are safer than smoking.
Cigarette smoke, on the other hand, is composed of over 7,000 chemicals, making it deadly.
NRT products are designed to provide a temporary source of therapeutic nicotine. This can be reduced gradually over a period of time to make it easier to adjust to life without cigarettes. If you follow your NRT program correctly, you can be nicotine-free by the end.
Although a nonsmoker might feel sick if they used NRT products, they are safe for people who smoke regularly. The side effects you might get from them are generally mild. You might get a slightly sore throat if you use nicotine lozenges or gum. Nicotine patches can cause redness and itching. You should always read the information in the pack before you use a product. In the unlikely event that you experience unusual or severe side effects, contact a health care professional.
If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, the best course of action is to give up smoking without using an NRT product. However, it is better to stop smoking using these products than to continue smoking. As with all medicines, if you are pregnant and want to use these products, you should talk to a health care professional first.
NRT products can also be used by people with heart disease unless you're in hospital because of heart problems. In which case consult your doctor before use of NRT.
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Hi all. Its Tues my chemo day. Im sitting her being hooked up to my fluids and my oncologist unexpectedly walks by. She walks up with a smile on her face and said she just got back from the tumor review board and informed me today is my last day of chemo and I need to call my surgeons office, I'm having surgery!!!!! I dont have any details yet but I am speechless and in shock. So today is my last day of chemo and next step is surgery. And they told me this would probably never happen


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If so, why bother with PHP? You have to use javascript anyway, right?
Have to wonder, why is there no Wordpress, or Drupal, or whatever for node.js?
From what little I have seen, node.js seems like a lot of work to just output "hello world."
BTW: I know very little about this, if you couldn't tell.
People are starting to bring out Node.js-based CMSes, but they are pretty limited. Node advocates are pretty clear on the point that it is useful for certain things and not all sites. There are far fewer hosts available for Node as well.
It sure can work out for a few applications, but not for everything. If node is this powerful as hyped, it would've overtaken PHP already at this moment. We dont see this coming, so clearly both node and PHP have their own uses. Node.js may be a close substitute for PHP, but not a perfect substitute that does everything better.
Node.js is not ideally for any web application. So it will not overtake PHP. But it is very efficient in handling large number of requests, I/O connections, works great with web-sockets, and comet pulling.It is an single threaded, event driven, non-blocking language.
That means it does not block I/O connections (Ex. database queries, file read/write, net connections) like other blocking languages (Ex. PHP) does, instead it will register it as an event to the event emitter. When the connection is completed and the application finishes handling any other events, it will handle that event. This considerably improves performance, because the application does not wait for a blocked connection.
On the other hand, the disadvantage of Node.js is that if a event needs to do a lot of computing it will block the event emitter until the current event is finished, and therefore any other events will not be handled until the current event is completed.
This information is from my personal knowledge and is possible not to be 100% accurate.
To put this in a different way, Node is idea for writing apps where you need realtime communication between the browser and the server. Examples of this might be chat rooms and stock trading apps, I can imagine it would also be useful where remote control of devices is required (i.e motorized camera systems).
As others have mentioned, you can use Node to write conventional apps such as CMSs, but there's no real advantage over more common languages such as PHP, and there are disadvantages like less hosting options, and it's probably going to be harder to find Node developers.
I wonder if web sockets will take over in that respect. Interesting times ahead.
My understanding of it is that web sockets are part of the puzzle.. they are the technology you use to make the connection between browser and server, but you still need a server that can manage realtime connections. I have seen an experimental PHP web socket library, but I was under the impression that Node.js would perform much better in this sort of scenario due to the way it works.
What sounds interesting to me is how web sockets use a new protocol that allows for two way communication, unlike http, which is what Node is stuck with. (But beyond that I have no idea about this stuff. :D)
Node can use web sockets, with the socket.io module. But I agree, interesting times for sure!
Ah, I see. Thanks for clarifying.
You can use node in conjunction with PHP quite easily. Using node as a web service platform which provides business logic for a slim PHP web application would be a pretty efficient use of resources. A lot of CMS systems can get difficult to graft complex business logic to. If you keep the CMS as an easily customizable interface for non-technical users which gets it's business logic from services provided by tools like node, You have a very modular easily modified system.
This isn't a competition or at least it shouldn't be between PHP and other platforms. They are all tools we can use to make great things. Thanking of it as a big context can limit your options as a developer.
Hey....I recently started working on a few Node.js applications. Coming most recently from PHP, I found the transition to Node.js to be surprisingly easy. If Node.js is found to be easy to use the surely it overtake PHP.
If anyone is interested, there's an article on realtime PHP apps in this month's Web & PHP Magazine which talks a little about the Node.js, PHP and web socket stuff.
Node is newer, and has neither attracted a sufficient number of newbie-programmers nor gotten on cheap-1-dolla-no-holla web hosters yet.
