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It's baack. The magic is back at the Bowl tonight as the Redlands Community Music Association launches its 91st season of the Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival.
Imagine — 91 summers.
Back then, the '20s were Roaring and the Charleston was all the rage.
A lady named Grace Stewart Mullen decided that people in the area should have the opportunity to enjoy the fine arts for no charge.
And they called it, the birth of the Bowl.
The Bowl's annual season of world-class entertainment under the stars is imbued with a sense of positive energy, of everything falling into place.
Just ask executive director Beverly Noerr.
"What makes the magic is the deep love the community has for the Bowl — it has an energy all its own," she told me.
"The program team has done a wonderful job of bringing fresh ideas into the programming, but the season is anchored with its classical programs — operas and symphonies — along with some newer ideas, the a capella Six Appeal and the Marcus Roberts Trio," Beverly said.
The 2014 season, which runs through Aug. 22, showcases music from Hawaiian to Cuban, Big Band to a capella, symphonies to a "Women of Country Tribute."
It's all magic and all free — except for a goodwill offering collected at intermission.
So, here's a little something for the fridge:
• Friday: Opening Symphony, the San Bernardino Symphony, conducted by Maestro Frank Fetta, "The Music of John Williams & Andrew Lloyd Webber," featuring guest vocalists Haqumai Sharpe and Brooke deRosa.
• Tuesday: Winners of the 62nd annual Young Artists Auditions, chosen by rigorous competition, these gifted young musicians display their extraordinary talent in a superb recital performance.
• July 5: U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West, "Off We Go" into a musical flight of military marches, jazz, pop, Broadway, patriotic and traditional classics.
• July 8: The Kalama Brothers, the "aloha spirit" charms you with sweet harmonies, comedic stories and hula dancers, as these native Redlands brothers take you to the islands.
• July 11: Adonis Puentes and the Voice of Cuba Orchestra, energize you with syncopated Cuban rhythms, deep bass, jazzy horns, melodic piano and guitar.
• July 15: Six Appeal, they say this show "will split your sides, feed your musical sweet tooth, and leave you wondering how they pull it off with just voices."
• July 18: O Sole Trio, delivering a tour-de-force performance with music ranging from Puccini to Doo Wop, Caruso to Mancini, film scores to songs all made famous by Italian-Americans.
• July 22: Brockus:RED — "Love and Romance in America," 10 dancers will take you on the journey of excitement, heartbreak and joy of Love, through contemporary, modern, jazz, ballet, and musical theater dance.
• July 25: Shakespeare and Friends at the Opera, Bravo to the Bard and to the composers who transformed some of his plays into operas, conducted by Maestro Frank Fetta.
• July 29: "Hairspray" dress rehearsal (the public is invited)
• July 31, Aug. 1-2: The hit Broadway musical, "Hairspray," directed/produced by Paul Jacques, brings you the transformation of a lovable teen into a sudden star — who doesn't dent her "do" — and because it's a fun pre-event, you may see a bevy of beautiful women wearing stunning beehive "do's."
• Aug. 5: California Guitar Trio, back by popular demand, the trio returns for another sensational performance at the Bowl, with their wide range of instrumental music.
• Aug. 8: Redlands Symphony Orchestra, "Virtuosity Plus," conducted by Frank Fetta and featuring solo violinist Roberto Cani.
• Aug. 12: Nancy Celeste Walker: "A Tribute to the Legendary Women of Country Music," along with her fabulous country band, Nancy pays homage to iconic singers Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline.
• Aug. 15: The Marcos Roberts Trio, "I've Got Rhythm," the trio showcases their wide-ranging repertoire from classic songwriters such as George Gershwin to works by some of America's most important jazz composers.
• Aug. 19: The Glenn Miller Orchestra, considered one of the greatest bands of all time, the orchestra continues the legendary music, wih hit songs such as "In the Mood," "Tuxedo Junciton," "Chattanooga Choo Choo" and "Moonlight Serenade."
• Aug. 22: Redlands Symphony Orchestra, "Classical Favorites," with pianist Rufus Choi, conducted by Maestro Frank Fetta. This closing symphony also features a spectacular fireworks display.
All concerts begin at 8:15 p.m. at the Redlands Bowl, 25 Grant St. Performances are free and open to the public.
To learn more, visit redlandsbowl.com or call 909-793-7316.
The Bowl is America's oldest continuously running summer music festival at which no admission is charged.
Traditionally, 4,000-6,000 visitors turn out for each program.
To make it a complete feast for the senses, bring along a picnic supper for the concert under the stars.
And here's a thought for the day: "I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure.
Michel Nolan appears in The Sun on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Reach her at email@example.com or on Twitter @MichelNolan.


