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Their play is in the same vein though, that's why I don't get all this "But Paul!" stuff. I'll readily admit that Lance is shooting better than Paul, but he's hitting extremely difficult jumpshots. Lance is a very good scorer, but not good enough as a shooter to expect that level of play to continue. He's built his FG% on getting easy shots, now he's taking tough shots.
I think Paul is the biggest problem, as he's the best player, too. But it's more like 1A and 1B.
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Pg says he wants lebron to be his mentor then how about doing what lebron does. He hardly ever shoots the three and constantly attacks and post us. Pg looks more like a durant impersonator if you ask me, and a pretty bad one to booth. I really hope he turns it around soon to the player we grew accustomed to in the first months of the season
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That was my point from page 1, that more people are upset that Roy said anything, rather than actually taking issue with what he said.
I don't like to pick and choose who tells the truth. The truth can be told by anyone, at any time, as far as I'm concerned. (I do understand the issues of where they're being said)
Basically, I hate shooting the messenger.
EDIT: For the record, I don't like giving PG a pass either. I'd imagine his salary is the reason though, which isn't good enough for me either.
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Typically, this leads to perimeter players taking perimeter shots.
On top of that PG is STRUGGLING, and Hibbert has been too.
When Lance gets the ball, watch the rest of the team and tell me what he's supposed to do with it. The guy is a playmaker, he's always gonna look for a man in scoring position, or a lane to create a scoring opportunity, and I'm not gonna fault him for that, it's his game and it's not gonna change.
I actually would like to see Vogel make Lance our primary ball handler/PG. I would trade the occasional turnovers for having him in the middle of the offense where he can be a ball mover/driver. I think putting him on one side limits his game. A lot of times he doesn't get the ball until there has been 10+ seconds run off the shot clock and he's forced to play faster than he should. And usually he's a right handed player on the right side of the offense which makes it tougher to get penetration. But that's me. I would love to see him get the ball, push it up, look to attack off the screen and put pressure on the defenses bigs to play him earlier in the shot clock. This will allow more movement, earlier in the clock, which should improve our offensive flow. Hill will never garner the kind of respect Lance will get coming off a pick and roll.
When Hill comes down, he usually walks it up and he just isn't a threat to attack the way Lance is, so the defense gets a chance to set up and by the time our scorers even get the ball, we've lost 10 seconds to get a good shot.
Now Lance would have to play smarter basketball, no doubt about that. But I think he's more than capable of doing that.
"Don't get caught watchin' the paint dry"
There's a lot of things here that show me you need to go back and re-read what I'm bringing up. I've never said anything about everybody being buddies, not even close. I've never said anyone on the team outright dislikes Lance. I've not once laid all the blame at the feet of Lance. I'll take this moment to mention since the beginning of the year Lance's ballhandling responsibilities have increased, and since the all-star snub our offense has crumbled. The solution to this, to some, is give him the ball more, despite our offense tanking since he's been given "some extra". Again, that's not blaming him for everything, but I do believe he see's enough of the ball.
What I HAVE said, is that Lance gets mad about really stupid, selfish things on the court. It's obnoxious as hell to watch him get mad about teammates passing up 30 fters because he won't get an assist on the play. It's embarrassing that he's running down the floor complaining about not receiving a pass on a play where Hill got a wide open look right at the rim.
And no, I don't think that's normal "competitiveness" between teammates. I guess that's where we really disagree.
Man I didn't mean to imply YOU said that. I'm just talking in general from people critical of Lance, not just you. Sometimes I lump peoples thoughts together and that's my fault. I'm guilty of hopping all over the place with my posts sometimes. Don't take anything I say personally.
Yeah we just disagree on the degree of his affect on the team that's all. But I am the type who accepts a lot of things other people don't and I'm aware of that. I like guys with FIRE, and I feel like Lance has that so I cut him more slack than most.
I understand where you are coming from, especially considering this teams history.
Btw for me it's not about him getting MORE of the ball, it's about WHEN and WHERE he gets it.
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"Don't get caught watchin' the paint dry"
No, I haven't. I have never implied that Roy has an issue with Lance. I don't believe that this is the case and that's why I haven't implied that. I have no idea what you're talking about. Maybe you're mixing me up with someone else?
I have always said that as long as the team is fine with it then I'm fine with it as well.
I'll say it once again. I don't have any issue with Lance stealing rebounds. I understand why that happens and I support it.
What I have an issue with is when ignorant people use that to blame Hibbert about his rebounding. That's what grinds my gears.
You wanna talk about Kevin Love? Fine.
1) Kevin Love will almost never contest a shot. If he has to choose between contesting a shot and positioning himself for a rebound then he'll choose the rebound and pray that the opponent misses. There is a reason why Minnesota is not in the playoffs despite having a great offense and Love's lack of D is a big reason why.
2) He's never going to box out so his guards can get the rebound. He will just go for the rebound every chance he gets.
3) I'm pretty sure that I have seen KLove elbowing Pekovic in the head in order to grab a defensive rebound out of his hands. That's only anecdotal but it happened when we played them (not sure if it's this season or the last one).
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
Plus you are always arguing about it with me so maybe I got the wrong impression.
"Don't get caught watchin' the paint dry"
I'm arguing with a lot of people for a lot of things. I enjoy debating although I really wish that this forum would be more united.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
Those numbers are his season average, by the way. He is averaging 2.7 offensive rebounds and 7.1 total rebounds so he's getting consistently the exact numbers that you're asking for.
Honestly, Roy could easily average 9 or 10 rebounds if Vogel instructed him to crash the boards every single game instead of contesting shots or running back on defense. Would that benefit the team, though? I doubt it.
That's why I'm glad that Roy is sticking to what Vogel is telling him to do and allows his wings to clear up the boards after he forced a miss. I just cannot tolerate it when people blame Roy for doing that because they only look at a box score.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
You should of been here during the JOB years my man. It was ugly, lol. I think the board is pretty peaceful now for the most part. Everybody is happy really, we just can't agree on why. There were a few times I thought I was gonna stroke out in the middle of a post back then. Fighting everyday, all day. But most of us still come here and look forward to arguing with each other some more. It just shows we all are passionate about the game.
And I enjoy your optimism nuntius, so don't take me the wrong way. And I appreciate you fallowing this team from so far away. Hope you keep rooting for the team and hopefully you can come over here and catch a game someday.
"Don't get caught watchin' the paint dry"
Being unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel
I don't care too much about his rebounding, I am a big Roy supporter. I try to be objective and call him out when he needs it tho, but for the most part he don't bother me. As long as we take care of the glass as a team, I'm good.
Hell one time I actually argued with unclebuck that Roy was "athletic" for a 7'2" guy, haha wow. Not so sure about that one looking back. I probably should've just went to bed that night.