If node is this powerful as hyped, it would've overtaken PHP already at this moment.
Plenty of languages are more powerful, easier to learn, better written and have more tools/libraries than PHP. If they're so great and wonderful, they would have overtaken PHP already at this moment.
Or rather, PHP is popular for reasons that have nothing to do with power, easy learning, better written or having more tools/libraries. No reason for Node.js to be able to change that, though who knows, maybe in the future it will, if one-dolla-no-holla hosters start offering it by default like they do PHP now.
Node.js is not ideally for any web application. So it will not overtake PHP. But it is very efficient in handling large number of requests, I/O connections, works great with web-sockets, and comet pulling. It is an single threaded, event driven, non-blocking language.
That means it does not block I/O connections (Ex. database queries, file read/write, net connections) like other blocking languages (Ex. PHP) does, instead it will register it as an event to the event emitter...
Most languages with any web use have the same ability, either via a framework (Python's [twisted), a module (Perl's [url=http://search.cpan.org/~mlehmann/AnyEvent-7.04/lib/AnyEvent.pm]Any::Event), or just building from scratch any set of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_threads]green threads](http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/)/greenlets/whatever event loop system floats your boat + workers with a pubsub setup (they get spawned, they do their thing, they die). I don't know what's going on in the PHP world but I see above me fretburner's link to similar things. A language does not have to "be blocking" by default. It's like saying Language X isn't functional because people tend to write procedurally in it. If it's got first-class functions, you can write higher-order (functional) programs in it.
Similarly, I've seen people presenting talks showing their Node programs going into Callback Hell, which must've been a limit to the V8 engine since ecmascript itself has promisses and stuff already built-in.
I think it may be more like, people who do web programming are used to the once-revolutionary-but-now-common OO style programming, and procedural programming. So those using languages like Erlang tend to be using it because they wanted to do something else in the first place, so for example while you could build a web site/app in Erlang, not many people do it. But then I think it's a bit of a punch in a language's stomach to say it's not necessarily ideal for a web app. More like the particular programmer's personal preferences and what they're already familiar with.
I'm sure as more people get into node, for whatever reason, more things like web frameworks will be developed for it, and simply more people will be using it. Hey, it happened to PHP.
What I would like to see the results of at some point would be a comparison of a site with different versions using:
For each one with various levels of site traffic from very light to very busy. With each being tested for how secure they are various threats and attacks such as XSS and SQL Injection. Until I see such results I can't really say whether I'll ever give Node.js a try
To be fair that's 99% up to the developer to make sure stuff like that doesn't happen. Put a toddler in a Ferrari, that sort of thing.
IMO it will take quite some time for people to navigate away from PHP to node.js -- PHP has such a massive ecosystem with many great products built on top of it.
Node.js is fundamentally quite different from PHP. I also think Node.js (being based on JS) is superior to PHP in most every way. There is a growing community of developers learning node.js and it's various frameworks but I think it will be sometime before you see blogging engines (Google GHOST it looks awesome) become as popular and ubiquitous as WordPress.
Josette posted this interesting link: Async processing with PHP and GAE.


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Heat stress affects how cows perform year-round, but has substantial impact during the summer months. Many herds observe a huge drop in conception rates during the summer, which affects many aspects of the dairy operation.
In the latest issue of Kentucky Dairy Notes, authors Randi Black, Donna Amaral-Phillips, George Heersche, and Jeffrey Bewley, look at the effects of heat stress on estrus expression, its influence on the eggs or ova, as well as the effect of heat stress on dry cows and bulls. They also look at how to determine heat stress and signs to look for when monitoring the cows.
Source: Kentucky Dairy Notes, May 2012


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Hi all,
I'm very new to thinking that I possibly have simple partial seizures, however after looking through many posts here, it could possibly explain my symptoms.
Over the last few months I have started having these very brief episodes of intense deja vu/flashbacks, and have realised that they mostly revolve around dreams I've had. I usually have the worst ones in the morning, and lead to what I thought was a panic attack. Then, through the rest of the day, I have extremely brief (less than half a second) deja vu flashes, that actually feel like my brain jolts somehow.
I initially thought there was something wrong with my heart (as the panic attacks initially started with severe heart palpitations), however these have stopped, and after doing an ECG, EEG, and a holter test, nothing wrong at all.
I'm getting to the point where I am so over the whole thing and starting to think that I'm losing my mind, and also that this will never stop.
Does anyone have a similar thing happening, particularly with the brain 'jolts'?
Any help would be really appreciated, I don't know how much longer I can keep feeling like I'm losing the plot!
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Select Committee on GRAS Substances (SCOGS) Opinion: L-Glutamic acid and L-glutamates
The GRAS Substances (SCOGS) Database allows access to opinions and conclusions from 115 SCOGS reports published between 1972-1980 on the safety of over 370 Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) food substances. The GRAS ingredient reviews were conducted by the Select Committee in response to a 1969 White House directive by President Richard M. Nixon.