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Compliance programs are becoming increasingly important at the executive level due to increased demands for information on effectiveness from the regulators and the board.
In the financial services industry, the saying that "banks operate globally but fail locally" refers to the challenge of managing the complexities of compliance requirements – which vary significantly by region and country. In other words, compliance capabilities don't scale easily.
PwC's "State of Compliance 2013 Survey" offers up an analogy from another industry—health care—to suggest how readers (those with endurance, as the report is lengthy) can use the survey results to help scale their compliance programs in a more efficient and effective manner. The report compares the chief compliance officer (CCO) role to that of a primary care physician: he or she puts forth recommendations for improving compliance health, but it ultimately is up to the business/patient to adhere to the treatment.
One of the most beneficial aspects of the report is the breadth of its diagnoses; it includes industry cuts that will help GRC professionals in some sectors (e.g., services) compare the health of their efforts to more advanced capabilities in highly regulated sectors (e.g., financial services). PwC principal Sally Bernstein notes that the compliance-management-sophistication gap between historically highly regulated industries and "less than very regulated" industries is closing.
The report's appendix also contains strong data, particularly in leadership structures and compliance-information reporting frequencies. Bernstein and her colleague, PwC partnerBobby Kipp, responded to questions via e-mail:
What is one survey finding that surprised you and why?
Bobby Kipp:While budgets are generally not decreasing, I'm surprised that only 37 percent of companies' budgets for central compliance functions are increasing. I'm surprised because of the tremendous level of demand for evidence of compliance effectiveness by all stakeholders.
I continue to be surprised that compliance committees often do not have representatives from sales and marketing, supply chain, or the business. This is surprising because the nature of some of the greatest risks, such as bribery and corruption as well as industry-specific regulations, most directly impact these areas of the business.
Based on your analysis of these survey results, how do you expect compliance programs to evolve in the next few years?
Sally Bernstein: Our results indicate several trends, but two specific examples. The first is the rising profile of compliance on the executive/C-suite/board agenda, both through increased demands for information on effectiveness from the regulators and the board, and through the changing organizational position of the CCO towards the C-suite.
The second is the growing use of effectiveness measures to gain a better understanding of success related to specific risks, including the growing use of compliance audits.
If you were the head of a compliance program, what would concern you about any of these results?
Kipp: The fact that budgets don't seem to be keeping up with the demands of the job. The response [to Question 5 on page 37 of the report] suggests a disconnect between CCOs' views about the extent to which the compliance program is helping to achieve the organizations' goals (86 percent of U.S. CCOs believe this is the case) and what the CCOs feel their leaders believe (only 78 percent of U.S. CCOs think their executive leadership believes that the compliance program supports strategic objectives).

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Sorry, just to clarify - it looks like Gail does get a better job at the Bistro than the cleaning job... oh dear!
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Brother ChiSing says Buddhist meditation techniques can help all faiths on spiritual journeys
DAVID TAFFET | Staff Writer
Brother ChiSing from Awakening Heart will facilitate music, meditation, movement, message and more at the Interfaith Peace Chapel on Mondays through Lent.
"Lent is a period of finding yourself," said Brian Parman of Cathedral of Hope, adding that the series at the Peace Chapel is a spiritual experience that cannot be pigeonholed as just yoga or meditation.
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About 50 people attended the first Monday evening event and Brother ChiSing said he hoped for a bigger turnout in coming weeks.
Gary Floyd, Robin Hackett and Cornell Kinderknecht provided the music.
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Awakening Heart is a Dallas-based spiritual ministry inspired by Buddhist teachings that presents workshops, classes and retreats around the country.
Brother ChiSing grew up as a Southern Baptist. "But in college, when I came out, it didn't work for me anymore," he said.
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He earned two Masters degrees in spirituality and divinity and moved back to Texas five years ago.
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"Our mission is to remind religious communities meditation is important," he said. "I'm not here to convert anyone."
Brother ChiSing said that as he's worked with different religious traditions, he's found they have more in common than they have differences.
"Buddhism doesn't teach directly about God," he said, "But Buddhists aren't godless."
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The Monday night series at the Interfaith Peace Chapel is a two-hour experience.
"The musicians uplift the spirit and set the tone," Brother ChiSing said.
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Slow walking meditation for 10 minutes follows, then 20 minutes of sitting meditation.
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He said the evening ends with questions and sharing time.
"Meditation is missing from modern religious practice," he said.
He said meditation was a part of all traditions and his mission is to remind religious communities it's important.