"Don't get caught watchin' the paint dry"
I was really impressed when I first joined this board. I searched some threads from the JOB era and seeing that so many guys have stuck with the team (and the forum) throughout those dark years impressed me a lot. I have a lot of respect for what some of you did.
I'm a naturally optimistic person (although I do get gloomy at times and yesterday was one of those times) and I'm always passionate about the things I believe in and that's why I often butt heads with others.
I certainly want to visit Indiana some day. In general, I want to visit the Midwest and the Pacific Northwest.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
I think that their battle was a draw, actually. They cancelled each other out.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
Being unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel
Another comment on the low Hibbert rebounding numbers and blaming Lance for "stealing" them, can we please give credit to Lance Stephenson for being a terrific rebounder. The offensive rebound he had in the second half was incredible. This isn't Roy's fault that the best rebounder on the team is Lance. You don't typically find an elite rebounder that is only 6-5 inches tall, but Lance really has a knack for grabbing rebounds
Being unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel
But if you come here be prepared to see some basketball. Go check out a game in Hinkle Fieldhouse if you can. Maybe come during our high school sectional and check out a game. And most definitely, go check out Bankers Life. We have the best gyms in the country, no doubt about it.
"Don't get caught watchin' the paint dry"
Lance is certainly a terrific rebounder and deserves credit for it. I obviously agree on that and it's one of the main reasons why I love Lance
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
I don't fault Hibbert for being slow on offense at all. It won't matter when we hit the playoffs and the game slows down. Yes, he gets better position if he beats his opponent down court, but it's at the expense of his defense, which had been slacking before tonight's Bulls game.
In tonight's post game, Vogel did not blame Lance for the recent lack of ball movement. He placed the blame almost solely on the lack of screens set by the screeners. He said people have to get open for passes to be made.
I noticed better screens from both Roy and West, and even some screens from Lance in the Bulls game.
I thought his energy was really great. On 2 possessions early he was the FIRST one down the floor. Once he had Noah on his hip in the middle of the paint low and should have been rewarded, but I think we are so used to looking away, we did. So the lesson learned is that Roy is actually capable of running the floor without passing out.
On the first post entry (from Lance), it got to him early (I can't remember who said in this thread - first 2 secs or go somewhere else) and even though he missed the shot it was everything you would want in a post feed.
If we could get the kind of effort we got from Roy tonight on a more consistent basis, we would be very hard to beat.
very hard.
Big Dawg looked good tonight, but then it was a good performance pretty much across the board.
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I think it's this: Lance's plays, both good/bad, are dramatic and very easy to spot, and Hill's plays aren't.
George Hill being unwilling, unable, and indecisive with the ball leads to a bad shot. Lance dribbles through the legs for a few seconds and takes a bad fadeaway jumper.
Both plays have the same exact effect, and Hill's occurs more frequently, but Lance's looks 10 times worse.
I agree with both of you. Lance's teammates have a valid complaint about his game lately, and their word carries a lot of weight. And ironically, Lance's play and our offense in general started going downhill when we started taking the ball out of his hands, especially in transition. Lance hasn't adjusted well and is overcompensating by overdribbling.


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Not only will Rose be using the match to run an eye over their Ryman League Division One South opponents ahead of a league meeting in September, but he wants a win to put money in the club's coffers rather than bask in the glory of a cup run.
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It's important to discuss the possible side effects of radiation therapy with your doctor before starting treatment, and to make sure everything is being done to try to limit these side effects as much as possible. If you do have side effects, there are ways to relieve many of them, so be sure to discuss any symptoms with your cancer care team.
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Today is the 262nd anniversary of the birth of Luigi Galvani, an Italian anatomist known for his discovery of electrical conductivity in animals. Galvani made the chance observation, described in 1791, that a frog will twitch if laid out for dissection on a table with a generator. He then showed that convulsions could be produced by connecting the frog to a lightning conductor during stormy weather, and whenever the frog formed part of a circuit containing one or more pieces of metal. Galvani spurred a vigorous debate about whether the electricity resided in the animal, as he supposed, or in the metals, as Allessandro Volta proposed. Volta was proved correct in 1800 when he discovered the voltaic cell.
[Source: Trevor I. Williams, Ed., A Biographical Dictionary of Scientists (John Wiley & Sons, New York, ed. 3, 1982).]


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INDIANAPOLIS -- Lingering soreness from an old knee injury will keep first-round pick Danny Granger from playing with the Indiana Pacers in the Minnesota summer league.
Granger tore the lateral meniscus in his left knee his senior year at New Mexico. He missed three games and had surgery.
Indiana coach Rick Carlisle said Granger's knee is about 80 percent, but the 6-foot-8 forward won't compete in contact drills until the knee is fully healthy.
"At this point, we've got to look at the big picture," Carlisle said. "You've got a guy who just turned 22, a guy who's going to be a terrific player in this league for the next decade. We can't put him in harm's way and try to rush him out there."
Granger, the 17th pick in last month's draft, said doctors told him he could play, but the Pacers chose to hold him out.
"I'm a little disappointed," he said, "but [the coaches] were telling me summer league didn't really matter. You know, I've signed and everything. I've got 82 games as a rookie."


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Today is Opening Day For 2011 MLB Season
Today is Opening Day in the MLB for the 2011 season, and I couldn't be more excited that America's pastime is back. It was thrilling to see the Texas Rangers in the World Series last year, even if they did lose, but I'm more excited to see what they do for this upcoming season. Keep reading to find out more about the Rangers and Opening Day for the 2011 season.


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WrestleMania Road to Success or Failure?
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Hey Splashers! We are just one week away to WrestleMania! For those of you who like Wallpapers I made my very own HHH vs Undertaker Wallpaper. It's no Kupy, but I'm working on it. Check the bottom of the blog for the thumbnail. Alright, lets get to it!
WrestleMania! Throughout its 3 shy-decade of a legacy it has been called many things: "The Grandeur", "The Spectacle", "The Spirit of the Immortals", "The Super-Bowl of Wrestling" and countless others. It was wrestling's first Pay Per View, and to this day it is Wrestling's BIGGEST pay per view. Through the years, it didn't matter if you were a WCW fan, a ECW fan, a TNA fan, or even a NON-wrestling fan, WrestleMania brings billions to watch, like a moth to the flame.
Like many legacies, WrestleMania has some great years, some good years, and then there are those not so good years. For me, the first 4 were easily some of my favorite moments. I remember sitting in the Boston Garden watching the very first WrestleMania via Closed circuit, because I didn't have cable in my area. We all had to sit on over-packed bleachers, and the sound quality was horrible as it echoed through the Gardens. But I was only 13 at the time, and didn't care. The next year, I finally had cable, and said good-bye to the Gardens.