L-Glutamic acid, L-Glutamic acid hydrochloride, Monoammonium L-glutamate, Monopotassium L-glutamate, Monosodium L-glutamate
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The Select Committee notes that the new information on long-term oral administration of monosodium glutamate (MSG) in the diet to various animal species has revealed no adverse effects, while data showing neuropathological lesions in neonatal animals resulting from subcutaneous or forced oral dosing of MSG has thus far been confirmed only in rodents. The administration of protein or carbohydrate products concurrently with MSG has been shown to lower plasma glutamate levels, and in two recent studies, to reduce the incidence of hypothalamic lesions in mice. In pregnant monkeys, glutamate does not appear to readily cross the placental barrier. From comparisons of plasma glutamate levels, healthy term and premature infants have already developed the capability to metabolize glutamates.
Ingestion of MSG solutions has been demonstrated to cause transient clinical symptoms resembling those of "Chinese Restaurant Syndrome" and there is evidence that some individuals may respond to relatively small doses. Similar symptoms can be evoked by certain other food substances. The use of MSG in restaurant and/or home-prepared foods not fall within the purview of the Select Committee since it is limited in its considerations to the use of glutamates as ingredients of processed foods. According to industry sources, MGS is not added to infant and junior foods. Because, however, a proportion of the consuming public may be sensitive acute responders, even though the unpleasant symptoms are transient, the Selected Committee believes there should be some constraint placed on the addition of MSG to processed foods.
In light of the foregoing studies on the biological effects of monosodium glutamate and the information considered in its previous report on glutamates, the Select Committee concludes that:
There is no evidence in the available information on L-glutamic acid, L-glutamic acid hydrochloride, monosodium L-glutamate, monoammonium L-glutamate, and monopotassium L-glutamate that demonstrates, or suggests reasonable grounds to suspects, a hazard to the public when they are used at levels that are now current and in the manner now practices. However, it is not possible to determine, without additional data, whether a significant increase in consumption would constitute a dietary hazard.
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A TRIAL pumping scheme at the West Ham electricity sub-station in Worting Road has been resumed for the third time after heavy rain caused concern earlier this morning.
The high volume pumping trial was first halted at 10.30pm on Thursday night after a pipe was thought to have been 'slashed' in a subway connecting the Leisure Park and a nearby petrol station on Churchill Way .
But crews from Hampshire Fire and Rescue were able to resume pumping at 12.20am this morning.
However the operation at the site was stopped at 6am this morning to allow specialist crews to monitor water levels in the River Loddon.
After an inspection at 10am, Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council took the decision to 'temporarily suspend' the operation as a precautionary measure because of heavy rainfall in the area between 3am and 4.30am, this morning.
Pumping resumed for the third time at 11.30 this morning after river levels dropped.
Water levels in the River Loddon will continue to be monitored.
Chief Executive of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, Tony Curtis said: "Residents living downstream can be reassured that we are being deliberately cautious, especially when there has been heavy rain to make sure that what we are doing does not put extra strain on the Loddon.
"We will only pump when we are sure that the river levels have gone down sufficiently for us to do so.
"The good news is that the pumping has seen the level of the water around the pumping station go down by 225mm despite the ground water continually replenishing, which shows we are making some progress."
Council leader, Councillor Clive Sanders, also praised fire crews for their efforts in repairing a damaged pipe.
"I am saddened and disappointed by the mindless act. It is unbelievable that after all the effort and planning that went into getting this pumping arranged that it was put at risk.
"I cannot praise the fire service highly enough on the way they worked tirelessly to get the pipe repaired and the pumping started again as quickly as possible."
The trial, which is aimed at easing groundwater levels at the flooded electricity sub-station, was launched at 1pm on Thursday.
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Combined Blood Stem Cell and Kidney Transplant of One Haplotype Match Living Donor Pairs.
This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified December 2016 by Stephan Busque, Stanford University
Stanford University
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Stephan Busque, Stanford University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: July 13, 2010
Last updated: December 5, 2016
Last verified: December 2016
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The Stanford Medical Center Program in Multi-Organ Transplantation and the Division of Bone marrow Transplantation are enrolling patients into a research study to determine if donor stem cells given after a living related one Haplotype match kidney transplantation will change the immune system such that immunosuppressive drugs can be completely withdrawn.
|Drug: Immune Tolerance
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|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Total Lymphoid Irradiation, Anti-Thymocyte Globulin and Purified Donor CD34+ and T-cell Transfusion in HLA Haplotype Match Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Kidney TransplantationU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Stephan Busque, Stanford University:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Long term freedom from transplant immunosuppressive drugs, safety, rate of infection, graft survival and patient survival. [ Time Frame: 5 years and indefinitely if possible ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|July 2010
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|June 2021
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|June 2021 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Experimental: Immune Tolerance, Kidney transplantation
Induction of immune tolerance in Haplotype matched living donor kidney transplantation.