Interfaith Peace Chapel, 5910 Cedar Springs Road. March 14–April 18. 7–9 p.m. Awakeningheart.org
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Studying patients who recently have been infected with HIV may help researchers understand how HIV infection works and how anti-HIV drugs may help these patients. Approved anti-HIV drugs can reduce the amount of HIV, but more research needs to be done in newly infected patients. This study will look at recently HIV-infected patients to study the progression of HIV disease and to see whether anti-HIV drugs can reduce the level of HIV.
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Primary and early HIV infection represents a potentially unique opportunity to better understand the pathogenesis of HIV infection, as well as to potentially prevent the establishment of latent infection. Approved antiretroviral therapy is able to reduce plasma viremia to unmeasurable levels in established infection and several groups have observed comparable effects in recently infected adults. This study is designed to evaluate and follow a cohort of patients with primary or early HIV infection and to evaluate the time course of latent infection and whether latent infection in CD4 cells will allow viral persistence despite antiretroviral therapy.
Patients begin antiretroviral therapy within 7 days of enrollment. All patients are evaluated for treatment compliance and complete a compliance questionnaire regularly. Clinical evaluations, including CD4, CD8, and HIV RNA counts also are done regularly. Antiretroviral therapy is discontinued if there is no detectable virus by ultrasensitive assay and culture techniques in plasma, PBMCs, and lymphoid tissue. In a subset of patients, genital secretions and CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) are evaluated. If relapse occurs, antiretroviral therapy is re-instituted. In addition, virology and immunology substudies are performed.
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- Agree to use effective methods of birth control during the study and for 3 months after.
- Are at least 18 years old.
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Patients will not be eligible for this study if they:
- Have taken anti-HIV drugs.
- Take erythropoietin, G-CSF or GM-CSF within 30 days of study entry.
- Take interferons, interleukins, cytotoxic chemotherapy, or HIV vaccines within 30 days of study entry.
- Take medications that should not be taken with their prescribed anti-HIV drugs.
- Have had radiation treatment within 30 days of study entry.
- Are pregnant or breast-feeding.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00006415
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Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
Virus Replication
Polymerase Chain Reaction
DNA, Viral
RNA, Viral
Sensitivity and Specificity
Anti-HIV Agents
Viral Load
Acute Infection
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HIV Infections
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Luck has not been great. A good QB like Peyton Manning would have this team at 5-1 or 4-2. Luck is rated 30th out of all passers in the NFL. How is that great? He only has 7 TD passes after six games and 7 INTs to go with that. He has been sacked and beaten around. The only good stat he has is yards per game and that is because he is chucking the ball at a near record rate. You should get 300 yards when you throw 50 times. There are four rookie QBs rated above him and Weeden may pass him this week and certainly outplayed him today. I don't know what you are drinking but this guy isn't living up to the hype at all and he probably won't......
Throw 50+ times most game and you will get some yardage even with his absurd 53% completion rate. No other team in the NFL would even let him play passing that badly..... He won't get get 4464 yards. A few more 186 yd games will take care of that.....
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He is not having a great rookie season. His only great stat is total yards and that is because he is virtually allowed to throw whenever he wants to. 53% completion rate is TERRIBLE. He is only rated 5th in his own rookie class of QBs after today. You can make all of the excuses you want for him but he is not playing well. 7 TD in seven games is not overpowering and way behind what Peyton did.....
You love to rag on Luck's completion percentage. You do realize Peyton threw 56% in his rookie year, right? Not much different than Luck. Also Luck is averaging 41 attempts per game, and Peyton threw 36 per game. Not much of a difference but, you keep claiming it's some huge gap. Luck is also averaging more yards per attempt than Peyton did in his rookie year. Peyton's rookie year QB rating was 71.2 as well. If Peyton had some astounding and amazing rookie year, Luck is exactly in the same category.
Your arguments make no sense. Luck is exactly where Peyton was in his rookie year but I bet you didn't think he was going to be horrible. Neither is Luck going to be, as he isn't horrible now.
Three or four percent is a big deal. How about those 7 passing TDs after six games. He isn't going to approach Peyton's 26. He may wind up with less interceptions but we will have to see. Five attempts difference in a game is also a big deal over the entire season. That is 80 passes at the current rate and I count that as significant. Luck is online to make 18 TD passes. I call 8 TD passes on the season a big difference and Luck's curve is going down after today's game. He may not come close to anything Peyton did. He may not even play all 16 games, we will have to see. He is taking lots of punishment and some teams he is going to be facing are going to deal out a lot more to him. The Texans will have lots of shots at him.....