Some of my favorite years are 1-4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18, 22 ,23, and 25. I'd have to say 22 is my favorite in most recent years, although the Taker/HBK 1 match at 25 was undoubtedly the best match I've seen. Their rematch at 26 I think was a watered-down replay of their first epic match. I know I am a minority, but that's the way I feel. As for the rest of the Mania's There were a couple of great matches in them sure. But one or two great matches does not make a whole show. I left out 2000, because I honestly didn't see it. So I will won't judge either way on that show.
Which brings us to present day...WrestleMania 27. Over the past couple of weeks, I have been on the fence about this one, as a lot of different aspects are truly bothering me. The biggest one is the removal of the Money in the Bank match. As we all know the WWE has upgraded this match type to it's own PPV, properly named "Money in the Bank". Many fans had a beef with this, as they felt it was taking away from it's signatory at WrestleMania. I honestly thought it was cool to see MitB twice a year, but now its GONE from WrestleMania! Did they replace it with any other original match type? Not yet and that's a big strike against WWE.
The next issue I have is the Cole/Lawler match, apparently being pushed as one of the main matches for WrestleMania. Lets be serious for a second. Lawler, while he deserves all the credit for what he has done, is a commentator. Micheal Cole I gotta respect the guy, he is finally coming off as a heel, rather than just an annoying little bug, but he is still a commentator. We know that Jack Swagger is in Cole's Corner, and we know Stone Cold Steve Austin is reffing. Do I really need to do the math for you on this match? While seeing Austin come out and Stun and pour beer on a few people will be cool. That's the ONLY thing that this match really has to offer.
Another issue I have is WrestleMania or the better WrestleMania's have been known for having several specialty matches. So far I only count 2: The Undertaker/HHH No Holds Barred. And the Codey Rhodes/Rey Mystero match where if Rey loses he looses his mask. I've heard interviews where Rey swore he would never remove his mask again. However he is getting older, and is on his way out of the WWE (maybe a year or two left). If the WWE cuts him a bonus check for the right price..who knows.
Now the chances of Undertaker loosing is slim to none. Granted I think this match will be one of the top matches nonetheless, but I just don't see him loosing. There were rumors that HBK was going to jump in and cause Taker to loose, then there's others rumors saying he will cause HHH to loose. I really don't think that will happen, and if it does, it will be done where HBK is sitting in the crowd minding his own business, and one of them (probably taker) gets distracted.
The Randy Orton / CM Punk Match looks decent for a mid-card. No real complaints... I also really haven't gotten siked for their match either.
I won't even bother with the mixed tag match. I understand it's WrestleMania, and it's time for celebrities. I just wish they were doing more with John Morrison.
The WWE & World Title matches should be decent, but again I was hoping they spiced it up with some kind of stip, or specialty match. Lets face it SmackDown has had Cage matches and Falls Count Anywhere matches in the past couple of weeks. This is WrestleMania, I was hoping, they would have raised the bar...But we still have 1 week left.
I guess when you look at WrestleMania 27 has the possibility of being another good ppv. I myself am just not ready to say it's gonna be a great one. I'll make that call for myself when it's over.
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It's been quite a month for Britney! Filing for divorce, hanging out with Paris, and now she's celebrating her 25th birthday today! We actually have a few thoughts on what gifts to get her, you know, if we had unlimited budgets and were actually friends with her. Anyone who fits those qualifications, feel free to crib from us! (Paris, we're talking to you.) What would you get Britney?
1. Looks like Britney has worked hard to get her body back post-baby No.2, so how about some new workout gear like this Skull Fleece Juicy Couture tracksuit and these adorable pink Adidas sneakers? And if she wants to listen to cuts from her upcoming album, she could put a new Ipod Shuffle into these Everlast groove shorts, complete with an Ipod pocket.
2. Now that she has two little boys, she is going to need some more mommy supplies. We think she'd love these colorful Diapees and Wipees bags and this ultra-luxe Miabossi diaper bag to put them in.
3. We love that Britney is back to blonde! To make sure her hair is always perfect, why not give her a kitschy No More Bad Hair Days Kit? And since she's been sporting headbands like her BFF Paris, we'd give her this chic metallic one from Jennifer Behr and this Chick by Nicky Hilton headband (just to keep it all in the family.)
4. And to welcome her new house guests, how about candles to make the place feel cozy? These Zents candles in relaxing Sun and warm Fig are pretty and yummy. And we'd stock her guest bathroom with these great kits from Kiehls, featuring mini sizes of all their classic bestsellers.
Test your knowledge of the Birthday Girl by taking our pop quiz. Study up by reading all about Britney in Off the Rack by clicking here.
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- CAI Issues Press Release on Final Report of Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities (Mar. 17, 2016)
- CAI Releases Statement on ACF's 2012 Changes to the Child Welfare Policy Manual's Public Disclosure Provisions and the Impact on Future Issues of State Secrecy and Child Deaths in the U.S. (Nov. 19, 2015)
- CAI Report Faults All 3 Branches of Federal Government for Failure to Protect Abused and Neglected Children (Jan. 27, 2015)
- CAI Supports Motion to Create Los Angeles County Blue Ribbon Commission on Child Protection (June 24 2013)
- Victory for Children in SB 39 Litigation (Jan. 3, 2013)
- Half of U.S. States Short-Change Abused and Neglected Children; CAI and First Star Release 3rd Edition of A Child's Right to Counsel (May 10, 2012)
- CAI and First Star Release 2nd Edition of State Secrecy and Child Deaths in the U.S. (Press Release) (April 17, 2012) — Watch video of briefing
- CAI Joins NHeLP Amicus Brief to U.S. Supreme Court Supporting Affordable Care Act (Feb. 16, 2012)
- CAI Announces New Dependency Court Project (Feb. 15, 2012)
- CAI Files Lawsuit to Force California to Lift Secrecy on Child Deaths (Sept. 14, 2011)
- Report: States Confiscate Benefits of Foster Children; Many Left Destitute as They Age Out of Care; Inadequate Safeguards Also Expose Foster Children to Identity Theft; Legislation Filed in Congress to Stop the "Fleecing" and Better Protect Identities (Mar. 16, 2011)
- CAI Report Analyzes Counties' Use of Prop. 63 Funds for Transition Age Foster Youth (Jan. 25, 2010)
- CAI and First Star Release 2nd Edition of Child's Right to Counsel National Report Card (Press Release) (Oct. 15, 2009)
- CAI and First Star Set to Release 2nd Edition of Child's Right to Counsel National Report Card (Media Advisory) (Oct. 13, 2009)
- CAI Files Federal Class Action Against Administrative Office of the Courts Challenging Crushing Caseloads of Sacramento Dependency Court Lawyers (July 17, 2009)
- CAI Honors Outstanding Efforts by Legislator, Legislative Staff (May 11, 2009)
- Federal Court Strikes Down California's Reimbursements to Foster Parents, Rules That California Illegally Shortchanges Abused and Neglected Children (Dec. 8, 2008)