Drug: Immune Tolerance
Immune tolerance Kidney and hematopoietic cell transplantation with a conditioning regimen of total lymphoid irradiation and antithymocyte globulin followed by immunosuppressive drugs for 18 months. Immunosuppressive drugs are stopped if stable chimerism is achieved and there is no rejection of the transplant kidney.
The IDE used in this study is the column used for hematopoietic cell sorting.
Other Name: Kidney transplantation
Detailed Description:
The goal of this study is for the recipients of a living related kidney transplant of one HLA haplotype to be withdrawn of immunosuppressive medication and become "tolerant "to their kidney graft. The recipient will receive a conditioning regimen composed of low dose radiation to the lymphoid tissue (total lymphoid irradiation, TLI) and anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) at the time of transplant. They will then be infused with purified "stem cell" and T-cell from their kidney donors 2 weeks after the transplant to try to achieve mixed chimerism of their white blood cells with the donor (the recipient would have a mixture some of the with blood cells of the donor and theirs in their blood). The kidney donor has to provide peripheral stem cell 6-8 weeks before kidney donation. It is an outpatient procedure done using peripheral veins after treatment with G-CSF (filgrastim).Immunosuppressive medication will be decreased gradually and possibly stopped by 1 1/2 year after the transplantation if the recipient meets withdrawing criteria (persistence of mixed chimerism more than 18 months, no episode of rejection and no rejection on surveillance kidney biopsy). Potential candidates need to be approved for kidney transplant and available for close follow-up at Stanford University Medical Center.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 60 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- All consenting adult (> 18 years of age) living donor renal transplant recipients at Stanford University Medical Center who have a one haplotype match donor.
- Patients who agree to participate in the study and sign an Informed Consent.
- Patients who have no known contraindication to administration of rabbit ATG or radiation.
- Males and females of reproductive potential who agree to practice a reliable form of contraception for at least 24 months posttransplant.
- ABO compatible.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Previous treatment with rabbit ATG or a known allergy to rabbit proteins.
- History of malignancy with the exception of non-melanoma skin malignancies.
- Pregnant women or nursing mothers.
- Serological evidence of HIV, Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C infection.
- Seronegative for Epstein-Barr virus, if donor is seropositive.
- Leukopenia (with a white blood cell count < 3000/mm3) or thrombocytopenia (with a platelet count < 100,000/mm3).
- Panel Reactive Antibody greater than 20% or demonstration of donor specific antibody (DSA)
- Prior organ transplantation
- High risk of primary kidney disease recurrence (i.e.FSGS)
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Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01165762
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01165762
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|Principal Investigator: John D Scandling
|Sub-Investigator: Judith Anne Shizuru
|Sub-Investigator: Dr. Marc L. Melcher
|Sub-Investigator: Richard T. Hoppe
|Sub-Investigator: Robert Lowsky
|Sub-Investigator: Julie M. Yabu
|Principal Investigator: Samuel Md Strober
|Principal Investigator: Stephan Busque
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Stanford University
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
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Scandling JD, Busque S, Dejbakhsh-Jones S, Benike C, Millan MT, Shizuru JA, Hoppe RT, Lowsky R, Engleman EG, Strober S. Tolerance and chimerism after renal and hematopoietic-cell transplantation. N Engl J Med. 2008 Jan 24;358(4):362-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa074191.
Scandling JD, Busque S, Shizuru JA, Engleman EG, Strober S. Induced immune tolerance for kidney transplantation. N Engl J Med. 2011 Oct 6;365(14):1359-60. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1107841.
Scandling JD, Busque S, Dejbakhsh-Jones S, Benike C, Sarwal M, Millan MT, Shizuru JA, Lowsky R, Engleman EG, Strober S. Tolerance and withdrawal of immunosuppressive drugs in patients given kidney and hematopoietic cell transplants. Am J Transplant. 2012 May;12(5):1133-45. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.03992.x. Epub 2012 Mar 8.
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|Stephan Busque, Professor of Surgery, Abdominal Transplantation, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford University
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|NCT01165762 History of Changes
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P01HL075462 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
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bcsst26 wrote:keltik wrote:eh what the hell....I cooked this up this morning with help from the Grand Yoda himself (Blake)
it's a diagram of the American style swing. i broke it down into six different positions.
1. turn the hips
2. turn the shoulders to perpendicular to the target & slide the disc to right pec area
3. stop the elbow and begin forearm rotation
4. skateboard kick the back leg & allow the heel to pivot
5. rotate shoulders and allow weight to come forward
6. follow through
I now accept all complaints and rotten tomatoes.