If it wasn't for a defensive breakdown Luck would have this team at 4-2.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
Honestly, this discussion seems silly. Regardless of what you think about how great or not great the guy's gonna be, if you look at it objectively it's pretty easy to tell that at the very worst Luck will be an average starting qb in this league. He has no time to throw. Despite having 2 speedsters running around out there, freakishly athletic Fleener, and wily Reggie Wayne Luck's LONGEST pass of the year is shorter than basically every other starting qb. So he is stuck throwing to guys on 5-15 yard routes as the defense tees off on him. Appreciate the wins, acknowledge that even great qbs have those games that at the end they have to say "it wasn't pretty, but I'll take it.
And Ol Blu, if you are right about Luck, you may as well root for a different team. If Luck is a flop, this team will lose the competitive edge it is still holding on to from the last 15 years and we will be stuck for another 5 or so before we can even retool again. How fun can it possibly be to be a fan of a team where you agree with literally none of the front office moves they make?
It has nothing to do with the front office moves. It's all about returning attention to himself. He doesn't love Peyton. He doesn't hate Luck. He's only saying whatever he thinks is the most controversial viewpoint in order to direct the discussion and the attention where he wants it. If the Colts drafted RGIII, he'd be praising Luck playing for the Skins and bashing RGIII. That's it.
- Luck can't equal Mannings touchdowns? Through 6 games, Luck has 7 passing touchdowns to Mannings 6; Luck has 4 rushing touchdowns to Mannings ZERO; Luck has 7 interceptions to Mannings FOURTEEN; and they have an almost identical passing percentage. Luck also has 3 wins to Mannings ONE. And he's already running a no huddle.
And all with a worse team and worse cap situation, a whole new organization and a coach who is out with leukemia.
Nice to know you have "facts" to back up your crazy claims.
Seriously. How can you be so consistently wrong? Luck is destroying Manning so far, across the board, any way you look at it. Manning even had Marshall Faulk his rookie season --- does Andrew Luck have Marshall Freakin' Faulk? No, he's got Donald Brown and a rookie.
You're blind, dude. Mentally, you just refuse to recognize Luck at all. Just because you refuse to recognize it doesn't make it reality.
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There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
So that's the best argument you got? He may not get there?
Good to know he's so horrible because he ... "may not get there". Not that he isn't playing well enough to get there currently. Are we really shocked at Luck throwing more than Peyton as a rookie when Marshall Faulk was around to get the ball? That also means Peyton had Marshall Faulk to throw too. Besides that, the attempts don't matter when trying to claim Luck is only throwing for as many yards because of how many attempts he's getting when he's averaging more yards per attempt. Peyton only had 6 total TD's after 6 games. Luck has 10.
So either they were both horrible, or neither are horrible. You make zero sense, as usual.
Yeah, especially as Kid pointed out that Luck, after 6 games is ahead of Peyton's first 6 games in every category.
I'll not stand here and be confronted by the truth!
The dude hates Luck and will make any sort of ridiculous argument to fit his premise even when it makes no sense whatsoever. He has no desire to listen to any of us and there's no point in convincing him either.
I think our offense stagnated again in the second half, and I'm really disturbed that we aren't running the no huddle more often. I don't understand why we aren't doing this, b/c Luck has shown that he's really freaking good at running it.
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
do you guys think Vick Ballard should get a fair shot at the starting job with Donald?
Right now... in this team's progression.... I don't necessarily have a problem with the team going conservative to protect a lead. The team isn't winning the SB this season and learning how to get the tough yards, not relying on a throw every time, will pay future dividends. Obviously it takes talent too, but it also takes a mindset of the entire team "We got the ball, we got the lead, and the clock isn't your friend as we pound it down your throat when we need to".
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
I have said many times that the Colts that Manning came to were much better than the Colts Luck has to work with. But, in my mind, that is just another reason not to draft a potential franchise QB at that time when you have nothing around him an no protections. Teams have done that before with David Carr and Tim Couch and it ruined good young QBs. And don't tell me they had no talent. They were number one picks when they had to pay a load of money to the player immediately. Yes, the Colts have won three games but Luck, in general, has been very mediocre. He isn't nearly the best QB in his his rookie class. He is having to hurry to stay in the top five.....


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Chalk up Jester Weah as another high school prospect who enjoyed his time at Wisconsin's junior day on Saturday.
The 6-foot-3, 190-pound Weah, a wide receiver from Madison (WI) Memorial High School, made the quick trip to visit his hometown Badgers, and got some face-time with the Wisconsin coaches.
"It was fun," Weah told BadgerBlitz.com Monday night. "We got there, registered, had a little quick breakfast, then coach (Bret) Bielema spoke to all the prospects about what the day was going to be like. Then we were all split into position groups."