- Children's Advocates' Roundtable Launch www.ChildrenDutyFuture.org (July 9, 2008)
- CAI Releases 2007 Children's Legislative Report Card (Apr. 24, 2008)
- CAI Honors Outstanding Efforts by Legislators, Legislative Staff (Mar. 11, 2008)
- Foster-Parent Advocacy Groups Sue the State in Federal Court, Seeking More Money for Parents Caring for Abused and Neglected Foster Children (Oct. 3, 2007)
- CAI Blasts Senate Republicans for Voting to Deny Homes to Former Foster Youth (June 29, 2007)
- CAI Joins CWDA and LAPP in Urging California to Increase Foster Family Home Rates (May 22, 2007)
- CAI Selected by Governor's Office of Emergency Services to Train New Dependency Court Counsel Statewide (May 14, 2007)
- CAI Charges California with Neglect: State's Lack of Support for Emancipated Foster Youth Results in Bleak Outcomes for Them and Significant Long-Term Costs for the State (Jan. 16, 2007)
- CAI Urges Big Five to Increase Child Welfare Spending (June 13, 2006)
- CAI Releases 2005 Children's Legislative Report Card
- CAI Announces 2005 Price Child Health and Welfare Journalism Award Winners
- Many Legislators Fail to Make the Grade: CAI Releases 2004 Children's Legislative Report Card
- CAI Releases California Children's Budget 2004-05
- CAI Names Senior Policy Advocate
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- CAI Sponsors Foster Care Legislation
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- Child Advocates Challenge the Governor
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- Journalists Honored For Advancing Children's Issues
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Newsgroups & Listservs
None of your friends want to hear about how Kitty ate your roommate's prized goldfish? Well there are thousands of people in the online world who'd just love to hear all about it, and tell you more cutesy cat stories than you ever dreamed. Yes, newsgroups may be just the place for you.
Newsgroups are places on the Internet where people exchange stories, information and even news. They often have addresses like: rec.pets.stupid-cat-stories (the rec. stands for 'recreational'), or on a more serious note, soc.culture.middle-east (to discuss 'social' issues.) Newsgroups let you browse their email-like postings in a leisurely manner, as well as post your own stuff.
Listservs work a little differently than newsgroups. A listserv is a software program that distributes e-mail to all the people subscribed to the 'list'. By subscribing to a listserv you will receive copies of all email messages posted to the list's address. Similarly, anything you post will be sent to everybody else subscribed to the list -- so be careful what you say about your roomate's cat.


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Currents 106: Chelsea Knight
April 6–July 1, 2012
This spring, the Museum's ongoing series devoted to contemporary art,
, features multi-media artist and current Freund Fellow Chelsea Knight, who investigates various concepts of labor, class, and gender through installation, video, and photography. In this exhibition, Knight creates the semblance of a construction site, a reference to the Museum itself as a place of physical labor with the ongoing expansion project. Knight's photographs of the East Building site will be presented alongside
(2012), a video featuring actual construction workers reciting feminist writings and poetry about desire, language, and labor.
Concurrently screening in the New Media Series gallery will be Knight's
The End of All Resistance
(2010), in which the artist transfers US Army interrogation techniques to a domestic setting. Knight examines the crucial role language plays in everyday life—how it shapes human relationships and affects our understanding, as well as misunderstanding, of others. Most significantly, Knight interrogates language itself, revealing its performative nature and role in the construction of power.
Curated by Tricia Y. Paik, assistant curator of modern and contemporary art,
Currents 106: Chelsea Knight
will be on view in Galleries 338 and 301 from April 6 through July 1, 2012. This presentation is supported by the Henry L. and Natalie E. Freund Endowment Fund.
Generous support for
Currents 106: Chelsea Knight
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The Henry L. and Natalie E. Freund Teaching Fellowship was established to support the exhibition and acquisition of contemporary art at the Saint Louis Art Museum and the teaching principles of contemporary art in the Sam Fox School of Visual Arts and Design at Washington University in St. Louis. Open to an emerging or mid-career artist selected from an international applicant pool, this yearly fellowship provides the opportunity to teach in a university setting and to present a solo exhibition in the Museum's prestigious Currents series.
This teaching fellowship, a unique collaboration between two St. Louis institutions, was inaugurated by the Freund family in 1996. Each Fellow makes two visits to St. Louis during an academic year—one month each semester—working primarily with graduate art students and teaching a seminar one evening per week. In addition to the exhibition at the Museum, the Fellow delivers a public lecture at the University or Museum.
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Ford and Murphy for Arenas and Stevenson
"A man with no belly has no appetite for life."
- Salman Rushdie
This is a type of trade we should be aiming for with our expiring contracts next year.
"I keep wondering the same thing. Last week they had the 4th worst record in the league, had an 11.9 percent chance of winning the lottery and were in line to land a franchise type player like Derrick Favors or DeMarcus Cousins. This week? They have a 1.7 percent chance of winning the lottery, have the 8th worst record and are in line to draft Cole Aldrich or Greg Monroe. Way to go Jim O'Brien. Rest Danny Granger the rest of the season (if it isn't too late) and give Josh McRoberts lots of minutes. That ought to do it." - Chad Ford on winning meaningless games
Way to go Jim, you may have just put our franchise back another 4+ years.
HELL NO, because after next season we own JT and Murphy nothing, notta, zilch.
We would still owe Arenas $61,000,000 from 2011-2014 and he's not close to the player he once was.
"Just look at the flowers ........ BANG"
No thanks, just way too much money headed to Arenas for a guy who will never be like he was.
At this point, you really don't want Arenas with his health and his contract. He's getting paid a ton to not lead anyone anywhere.
If it was the original Agent Zero...This is a cheap (as in poor) copy...
"But, first, let us now praise famous moments, because something happened Tuesday night in Indianapolis that you can watch a lifetimes worth of professional basketball and never see again. There was a brief, and very decisive, and altogether unprecedented, outburst of genuine officiating, and it was directed at the best player in the world, and that, my dear young person, simply is not done."
If we're going to get an all-star caliber player to play alongside Danny and the youngsters, we're going to have to be willing to take on someone with some warts. I completely agree that Arenas may not be the guy we want, but any player we're going to have a chance at is going to come with a bit of baggage.
The only recently traded star players who didn't come with some issues were Gasol and Garnett. We don't have the pieces to make an offer like Boston did for Garnett, and Gasol trades don't happen everyday.