Follow up to the above post:
last night I had a brain melting phone call with Blake_T (a very interesting and personable guy on the phone). we went over the diagram I made along with Russian history, regional dietetic legacy, brain neuron development, and guitar theory.
so on to the diagram:
1. the weight of the torso needs to be over the back leg. this "position" is when you plant the front foot at the end of the X-step. It is extremely important that your nipples are facing between 150 & 180° away from the target. where you reach back with your arm is all preference. but it is better to reach back to a place where it is easiest to keep the disc close to the chest.
2. just like before hips are turning. this is the first turning element of the throw.
1 -> 2 this transfer is all feet legs and hips. everything with the arm/hand is just a guide or a passive control.
2 -> 3 is all shoulder turn but you need to start your pull at the end of "3"
1-> 3 all of the upper body movement is incidental or automatic resulting from the hip/foot movement this is also the start of the weight transfer
3 -> 4 the weight of the chest should be moving toward the front foot. the skateboard kick is not really a hard kick but it is an easy way to get the center of mass moving around to the front. also the front foot should stop rotation at 90° +/- to the target.
4 -> 5 is the proverbial Hit. the elbow stops moving toward the target and starts moving to the right (if you are a righty). This movement allows the forearm to release the wrist. also during this movement the elbow should stay between 120 & 160° (180° being a fully straightened/extended).
5 -> 6 is the follow through and the foot is not allowed to rotate towards the target. personally i try to do it on my heel for physiological reasons.
3 -> 5 is the "Power Zone" meaning that the arm is actively moving and that it is accelerating the disc.
i still think the best thing Blake said in that 3 hour phone conversation was this: FOCUS ON THE DISC
everything else, these articles/threads, diagrams what have you are just general guidelines and basically food for thought. you have to put all these things into practice and adjust slightly for whatever physiological anomaly you suffer from. I myself have a wingspan that is 4" longer than my height and thusly i can't straighten my arm/elbow without my forearm twisting slightly.
everything i'm doing here is trying to get lower powered players into the correct motions. the work from the likes of Bradley Walker and others is for making the next step into BIG D.
Here put the two together for ya. I couldn't go back and forth. Good write up.
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We are greatly saddened to learn of the passing of Michael Weiner. Beyond his keen intellect and significant contributions to baseball, Michael also brought a sense of fairness and kindness to our sport. He was a true gentleman in every regard. Our condolences, hearts, thoughts, and prayers are with his wife and their children.


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Help to Prevent Vivid Dreams & Nightmares
I was wondering what can help prevent vivid dreams and nightmares if your child is taking Melatonin? My daughter is 21mths old and the sleeping theory has her on Melatonin 3mg because she has sleeping problems. They had tried other things and they didnt work. The Melatonin works but she has started to cry out, wine and even screams crying and gets a little scared. What other things can she take to help with the vivid dreams and the nightmares?
It's not clear from your question what exactly the "sleeping problems" your daughter was experiencing prompting the use of melatonin. For most pediatric sleep problems, medication therapy is infrequently used. If it was a problem with insomnia, then behavioral techniques are the usual treatment in otherwise normal infants and young children. Melatonin, specifically, is rarely used in young children. Some examples of when drug therapies might be required in children include those who are blind, have neurological disorders such as cerebral palsy, or medical problems such as gastroesophageal reflux.
A careful screening of other symptoms in a young child with insomnia such as snoring or frequent leg movements at night is important. A family history of insomnia or symptoms of restless leg syndrome can also provide clues to potential causes of insomnia in a young child.
At 21 months of age, crying out, whining and even screaming during sleep is often related to confusional arousals, which occur while the child is actually still asleep (though they may look like they are awake). Often, there is a family history of sleep terrors, sleepwalking or other unusual behaviors during sleep. There is no specific medicine that can reliably eliminate confusional arousals, which are harmless and tend to resolve over time.
I would suggest talking with your child's doctor further about the insomnia and behaviors during the night. Depending on further history and physical examination, discontinuing melatonin and trying behavioral strategies might be most helpful.
To learn more about infant insomnia and confusional arousals suggest looking at Richard Ferber's book Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems which is available at many public libraries
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One of my embarrassing little obsessions is princess names. The whole idea of royalty, in these modern times, is kind of embarrassing. And then there's the issue of encouraging your daughter to aspire to be a princess rather than, say, a doctor or an astronaut. For more on this, check out Peggy Orenstein's great piece from the New York Times, "What's Wrong With Cinderella?" and her bestselling book, Cinderella Ate My Daughter.
The fact, in our experience, is that most little girls go through a phase of wanting to be princesses whether you encourage them to or not. And there's a lot of great name inspiration to be found in the world of royalty.
The most obvious place to start is with names that mean princess — for the most part limited to Sarah and her variations. Sara, Sera, Sarai, Sadie, Soraya, and Zadie are all possibilities. A British "glamour model" named her daughter Princess, though we don't recommend this.
Another source for princess names is fictional: fairy tales, legends, and the art of Walt Disney. Some ideas:
Ariel — The Little Mermaid, princess of an undersea world, has already inspired many namesakes.