Like many other in-state prospects, Weah has been in contact with Wisconsin's new offensive coordinator Matt Canada. Canada had previous experience recruiting Wisconsin during his time at Northern Illinois, and it doesn't seem like he's wasted any time getting to know his now in-state prospects.
"I spoke with offensive coordinator Matt Canada during lunch, and I spoke with my position coach (Zach Azzanni) towards the end of the day," Weah said. "They're very nice and they keep it real.
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Like many other prospects, Weah didn't receive a scholarship offer during junior day. But that doesn't mean it couldn't happen in the future.
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"Coach said they will probably take one wide receiver in this class, so you're going to have to prove yourself."
Weah plans on attending Wisconsin's summer camp and has been invited to Yale's summer camp as well. Time will tell if Weah's performance in camp nets him a home-state offer, but for now the Badgers are definitely in the discussion.
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Hi all
I have created my first responsive layout with HTML 5 and CSS and all is good except in Firefox and IE 9 I cannot get the footer to stay down, it's fine in chrome. Can anyone tell me the best way to sort this please in css?
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Gotta see some code, preferably on a live site.
Apologies for the delayed reply. Here is my CSS and markup below for the footer, hope this helps
clear: both;
/*background: #0f3d48; */
background: #302f2b;
font-size: 85%;
border-top: 2px #ffc21f solid;
.footerContent{ margin: 0 auto 53px; width: 93.75%; /* 900px / 960px */ color: #ffdd6b;}.footerCopyRight{ margin: 12em auto; width: 93.75%; /* 900px / 960px */ color: #ffdd6b;}

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What exactly do you mean by "won't stay down"? If you mean that the area above it is collapsing, and the footer is inside it, you'll have to clear floats before the footer.
clear: both on the #footer should do that, but perhaps for IE9 the footer also needs display: block, as it's not necessarily recognized by IE9 (I can't remember).
If this doesn't help, let us see the page, or a full working example, as these things only make sense in the context of the whole page.
Thanks Ron and Ralph.m I will try that when I get back later, in the mean time this is the web page, its a made up portfolio I am creating.
Your footer looks the same in all browsers to me, including FF and IE9. I do see some other problems, though, such as in the code below. You need to use a comma instead of a colon here:
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0">
Also, your body background image is failing in Chrome, because you have included quote marks around the URL path, so remove those:
background-image:url('images/kindajean.png');
The footer is "rising" in Firefox because of some creative copyright code.
Give the margin-bottom a zero...
newstyle.css Line 290
.footerCopyRight {
color: #FFDD6B;
margin: 12em auto 0;
width: 93.75%;
PS: I didn't see a problem in Chrome. The quote marks shouldn't be causing a problem, though. They're good things.
Excellent thanks I will try that out later, yeah Chrome is fine it was Firefox and IE that I could not stop the footer from rising in.
You're quite welcome. Being able to see live code always helps the troubleshooting process.
Did you see my comments above?
Hi Ralph.m
My apologies I don't know how I missed your comment above as well, our internet connection went down this morning and my page was not refreshing properly so I must have missed it. Thanks I will check that out later too, did not realise I had made those mistakes. Thanks for pointing that out.
Hi Ron and Ralph
Thanks for all your help, I added what you recommended and it worked. Thanks very much
Yes, they aren't supposed to be an issue, but removing them did fix the background issue in Chrome for Mac, so I figured I should recommend it.
Glad you've gotten the result you need. See you later!
{clear:both} in #footer fixed the problem in Chrome and Opera.Firefox needed .footerCopyRight {margin-bottom:0}, also.
I cannot replicate any situation where any presence or absence of quote marks causes the dark footer to rise away from the bottom of the page. Back-ticks (or some mis-mark) will (of course) take away the background-image for the page.... Is that what you were seeing?... was the background-image missing?
If you can replicate it again, I would like to see it. To me, the association between the background-image and the footer is illogical.
There aren't too may things that I feel very confident about any more, but the value of quotes around a path (in the world of html, anyway) lingers... hasn't gone away. Quotes around a path are never a bad thing; always good. The absence of quotes can lead to a missing target if there is a space in the path.
If someone knows otherwise, PLEASE CLUE ME IN!!!
To quote a famous person... "Wee-uud". :scratch:
(I will guess that my the time I joined the thread, the OP had already deleted the quotes and added {clear:both}. Just so happens I use Firefox most of the time, so I still saw a problem.)
No, the quote marks were causing the body background image not to appear at all in Chrome. :lol: (So, an unrelated issue that I suggested fixing. See post #7.)
Yes, you said "body background-image". I misunderstood. Still, I can't duplicate a problem with quotes around the background image path in Chrome on the PC. Oh, well. Another browser mystery. I seem to be accumulating a list of those little buggers... browser inconsistencies.