All I'm doing is looking for highly paid stars who are wearing out their welcome with their current teams.
"A man with no belly has no appetite for life."
- Salman Rushdie
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The challenges of parenthood is explored in a new book by Chippenham resident Mark Charlton.
Mr Charlton, 51, a married father of three sons, aged 17, 16 and eight, began writing essays over a period of eight years and his book, Counting Steps, came about as a result of that.
Mr Charlton, who is a communications director for a company in Swindon, said: "The book is about my journey into fatherhood and bringing up my children. The book is a series of essays – they are meant to be universal – about how we love our children and when they grow up the real difficulty we have in letting them go.
"There are some funny and lighter pieces. I found the process of becoming a father really astonishing."
Mr Charlton is also the author of the popular nature blog Views from the Bikeshed and has tutored writing courses in Wales.
His book has received critical acclaim from Rory Maclean, travel writer, who said: "Heartfelt, tender and deeply moving, Counting Steps is a book to savour, to dip into and dwell upon. I could hardly put it down, devouring it from cover to cover in two sittings."
Mr Charlton will be speaking about his book at a meeting of the Laid Back Book Club at The Pheasant pub, Chippenham, on November 28.
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Here's all of what I have for my Team Trilogy membership. I have the DD Ranger in Strilux. Feels great on my back and the weight is centered well.
Lat. 64 Opto Bolt 174g: Max D headwinds
Lat. 64 Recycled Bolt 174g: Max D straight to left
DD BioFuzion Escape 170g & 172g: Main distance
DD Lucid Escape 173g: Headwind
Lat. 64 Opto Trident 172g & 174g: One meathook, one straight to left
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Lat. 64 Test Material River 174g: To beat-in for turnovers
Lat. 64 Recycled Mace 178g (2): OS Shots, drives
Lat. 64 First Run Zero Line Hard 178g: To beat-in
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Westside Tursas 170g: Turnovers
Lat. 64 Recycled Pure 176g: Approaches and drives
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Scooter and moped owners have been advised to make sure they secure their vehicles after a spate of thefts.
This week police received reports of two Honda mopeds being taken from homes in Green Lane, Worcester Park, and a Piaggio scooter being taken from a house in Washington Road, also Worcester Park.
A spokesman for Sutton police explained that in all three cases the bikes were wheeled away from the owners' drives and out of sight before the thieves tried to bypass their immobiliser systems.
They failed in each attempted theft and the bikes were recovered intact but police have warned owners that they need to make sure their scooters cannot be wheeled away.
Inspector Richard Hall said: "Motorcycles and scooters can be an easy target for thieves if they are not secured as they can be wheeled away or bundled into a van in seconds.
"The more security you can put around your bike, the less attractive it will be to thieves."
Insp Hall said bike owners should make sure they lock their vehicle and use the steering lock, buy an immobiliser, alarm and a secondary lock like a D-lock or chain, lock the bike to a ground anchor that cannot be moved, part it in a well-lit area and security mark it.
For more crime prevention information, you can contact police on 101. If you know who is responsible for the thefts in Worcester Park, you can call police or the charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.


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The Rochester Rattlers lost 16 - 10 to the expansion Ohio Machine in the franchise's home opener at Selby Field on the campus of Ohio Wesleyan on Saturday, May 19 th. One goal and two assists from Rattlers superstar Ned Crotty and a two goal night from A Steven Boyle was not enough to overcome Ohio A Chazz Woodson's four highlight reel goals for the Machine.
Ohio Machine goalie Stefan Schroder got caught out of his crease 2:32 into the game, and Boyle took full advantage by scoring an unassisted two point marker to give them a 2-0 lead.
The Ohio Machine responded with an 8-0 run over the next 14:47 in the first half. A Jim Connolly scored one goal and added one assist during the run. M Matt Messina had two assists. D Kyle Hartzell scored a two point goal, and Woodson put an exclamation point on the run with an "Air Gait" goal from behind the net with 5:39 left in the first half.
The Rattlers responded with a 3-1 run to end the first half. Boyle started the run off an assist from Crotty. After Connolly scored to give Ohio a 9-3 lead, Rattlers FO Tim Fallon and Crotty hit markers to cut the Machine's lead to 9-5 at the half.
The Rattlers continued their run into the third quarter to cut Ohio's lead to 9-7. Rattlers rookie M Roy Lang and Rattlers veteran A Kevin Leveille both scored unassisted goals for Rochester.
Halfway through the third quarter the Ohio Machine took control of the game. Woodson scored the goal to open the decisive run off of an assist from M Brett Garber 7:18 into the third quarter. Garber scored one minute later to give the Machine an 11-7 lead. Ohio M Dan Groot scored his second goal of the game shorthanded 11:29 into the quarter, and A Connor Martin finished the quarter's scoring with seven seconds left to extend the Ohio Machine's lead to 13-7.
Woodson completed his hat trick 2:59 into the fourth quarter and scored his fourth with seven minutes left to play in the game.
The Rochester Rattlers are off for NCAA Championship Weekend next weekend. As a result all of the Rattlers 2012 MLL Collegiate Entry Draft selections should be available for their next game.
The fully staffed Rochester Rattlers roster will get a rematch with the Cannons in their home opener in Sahlen's Stadium on Friday, June 1
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Took the plunge and made a clean install of Win 8 Preview x64 on my T61. I did a full backup of Win 7 just in case I wanted to come back.
My observations:
Installation was without a hitch and fast. Lots of personal information requests, e-mail address, password, full name, country, state, zip code.
Metro desktop is pretty but really designed for a tablet or PC with touch screen. Navigating Metro with a the mouse or touchpad was cumbersome to say the least. To go beyond the Metro icons it takes many more clicks than in Win 7.
The standard desktop and Windows Explorer are still available but without the Start button everything takes additional clicks. Additional menus are available by hitting the screen edges and corners but are not intuitive, to me at least.
All my devices were recognized from the getgo but Windows installed a generic driver for my Nvidia discrete video. I was able to install the official Nvidia drivers without issues.
I wanted to install some Lenovo software and started with TVT Power Manager for Win 7. Not good, the software loaded some old MS Visual C++ distributions and .NET Framework which concerned me. Thinkvantage Power Manager seems to work fine except I noticed that the Metro Internet Explorer 10 was broken after that. IE 10 from the classic desktop continued to work, go figure. By the way, I did not notice anything different between IE 9 and 10. Maybe it is all behind the curtains.
Next I tried the TVT Fingerprint Reader software. Total fail, it installed but does not run. I then gave up experimenting.
Played with Win 8 a little more and then decided that it was time to go back to win 7!
Ran the R&R backup from my usb drive and I am now back to my old and great Win 7 installation!