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One Direction's 'Kiss You' Video Will Be a 'Comedy'
One Direction's next U.S. single, 'Kiss You,' will have its video premiere in December — and the boys couldn't be more excited about it. Though most of their videos have been either performance montages or just shots of the guys goofing around, this one will be a lot different.
"It's going to be very cinematic," Harry Styles enthused to MTV. Liam Payne added, "There were proper sets and everything for this video, and there was a lot of hard work that went into it with the crew and everything." Should be good experience for when they film their own 3D movie with Morgan Spurlock later!
Zayn Malik gave the most details, though. "I think the whole concept behind the video is bigger than anything we've done before," Zayn said. "It's a whole idea and it's kind of structured, which is a little bit different than what we've done before in like a comedy way. It's really funny. We are just having fun." As usual!
"It is a comedy video," Harry concurred, with Liam agreeing, "It's very silly."
The guys confirmed that they already shot the video, and they had a lot of fun doing it. "I love working with Vaughan [Arnell]. He's such a nice fella. He gets us and exactly what we're about," Niall Horan said of the clip's director. "And he's really easy to work with." The goofy Irishman also quipped, "We shot it where 'Star Wars' was shot on the George Lucas stage … You find out I'm Luke Skywalker's son!" (The former half of that is true, by the way!)
'Kiss You' may well be the boys' favorite song from 'Take Me Home.' "With the album, that's the first one that we listened to and we were like, 'Yeah, we love this song,'" Liam said. "It holds a special place in our heart, I think for this album, and it kind of sets the tone I think for the album."


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The contributors here seem tremendously knowledgeable so can I ask you for a book recommendation? I'm interested in the historical background of early Buddhist thought. I've read several introductions to Buddhism and I'm working my way (slowly) through reading the Majjhima Nikaya but I feel a little at sea as I don't have the background to contextualise the teachings. I find it extremely useful in getting a rounder understanding of any set of ideas to see why proponents of the ideas said what they said. By way of comparison, reading Marx is even more weird and difficult if you don't understand either the working conditions or social and economic organisation of 19th Europe or Hegelian thought so I'm really looking for something which does this for Buddhism (ie what was the social, political, cultural and ideological background against which the Buddha taught?). Can anyone recommend something?
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. General Services Administration today announced the appointment of Ann Kalayil to serve as the Regional Administrator of GSA's Great Lakes Region, effective January 2011.
As the Great Lakes Regional Administrator, Kalayil will oversee GSA operations in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin, including federal real estate and information technology. She will be responsible for an inventory of more than 128 federal buildings, 986 leased locations and 11 border station facilities serving entry points from Canada. GSA employs 956 people in the Great Lakes Region.
"Ann Kalayil will be a tremendous addition to the GSA leadership team as we work to create a more sustainable, more efficient, more cost-effective, more open, and more responsible government for the American people," said Martha N. Johnson, Administrator of General Services. "Ann's ability to collaborate with a wide range of public and private interests, as well as her expertise in information technology, will prove invaluable to the GSA as we pursue our efforts in the Great Lakes Region."
Kalayil has worked in information technology for more than 18 years, overseeing the implementation of IT infrastructure, devices, and technology programs for all facilities and renovations at the University of Chicago. She was instrumental in the service delivery and support to all university and medical center clients. Kalayil led major campuswide technology initiatives and large-scale physical infrastructure upgrades, including an improved customer strategy for IT services.
Kalayil has been and continues to be a leader in several Chicago community organizations focusing on grass-roots politics, immigrant integration advocacy, and public policy. Kalayil has served on the Governor's Immigrant Policy Council and the Illinois Hate Crimes Commission, and has been appointed to transition teams for various local government positions. She is the founder and co-director of the South Asian American Policy and Research Institute and is a Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow (2001).
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Sunday, November 8 was my first experience cooking and serving oats to a bunch of muddy, hungry cyclocross racers and their fans. My only experience with Cyclocross up to that point had been gathering all the supplies needed for a "day at the races" – bag after bag of steel cut oats, raisins, brown sugar, walnuts, and date crumbles; milk and butter; big stainless steel cook pots; and all the little stuff like spoons, bowls, and salt, along with tents, propane stoves, folding tables and chairs.
The weather was relatively good for November; in other words, it wasn't raining (until later). The comment I heard most often from the appreciative folks waiting in line for a bowl of steaming oats was, "We love you guys!" Several people came back for refills. Everyone was amazed that we were giving oats away. Of course, we had a jar on our table for donations to the Community Cycling Center, and it filled quickly.
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AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department this week announced that the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regulations Committee has accepted the Texas proposal to expand the Special Whitewing Dove Zone, adding a new portion of land west of I-35 and south of U. S. Highway 90 near San Antonio.
This means a 20 percent increase in the size of the special zone that is open to white-winged dove afternoon-only hunting the first two Saturdays and Sundays in September. Also new is a bag limit increase from 10 to12 birds, allowing not more than four mourning doves and two white-tipped doves.