Sorry, Ralph. I'm not trying to be argumentive. I'm trying understand how things work and to avoid confusion.
No problem at all. The idea of you trying to figure out why quote marks around a bg url was causing a footer problem was funny, that's all (that would be a real hair tearer! :lol: ). I'm not sure why Chrome Mac was having troubles either, but as you say, just another bug to watch out for.


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Environmental and Genetic Risk Factors for Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis
This study is enrolling participants by invitation only.
University of California, San Francisco
New York University
Massachusetts General Hospital
State University of New York at Buffalo
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Mayo Clinic
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Boston Children's Hospital
Texas Children's Hospital
Loma Linda University
Children's Hospital Colorado
University of Texas
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Washington University School of Medicine
Children's National Med Center
Primary Children's Hospital
The Cleveland Clinic
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
University of California, San Francisco
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: July 14, 2011
Last updated: July 17, 2017
Last verified: July 2017
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Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
Detailed Description:
The purpose of this study is to better understand multiple sclerosis (MS) in children and adolescents, to learn if it differs from adult MS and to investigate if genes or environmental exposures or a combination of both put children and adolescents at risk for getting MS.
|Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Case-Control
Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
|Official Title:
|Environmental and Genetic Risk Factors for Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: multiple sclerosis
MedlinePlus related topics: Multiple SclerosisU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by University of California, San Francisco:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Identify risk factors and their respective contribution to developing pediatric multiple sclerosis [ Time Frame: 4 year data collection, 1 year analysis ]The primary objective of this study is to determine if risk factors identified for adult MS such as HLA-DRB1*1501/1503, EBV, 25(OH) vitamin D3 insufficiency, and exposure to cigarette smoking are also risk factors for pediatric MS, and if there are interactions between them analyzing data collected from questionnaires for environmental exposure, demographic and food frequency as well as sample blood specimens.
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
Total 41ml sample: 17ml plasma/DNA, 10ml serum, 9ml lymphocytes and 5ml RNA frozen.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|October 2011
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|April 2018
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|April 2018 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Pediatric MS Case
Demographic and Medical History Questionnaire, Environmental Exposure Questionnaire, Food Frequency Questionnaire, Blood Sample Collection
Pediatric Control
Demographic and Medical History Questionnaire, Environmental Exposure Questionnaire, Food Frequency Questionnaire, Blood Sample Collection
Detailed Description:
The overall goal of this project is to determine whether well-established environmental and genetic risk factors for adult onset MS play an important role in susceptibility to pediatric-onset MS. Our study design is based on the hypothesis that genetic influences, specifically variation at HLA-DRB1 and other confirmed non-MHC MS loci, as well as environmental exposures including EBV infection and tobacco smoke, contribute to disease risk. In addition, we will also examine the relationship between serum levels of 25(OH) vitamin D3 and prior vitamin D status, and risk for pediatric onset MS. Finally, we will investigate whether specific G x E, and other multivariable relationships influencing risk exist for pediatric-onset MS. There are 16 collaborating sites other than UCSF that will enroll cases and controls for this study.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|3 Years to 21 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
Case patients seen at the 16 participating Pediatric MS Center Clinics. Control patients seen at the Pediatric Clinics of the same institution as MS cases.
Children are eligible for this study as cases if:
They have MS or clinically isolated syndrome (CIS):
- MS: As defined by the 2010 McDonald criteria for diagnosis of MS (Polman 2010),
- CIS: A first demyelinating event indicating high risk for MS (i.e., one clinical event involving the spinal cord, the optic nerve, the brainstem or cerebellum, or occasionally the hemispheres) and at least 2 silent T2 bright areas on a brain or spinal cord MRI (at least one must be in the brain); AND
- They are three years of age or older; AND
- Disease onset occurred before 18 years of age.
Patients are not eligible for study participation if:
- Disease onset occurred more than 4 years prior to the opportunity to enroll; OR
- They have had an organ transplant; OR
- They are known to have neuromyelitis optica (NMO).
Children are not eligible to participate as pediatric controls if:
- They are two years of age or younger; OR
- They are 22 years of age or older; OR
- They are known to have MS or another demyelinating disease (for example, neuromyelitis optica or acute disseminated encephalomyelitis); OR
- They have a biological family member who has been enrolled as a control; OR
- They have an immediate, biological family member (parent/sibling) who has been diagnosed with MS; OR
- They have an autoimmune disorder (except asthma or eczema); OR
- They have had an organ transplant; OR
- They have a chronic neurological condition with major disability (this does not include, for example, migraine, controlled seizures, and mild learning disabilities such as ADD or ADHD).