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Pittsburgh Steelers and former Florida Gators running back Chris Rainey was arrested Thursday morning after a physical altercation with his girlfriend, according to Gainesville police.
Police said they received a 911 call from a witness about 8:30 a.m. that Rainey, 24, and the woman were in a verbal altercation that turned physical.
Witnesses told officers that Rainey and the victim got into an argument over Rainey's cellphone. The woman got into the car of Rainey's roommate, and Rainey confronted her on the passenger side of the vehicle and began pulling her out of the vehicle, police said.
Witnesses said they then saw Rainey slap the woman across the face with an open hand, according to police.
Both Rainey and the woman fell to the ground, police said. They said the woman was able to run away, but Rainey chased after her because his cellphone was in a bag his girlfriend was carrying. Rainey grabbed the bag again, and they both fell to the ground again, police said.
Neither suffered visible injuries, police said, adding that several witnesses confirmed the incident.
Police said Rainey and the woman have been dating for about nine months. Rainey is charged with one count of simple battery, or dating violence. He was booked into the Alachua County jail.
The Steelers, who selected Rainey in the fifth round of the 2012 NFL Draft, waived shortly after being made aware of his arrest.
"Chris Rainey's actions this morning were extremely disappointing," general manager Kevin Colbert said. "Under the circumstances and due to this conduct, Chris will no longer be a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers."
Rainey worked primarily on special teams during his rookie season. He averaged 26.5 yards on 39 kickoff returns. The Steelers used him occasionally as a change of pace in the backfield. Rainey finished with 102 yards rushing and two scores while also catching 14 passes for 60 yards.
Rainey's agent, Joel Segal, didn't return a phone call for comment.
Thursday's arrest wasn't Rainey's first brush with the law. He was arrested Sept. 14, 2010, and charged with aggravated stalking, a third-degree felony, for allegedly sending a former girlfriend a threatening text message that read, in part, "Time to die ...."
Rainey spent a night in jail and was dismissed from the team by coach Florida coach Urban Meyer the next day, after Meyer said Rainey violated the program's core value regarding violence against women. Rainey agreed to a plea deal two weeks later and eventually returned to the field.
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Rosslyn Park's six-try win at Wharfedale last Saturday sees them consolidating their position in second place in National League One, three points behind the leaders Doncaster Knights.
Park are seven points ahead of third placed Fylde.
The away win in North Yorkshire, where Doncaster, Esher and Leeds had already been defeated, was probably Park's best performance of the season so far.
Head coach Alex Codling said, "The overriding emotion after the victory at Wharfedale was one of pride.
"It was a truly outstanding team performance in extremely tough conditions against a side that is having a great season.
"The control and balance of our game was excellent and the work ethic both with and without the ball was the key to the success. Despite the conditions there was a real intent to play when it was 'on', resulting in some super tries".
This coming Saturday sees a vital London derby when Blackheath visit Priory Lane, kicking off at 2:30.
Blackheath will have had their confidence boosted by a 38-10 win over Esher last Saturday as they battle to dismiss relegation fears, and Codling knows that 'Club' represent a potent threat.
He said: "We now have a local derby at home next week against Blackheath who will be full of confidence after an excellent win against Esher, so we know that we will have to reach the same levels as on Saturday if we are to give ourselves the chance of the result we want.
"It should be a cracking game and a great day for the supporters with the France v England match live in the clubhouse afterwards."
It will be a concern that lock Simon Inglis limped off injured last Saturday, but Park will be boosted by the return of England Sevens star, Sam Edgerley, who came off the bench last Saturday to play his first match of the season.


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I was under the impression that all light discs tend to show form flaws like this. They're easiery to manipulate but, consequently, less forgiving of release issues.


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Texas Bighorn Sheep Population Tops 800 Mark
AUSTIN, Texas — Nearly a century ago, wildlife biologists estimated there were about 500 desert bighorn sheep in Texas. Half a century later there were none. Today there are more than 800 of these majestic animals in the state and counting.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists recently completed their annual desert bighorn sheep counts and report populations continue to expand and flourish after years of restoration efforts.
The desert bighorn sheep was once prominent in the remote mountains of West Texas, with populations of more than 1,500 animals in the late 1800s. Due largely to unregulated hunting, bighorn numbers dwindled to about 500, according to the survey conducted by Vernon Bailey in 1903.
Protective measures for bighorn sheep began as early as 1903 with the enactment of a hunting prohibition; however, changing land use caused numbers to decline to an estimated 35 sheep by 1945. The last reported sighting of a native bighorn sheep occurred in October 1958 on the Sierra Diablo Wildlife Management Area. Biologists believe the last native Texas bighorns were gone by the early 1960s.
Efforts to restore bighorns in Texas began in 1954 with the development of a cooperative agreement among state and federal wildlife agencies and private conservation groups. Through landowner and Texas Bighorn Society support, remote mountains in the Trans-Pecos have been enhanced to meet the basic needs of the desert bighorn, including construction of numerous man-made water guzzlers. These capture the area's limited rainfall to provide more reliable water sources for sheep and other wildlife.
The Texas Bighorn Society offers online visitors a chance to observe these animals in the wild via a satellite Web camera and a weather monitoring system near one of these "drinkers" atop Elephant Mountain. To view bighorns in action, go to http://www.texasbighornsociety.org/.
In addition to the conservation work by Texas Bighorn Society members, hunter funded initiatives such as the Big Time Texas Hunts, sheep permit auctions and the Sport Fish and Wildlife Restoration federal aid program have provided money for ongoing TPWD research and management efforts.
By conducting annual helicopter survey counts, TPWD biologists can ascertain not only how many animals are present, but also if there are surplus bighorn rams. The most recent survey documented 822 sheep.
This year's record sheep numbers will make possible a record 12 bighorn sheep hunting permits in Texas, well above the previous high of eight permits two seasons ago. Eight of the 12 Texas permits will be for sheep hunts on private land, illustrating how private land stewards are benefiting from the restoration effort.
"To anyone unfamiliar with the Texas bighorn sheep restoration program and big game hunting, the price tag for the right to hunt these magnificent animals may seem inflated," said Mike Berger, TPWD director of wildlife. "But it's the cause that fuels the bidding. These folks are investing in conservation."
Berger said the decision to offer the permits is based on evidence of additional surplus bighorn sheep observed during the annual aerial census surveys.
The rewards of the hunt aren't too shabby, either. Since 1988, when TPWD reinstated hunting for desert bighorns on an extremely conservative basis, more than 50 permits have been issued. More than half of the rams harvested in Texas have qualified for the Boone and Crockett Club's big game record book.