Although the change drops the mourning dove bag limit from five birds to four during the special season, it does mean more hunting opportunity along the Highway 90 corridor. Dove hunting starts on Sept. 1 just north Highway 90 in the Central Zone, but South Zone dove hunters until now had to wait until the first Friday after Sept. 20 to hunt south of the highway.
"We've seen a huge increase in whitewings in this section of country and hunters north of Highway 90 see whitewings trading back and forth across the highway and can't understand why they can't hunt both sides," said Vernon Bevill, TPWD small game and habitat assessment program director.
"The real issue with the Service has been growing concern for mourning doves," Bevill added, "which appear to be declining somewhat range-wide, even though there are still several hundred million of them, making them one of the 10 most abundant birds in North America. We have begun collaboration with other dove hunting states to band mourning doves and develop better databases to clearly understand changes in populations to see what is really happening. By gaining the opportunity to expand the Special Whitewing Zone we are at least able to offer some added opportunity to hunters asking for this change."
TPWD will be actively monitoring hunting in the area to determine that the additional opportunity is not adversely impacting mourning doves. Hunters will have to pay closer attention to what species of dove they are targeting to assure they do not take more than four mourning doves.
"We are pleased that our staff put together a good, science-based, proposal that was acceptable to the Service Regulations Committee," said Mike Berger, TPWD wildlife division director.
"The process requires that we run our proposals through the Central Flyway Council for endorsement, and that took place back in March. Staff recently worked with the Flyway and the Service to modify the proposal into a more acceptable recommendation by reducing the overall area of the request. That helped eliminate concerns that too many mourning doves would be taken in an area where some nesting effort extends into September. Until we have a better understanding of what is going on with mourning doves, we have to be sensitive to err on the side of the resource."
Berger went on to say that the new Migratory Game Bird Stamp that rolls the waterfowl and white-winged dove stamps into one stamp covering all migratory game birds this fall will give TPWD some additional funding over time to direct toward research on mourning doves. This should improve science and provide better approaches for future game bird management.
Since the Texas Legislature passed SB 1192 in the recent session, all dove hunters will be required to purchase the new $7 Migratory Game Bird Stamp this fall. However, there will be no practical change for a large percentage of dove hunters who were already buying the white-winged stamp.
"As it was, we were already seeing more than 60 percent of dove hunters buying the Whitewing Dove Stamp, probably because whitewing numbers have grown so much and spread so far that hunters were concerned about staying legal," said Robert L. Cook, TPWD executive director.
Cook said the new stamp gives TPWD added flexibility to address mourning dove needs because the agency could not spend whitewing stamp funds on needed mourning dove work.
"Hunters should thank the game bird hunting conservation groups that supported game bird stamp reorganization in the recent legislative session, including Ducks Unlimited, Dove Sportsman's Society, National Wild Turkey Federation, Quail Unlimited, and Texas Audubon."
The recommendations approved by the USFWS regulations committee still must be published in the Federal Register for another 30-day comment period. If they are approved, the 2005 dove season will be as follows: North Zone — Sept. 1-Oct. 30, with a 15-bird bag and not more than two white-tipped doves; Central Zone — Sept. 1-Oct. 30 and reopening Dec. 26 — Jan. 4, with a 12-bird bag and not more than two white-tipped doves; South Zone — Sept. 23-Nov. 10 and reopening Dec. 26-Jan. 15 with a 12 bird bag but not more than two white-tipped doves; Special South Texas Whitewing Zone — Sept. 3-4 and Sept. 10-11 afternoon only, with a 12 bird aggregate bag including not more than four mourning doves and two white-tipped doves.
The USFWS has also indicated there will be a September teal season this year but since there were weather related delays in some surveyed areas of Canada, the final recommendation will not be made for possibly another two weeks. That means if the Service approves a nine-day season with a four-bird bag the season will run from Sept. 17-25 and if they approve 16 days the season will run from Sept. 10-25. Only teal species are legal during this season, which has a bag limit of four birds.
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Where to Get Disability Coverage
Disability insurance comes in many forms--individual policies, group policies sponsored by employers or associations, and government-sponsored programs such as Social Security and workers' compensation. Here are some of the benefits and drawbacks of each type of disability coverage.
Individual disability insurance
Individual disability insurance policies cover one individual--you. You buy them from an insurance company, and you will have to meet certain standards relating to age, income, occupation, health, and hobbies before you are issued a policy. You will pay more for individual coverage than for a group policy, but you often get more for your money. Individual disability insurance provides a tailor-made policy that you keep with you no matter where you work or what associations you belong to, making it more flexible than group insurance. And you can lower the cost of an individual policy by reducing the benefit period, increasing the waiting period, or dropping features that you don't value.