Contacts and Locations
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: NCT01396343
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01396343
|United States, Alabama
|Center for pediatric-onset demyelinating diseases at the Children's Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham
|Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294
|United States, California
|Pediatric MS Clinic, Children's Hospital, Loma Linda University
|San Bernardino, California, United States, 92408
|UCSF Pediatric MS Center
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94143
|United States, Colorado
|Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine
|Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045
|United States, District of Columbia
|Pediatric MS Clinic, Children's National Medical Center
|Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20010
|United States, Illinois
|Pediatric MS Clinic, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
|United States, Massachusetts
|Partners Pediatric MS Center at the Massachusetts General Hospital for Children
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
|Pediatric MS Clinic, Children's Hospital Boston
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
|United States, Minnesota
|Regional Pediatric MS Center at Mayo Clinic
|Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
|United States, Missouri
|Pediatric MS Clinic, Washington University School of Medicine
|Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
|United States, New York
|Pediatric MS Center of the Jacobs Neurological Institute, University of Buffalo
|Buffalo, New York, United States, 14203
|New York University Langone Medical Center
|New York, New York, United States, 10016
|United States, Ohio
|The Cleveland Clinic
|Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Pediatric MS Clinic, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
|United States, Texas
|Pediatric MS Center, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center
|Dallas, Texas, United States, 75390
|The Blue Bird Circle Clinic for MS at Texas Children's Hospital
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|United States, Utah
|Pediatric Neurology Clinic, Primary Children's Hospital
|Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84113
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of California, San Francisco
New York University
Massachusetts General Hospital
State University of New York at Buffalo
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Mayo Clinic
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Boston Children's Hospital
Texas Children's Hospital
Loma Linda University
Children's Hospital Colorado
University of Texas
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Washington University School of Medicine
Children's National Med Center
Primary Children's Hospital
The Cleveland Clinic
|Principal Investigator:
|Emmanuelle L Waubant, MD, PhD
|University of California, San Francisco
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|NCT01396343 History of Changes
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5R01NS071463 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|July 14, 2011
|Last Updated:
|July 17, 2017
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I am relatively new to Buddhism and would like to know how should I go about offering almsfood? Is there a right/wrong way to do this? I have heard that if I offer fruit I need to pierce the skin first, is this true?
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Bring a plate or item of food for the monks/nuns to eat. What you bring and how much you bring is completely up to you. Bring something you think the monks/nuns would like to eat. You might bring enough for say four people, but there is no rule about this. If it is vegetarian this is appreciated but it doesn¹t have to be and the monks/nuns will eat whatever you are generous enough to offer them. It can be a hot dish or a cold dish. Possible suggestions for food include potato casseroles, potato salad, vegetable curry, quiche, eggs in some form, cheese dish, lentil dish, vegetable dishes, fruit salad, bread, a cake, a packet of biscuits, anything is fine. There is no expectation to bring an Asian style dish. If you like Italian, French, German, Turkish or some other style of food it is most welcome. Please feel able to bring whatever you can afford and wish to offer. (There is no need to bring cooked rice as rice is prepared by the Anagarikas, at the monastery.)
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No matter how good you think you are behind the wheel, whether you pilot your ride down the dragstrip or aggressively attack corners, there is room for improvement. That improvement can and will come naturally with seat time; however, you can speed up the process exponentially by learning from those who drive for a living. We did just that at Bondurant School of High Performance Driving in Chandler, Arizona.
Bondurant offers a wide variety of classes to fit your time and monetary budget. You can do a single-day session or more comprehensive, multiple-day programs. The program you pick will also dictate the type of car you'll be driving. For example, a student in the ZR1 program gets a full day of on-track experience with the top-tier Corvette lineup, and for new drivers, Bondurant offers a safety driving course. We opted for the two-day high-performance class that provided everything from the basics, to learning how to heel-toe, to practical applications on the road course. Oh, and we got to flog the fifth-gen Camaro.
To kick it off, we were grouped and placed in a classroom for a quick introduction of the instructors and fellow classmates, a breakdown of the schedule, and some Q&A. If you're wondering if the classroom session was dry, it was quite the opposite. If anything, it's very visual, with a detailed map of the track and model cars to show how a chassis can and will react to driver input. You can expect to go through this routine prior to taking on a new lesson; each lesson is specific to a portion of the track, and you'll eventually apply everything you've learned and use those newfound skills on the big 2.2-mile road course.
Again, this is a high-performance driving school, and you will be maneuvering at a high rate of velocity through the corners, hitting triple-digit speeds on the front straight—potentially nerve-rattling, especially to those with limited experience. Given this much information—and action—you'll appreciate the instructors' level of professionalism. They are well versed in what they do and are focused on you and your learning experience. Their goal is to improve your skill level, not to push anyone into an uncomfortable situation.