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Marc Stein @ESPNSteinLine
Just going up at ESPN online: Dunk contest field is Budinger, Paul George, Shumpert and Derrick Williams. And, yes, Jeremy Lin involved, too
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Great news
Marc Stein @ESPNSteinLine
Just going up at ESPN online: Dunk contest field is Budinger, Paul George, Shumpert and Derrick Williams. And, yes, Jeremy Lin involved, too
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Lin's assisting Shumpert.
Finally some good news in this time where nothing good is going for this team. I hope he jumps over Roy Hibbert.
Marc Stein @ESPNSteinLine
Lin won't be dunking at All-Star Weekend but has been invited to "assist" Shumpert along lines of Baron lobbing to Blake in 2011 contest
Well it's either good or bad. Maybe PG will get back to concentrating on Pacers basketball or just the opposite and be too worried about what fabulous dunk he has in store for All Star Saturday.
You know how hippos are made out to be sweet and silly, like big cows, but are actually extremely dangerous and can kill you with stunning brutality? The Pacers are the NBA's hippos....Matt Moore CBS Sports....
So Shump already has it locked up with Boy Wonder assisting him...
I'm not perfect and neither are you.
Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the esteem of Elohim,
Ephisians 4: 32 And be kind towards one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as Elohim also forgave you in Messiah.
Shumpert's all right, Williams is okay, Budinger is just the white guy they have to put in every contest (fortunately, half of Blake last year was enough for the NBA).
With that said, Paul should have this in the bag. First Pacer in the contest since my last favorite Pacer (besides McFly), Fred Jones. I'm sure he'll kill it, as long as he gains that killer instinct.
I expect a "Best Dunk Contest Performance of the Decade", a la Vince Carter in 2000.
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Lin hands the ball to Shump as he goes in for a one handed layup...
2012 Dunk Contest Winner:
Iman Shumpert
I don't really know how creative he is, but Chase Budinger can JUMP. He's far from "just some white guy."
This should be interesting. I know that Kenny is not a "fan" of big men dunking, but PG is really a SG/SF with the height of a PF. I haven't time to look, but who was the last 6"9 or 6'10" SG/SF who was in the dunk contest?
He's not "just some white guy." He's almost clear.
http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/stor...weekend-lineupGriffin is not defending his dunk title, but sources said that the annual dunk contest has a new format which will consist of only one round and in which the winner will be solely determined by fan vote.
All four competitors in the 2012 dunk field are first-timers and will be formally announced later Thursday, sources said. Each entrant will get three dunks, with fan voting to open after the foursome completes their first dunks.
When Griffin won on his home court at Staples Center last season -- most notably leaping over the hood of a car and slamming home a lob from Davis as the former Clipper peered out of the sun roof -- dunkers had to complete two rounds, with the first scored by a panel of courtside judges which determined the two finalists.
Only fan voting will be utilized in the new format, via Twitter for the first time, in addition to online and text voting.
Why are they doing this? Unless PG blows everybody's socks off, Shumpert's probably got this.
I think PG just needs to bow out. Roy Hibbert for that matter too.
You can't get champagne from a garden hose.
I'm guessing Shumpert wins by about 1.3 billion votes.
I hope they also instituted a no choirs rule. But yeah, if it's all fan vote then Linsanity reigns.
Imagine if they charge any kind of money per vote.
I'm not saying he's "just some white guy". I'm saying he's "just THE white guy" they tend to put in the contest (Rudy Fernandez [though he was fan-voted in], Chris Andersen twice). His hops? Meh. His creativity? Conceivably non-existent. His competitive nature? Not going to be enough.
Iman has a lot of skill, and will have Lin's hype on his side. Derrick Williams can do some nice things, conceptually gimmicky (off-the-side-of-the-backboard windmill), but he'll have Rubio to "Nash up" some of his dunks (a la Stoudemire in 2005). But Paul has HOPS and CREATIVITY and can do a lot of dunks I've never seen another NBA player do.
If Paul did THAT DUNK EXACTLY in the dunk contest, it would be a 50, let alone if there was an assist/alley-oop involved, or any kind of prop. And he's said himself that he's got some things up his sleeve, something that Vince Carter said at the beginning of the 2000 dunk contest, and he didn't even show off the dunks he ACTUALLY planned to use (rumors/Shaq said he was going to do a 720º dunk [epic]).
This might be the single-most exciting facet of Pacers news I've heard, and it totally helps me forget about the last two games. Paul should really use tonight (against the Nets, no less) to show a little creativity and hype up the team/fans.
Like I've said before, if he just attacked the rim with the vigor and balls of Vince Carter, he'd be a lot more efficient, and overall exciting. He has the size, length, vertical, athleticism, conscious, etc., he just doesn't take the chances.
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More like the SLUMP contest!!!!
Yeah Shump has this one in the bag unless he just flat out misses one of his dunks and even then they'll advance him into another round. I'll be shocked if anyone else wins besides him and Lin, it's bs like that that makes the dunk contest an absolute joke.


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Study of Recently HIV Infected Men and Transmission Behaviors (MetroMates)
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Specific Aim 1: Identify drug use patterns and partnership dynamics that mediate risk behaviors over time in a cohort of recently HIV infected men and their partners.
Specific Aim 2: Determine predictors of transmission risk within partnerships of recently HIV infected men and their partners, using the partnership as the unit of analysis.
Specific Aim 3: Quantify the long-term population-level impacts of voluntary behavior change by men with recent HIV infection, through the use of dynamic mathematical modeling that integrates our data on behavior change with current estimates of temporal infectiousness patterns. The investigators will also determine whether more frequent testing and/or development of tests with earlier sensitivity may have a significant impact on the epidemic. Finally, the magnitude of this effect to that obtained by decreasing drug use or risky sexual behavior prior to or following seroconversion will be compared. This will be conducted as a statistical analysis by co-investigators at the University of Washington.
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|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
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|Transmission Behavior in Partnerships of Newly HIV Infected Southern Californians
- To measure how transmission risks and partnership dynamics change over time among recently HIV-infected individuals and their partners [ Time Frame: 12 months ]This study will compare behavioral patterns of recently HIV infected individuals with those with chronic HIV infection and no HIV infection. It will allow for partnership level analyses by actively recruiting sexual partners.
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
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|February 2009
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|August 2013
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|August 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
People who recently became infected with HIV often have a high level of the virus and may be highly infectious. If they have sex (especially anal intercourse) without condoms soon after they have been infected with HIV, there is a great chance that they may transmit the virus to others. When they learn of their HIV infection, some but not all men change sexual behaviors so as not to infect their partner(s) with HIV. Possible reasons for such behavior change include increase or decrease in drug use and what is going on within their sexual partnerships. A study that tracks men with recent HIV infection and their partners over time can provide information key to stopping further spread of HIV given that sexual behaviors can vary over time, especially during this most infectious period.