Group disability insurance through an employer
Group disability insurance purchased through your employer is a low-cost alternative to individual coverage. Here's how it works: Your employer buys a group disability policy and offers coverage to you and other eligible members of the group. The employer may pay all or a portion of the premium. If you enroll during certain periods of the year (called open enrollment periods), you'll qualify for coverage even if you have health problems.
However, because employer-sponsored group plans are designed to meet the needs of a group, they're not very flexible. Many plans offer only short-term coverage, and you may have to meet a more stringent definition of disability to receive benefits than you would with an individual policy. In addition, the phrase "you can't take it with you" normally applies to group disability coverage. When you leave your job or otherwise terminate your relationship with a group, you can't take your disability policy with you, and you usually can't convert it to an individual disability policy. This means that you may be left without disability coverage when you need it.
Group disability policies through an organization or association
Trade or professional associations sometimes offer disability coverage to their members. Although known as group disability because it is group sponsored, association policies are issued to individual group members who must prove insurability. However, insurability standards for association members are sometimes relaxed, and you may qualify more easily for association disability insurance than for an individual policy. If you buy an association-sponsored policy, it will initially cost less than an individual policy. However, after a certain term (generally 5 or 10 years), your premium may rise and eventually exceed the premium for an individual policy. In addition, the policy will be canceled if you leave the group, if the insurance company cancels the group contract, or if the association withdraws its endorsement, leaving you without disability protection.
Government-sponsored disability insurance
Workers' compensation and Social Security are two well-known government disability insurance programs. In addition, five states (California, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island) have disability insurance programs that require employers to provide short-term disability benefits to residents. If you are a civil service worker, a military servicemember, or other federal, state, or local government employee, there are many disability programs set up to benefit you.
Unlike other types of disability coverage, you don't have to pay a premium for government-sponsored disability coverage. But it's not a free benefit: You finance some types of government disability insurance by paying taxes (e.g., through your FICA and other payroll taxes), and your employer may pay premiums for workers' compensation insurance and other mandated programs. However, you don't have to pay the relatively high premiums that you pay for private disability insurance, and you get some basic protection against disability.
In general, however, government disability insurance programs are designed to provide limited benefits under restrictive terms, and you should not rely on them as your main source of income if you become disabled.


text: Lucky Valentine's Day Lovebirds to be Hitched at the 2008 Chicago Auto Show February 14, 2008 12:00 AM WHAT: Dodge is helping one couple speed up the start of their "Journey" together by throwing a winter wedding at the 100th Chicago Auto Show on Valentine's Day as part of the brand's "Journey of a Lifetime" contest. Contest winners Blake Humphrey and Jackie Rohner of Rock Island, Ill., will be surrounded by more than 1,000 cars on display at the largest auto show in North America when they get hitched in front of 100 of their closest friends and family on Feb. 14. The couple will walk down the aisle to the music of a Journey cover band, then start their journey as man and wife in their all-new 2009 Dodge Journey, a vehicle that blends the practicality of a minivan, the capability of a sport-utility vehicle (SUV) and the overall efficiency of a passenger car into an all-new "right-sized" crossover, perfect for a newlywed couple. WHEN: VISUALS: Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008 Pre-wedding coverage beings at approx. 6 a.m. The Right Road: Catch Blake and Jackie's final wedding day preparations from finishing touches on the wedding dress and tuxedo, to hair and makeup, etc. The beautiful bride will literally start her journey on the right "road" since the aisle runner will look just like a road, yellow median lines and all Wedding ceremony begins at approx. 7 a.m. Open Arms: Blake and Jackie will tie the knot right on the auto show floor as 100 of their friends and family members look on. Witness the newlywed couple's first dance to Journey's "When You Love a Woman," the cutting of the oversized wedding cake and the tossing of the bouquet Public reception begins at 10 a.m. Just Married: A Dodge Journey vehicle will be decked out in "Just Married" flair, with all the bells and whistles Public Praise: A wedding reception, with live music by a Journey cover band and wedding cake for auto show attendees, will complete the dream day for these lucky lovebirds WHERE: McCormick Place – Dodge Display Lake Shore Drive at 23rd St Chicago, IL 60616 WHY: Blake and Jackie will be the boldest, most adventurous couple to become man and wife at the 100th Chicago Auto Show. On Valentine's Day, Jackie will walk down the aisle – toward both the man and the vehicle of her dreams – to meet Blake and become his wife, and Blake will score a new bride and a new ride, all in the most memorable (and only!) wedding ceremony to grace the auto show floor. Back to News


text: Fran F raving about Tarik Black and how he is a leader on the Kansas team. I don't understand how Memphis is ran. it seems like every players stinks there but under proper coaching excells. I want to go to a few Memphis practices to see why the culture is so bad. Will Barton is still working to change the poor habits he pickef up at Memphis. Pretty sad I rated Barton high as hell because I felt he could fix his flaws displayed at Memphis in that ugly display of what they call an offense.


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