This study will look at how likely it is for HIV infection to be spread among partner types over time by recently HIV-infected men and their partners. The study will compare behaviors of recently HIV infected men to those with long-term HIV infection and no HIV infection. It will allow a study of sexual partnerships by actively recruiting sexual partners. We will also focus on the role of drug use, especially methamphetamine and how it changes behaviors over time. We will especially look at how different sex partners affects one's drug use and increases or decreases HIV transmission. The study will enroll 150 recently HIV-infected men who have sex with men and follow them for a year. In addition, up to 6 sexual partners of each recently HIV infected individual will be recruited and followed for a year. Some sexual partners will be HIV negative and some HIV positive. We will use their HIV status to compare behaviors over time in the group and between partners of the same status and partners of a different status. The results will be used in special formulas that will allow for a better understanding of behavior change by men with recent HIV infection. This new information will be key for designing new ways to target risk reduction for recently HIV-infected men.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
18 years of age or older Male Documented HIV infection that occurred within previous 12 months Willing to complete study procedures Mentally competent to give informed consent Willingness to refer partners to study Ability to complete practice questions for the web-based system
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Less than 18 years of age No report of sex with another man in the past 12 months
Unwilling to be tested for HIV including:
Unwilling to complete study follow-up questionnaires Not mentally competent to understand study procedures and give informed consent Unwilling to provide an email address or create one for the study
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01201083
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|Principal Investigator: Robert Bolan, MD
|Principal Investigator:
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|Study Director:
|Leonardo Colemon, MA
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|Pamina M. Gorbach, UCLA
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|September 9, 2010
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'Bob Boughner probably didn't mean it the way it sounded, but when he was asked about Jaromir Jagr's status for today's Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, Boughner said exactly what was on everybody's mind. "I'm not sure what his problem is," the Penguins defenseman said.'
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Excessive Drinking Costs U.S. $223.5 Billion
Excessive alcohol consumption is known to kill about 88,000 people in the United States each year, but a study released by the CDC and The Lewin Group shows that it has a huge impact on our wallets as well.
The cost of excessive alcohol consumption in the United States reached $223.5 billion in 2006 or about $1.90 per drink. Almost three-quarters of these costs were due to binge drinking. Binge drinking is defined as consuming four or more alcoholic beverages per occasion for women or five or more drinks per occasion for men, and is the most common form of excessive alcohol consumption in the United States.
The researchers found that the cost of excessive drinking was quite far-reaching, reflecting the effect this dangerous behavior has on many aspects of the drinker's life and on the lives of those around them. The costs largely resulted from losses in workplace productivity (72% of the total cost), health care expenses for problems caused by excessive drinking (11% of total), law enforcement and other criminal justice expenses related to excessive alcohol consumption (9% of total), and motor vehicle crash costs from impaired driving (6% of the total).
The study analyzed national data from multiple sources to estimate the costs due to excessive drinking in 2006, the most recent year for which data were available. The study did not consider a number of other costs such as those because of pain and suffering among either the excessive drinker or others that were affected by their drinking, and thus may be an underestimate. Nevertheless, the researchers estimated that excessive drinking cost $746 for every man, woman, and child in the United States in 2006.
What You Need to Know About Binge Drinking
- Binge drinking is reported by about 18% of U.S. adults.
- Binge drinking is most common among men, 18- to 34-year-olds, white people, and people with household incomes of $75,000 or more.
- Most binge drinkers are not alcohol dependent.
How Can We Prevent Excessive Alcohol Consumption and Reduce Its Economic Costs?
Communities can use evidence-based strategies, such as those recommended by the Community Preventive Services Task Force to prevent excessive drinking. These include:
- Increasing alcohol excise taxes.
- Reducing alcohol outlet density.
- Reducing the days and hours of alcohol sales.
- Holding alcohol retailers liable for injuries or damage done by their intoxicated or underage customers.
By implementing these evidence-based strategies, we can reduce excessive alcohol consumption and the many health and social costs related to it.
More Information
- Learn more about effective strategies communities can use to prevent excessive drinking and its costs
- Web Feature: The high cost of excessive drinking to states
- Infographic: The real cost of excessive alcohol use
- Find tools and resources related to the surveillance and prevention of excessive alcohol consumption and its costs.
- Article: Economic costs of excessive alcohol consumption in the U.S., 2006
- Article: State costs of excessive alcohol consumption, 2006
- Excessive Alcohol Use Vital Signs Report
- Binge Drinking Fact Sheet
- Binge Drinking Video
- Binge Drinking MMWR
- CDC Alcohol and Public Health Program
- The High Price of Excessive Alcohol Consumption [PODCAST - 01:27 minutes]
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- Page last updated: April 17, 2014
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We're pleased to announce that we've just released the trailer for Dead Money, the first downloadable content for Fallout: New Vegas.
As the victim of a raw deal you must work alongside three other captured wastelanders to recover the legendary treasure of the Sierra Madre Casino. In Dead Money, your life hangs in the balance as you face new terrain, foes, and choices. It is up to you how you play your cards in the quest to survive.
Dead Money will be available via Xbox LIVE on Tuesday, December 21st.


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Anna Panagiotou
A comparative approach to the decorated pottery of theBronze Age Eastern Mediterranean
The incentive for this project was the observation that, while in the Bronze Age Aegean pottery can be elaborately decorated, in contemporary Egypt it is, with very few exceptions, remarkably plain. Starting from this difference, I am undertaking the first comparative examination in two generations of decorated pottery (or the lack of it) in the cultures that develop around the Eastern Mediterranean in the second millennium BC: principally those of Egypt, the Levantine coast, and the Aegean. Pottery appears in all those societies and often represents the greatest percentage of the material recovered in the area of study. I consider it therefore vital for archaeology to find novel ways to approach it, relate it with the other categories of material, and extract the maximum of information from it. To date, however, its interpretation has been largely limited to questions of chronology and inter-cultural trade. My own research will add a crucial new dimension, focusing on the aesthetic properties of decorated ceramics in the Middle and Late Bronze Age, and their varying significance across a range of social and cultural milieux.
I intend to approach the material in three different ways. The first is a detailed study of the developments of pottery in different regions in their social context in space and time. The associations of these with particular characteristics of each society under study can shed light on the significance of these changes for a wider reconstruction of social and cultural development in the Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean. The second involves points of contact between these areas through trade, influences and relations with other categories of objects in order to bring the different strands together, instead of simply comparing them. This approach combines the potential of comparative studies with the information offered by actual interconnections. Finally, the scale of observation can change to specific case studies, for example Egyptian late 18th Dynasty bluepainted pottery, that are considered particularly informative as part of the more general processes.
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- Ptychio, History and Archaeology with specialisation inArchaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2009
- MA, Egyptian Archaeology, UCL, 2010