If you've ever considered enrolling in a driving school but are unsure as to which one is right for you, you'll want to seriously consider Bondurant as your first stop. So many high-profile drivers have "walked through these doors", and while you may not become the next hot shoe in the world of professional racing, there's no reason you shouldn't learn the same techniques, improve your driving, and up your overall proficiency behind the wheel.
The skid car was a personal favorite. Not only did we get to burn the hides and pretend we were professional drifters, but this was an important portion of the program where we learned to keep the car in control during oversteer conditions.
At the end of the two-day schooling, our group went on the big course for a final wide-open throttle session. It's here we applied all the freshly learned techniques, and what a rush it was, especially with all three cars driving in unison.
Bondurant offers your choice of programs, with access to a fleet of Camaros and Corvettes, including the coveted ZR1. Our weapon of choice was the Camaro SS.
Modifications to the Camaro are minimal and primarily for improved reliability. These include performance brake pads, clutch, and sway bars.
One of the greatest aspects of the school is that you'll quickly learn your strongest and weakest suits; during the class session, the instructors went into great detail, explaining what to expect on the course.
Another fun exercise helped improve response time. In this maneuver, we drove at a steady speed, approaching three lanes with traffic lights. The instructors controlled the lights and we had to turn into the green lane without lifting or braking. Even though only one car is on the course at a time, it can still rattle your nerves.
Controlled skid and steering was another exercise that showed how well an ABS system works. We accelerated to a predetermined speed, hit the brakes as hard as we could, and were expected to turn hard to the right while navigating between cones. The brakes modulate to stop as fast as possible, but the car is in a controlled skid. Ultimately, this can help prevent potential accidents in real-world conditions.
Learning to heel-toe shift initially proved to be a bit challenging. During this session, we drove continuously, in a large rectangular pattern, until it felt like second nature. Marker cones were used to predetermine our throttle, shift, and braking points. Do it right and be rewarded with smooth transitions through the 180-degree turns.
Another personal favorite was testing your ability to judge spatial distance. Here each car lined up to drive at a specified mph toward two cones, requiring everyone to brake without overshooting them.
The single most important driving technique we learned was trail braking; done correctly, it feels like you're accelerating through a corner when you're really braking in a controlled manner. As you enter the apex, you brake hard then relieve the pedal pressure slowly and throttle down as you're exiting the corner. This eliminates understeer conditions and produces faster entry and exit speeds.
Toward the end of the second day, everyone applied what they learned on the autocross course. Sure, it was a blast, but it was just a stepping-stone to getting on the big course with the final lead-and-follow session with the instructor.
Driving courses are not limited to the Camaros and Corvettes; Bondurant also offers shifter kart and formula programs. If you have a new driver in the family, they even provide a defensive driving program for teens.
It's unreal how much we learned in such a short time. And no, there isn't a formal graduation, but you do receive a certificate for your efforts, and a card with a final rating. The best possible score is 5.0, reserved for the best of the best—and rarely given. Rumor is Bob Bondurant himself has only given that score to one person. So we're pretty pleased with our 3.6.


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Short sales have emerged as the best option for most South Florida homeowners when it comes to defending foreclosure and avoiding costly deficiency judgments, according to real estate attorney and legal blogger Roy Oppenheim.
Oppenheim joined host Barry Johnson on Real Estate Radio USA to discuss the latest trends in Florida real estate law, foreclosure and homeowner options for fashioning one's own bailout.
We've uploaded the full radio interview at the end of this post, but here's a quick summary of Oppenheim's thoughts and advice:
- Government Failure: It has become clear the programs the Obama administration intended to help homeowners have done little more than line the pockets of banks.
- Personal Bailouts: Oppenheim Law has been positing for months that homeowners cannot sit back and wait for government programs to save their homes. Homeowners need to take it upon themselves to fashion their own economic bailout.
- Short Sale Savings: Short sales have surfaced as the best option for avoiding foreclosure, preventing deficiency judgments, and starting homeowners on the path of their own bailout.
- "Principal Reduction": The attorneys at Oppenheim Law have seen huge "principal reduction" through short sales, with clients walking away from hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt after executing a short sale.
- Expect the Unexpected: When looking toward the future, you need to learn to expect the unexpected in the economic and real estate landscapes. These "Black Swan" events are what will ultimately change the markets.
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A lawsuit filed recently against a police union, its law firm and an investigator by an Orange County councilman who says he was harassed because of his political views brings more attention to a widely reported incident with troubling implications.
Unions were angry at Costa Mesa Councilman Jim Righeimer, whose efforts to reform pensions and outsource public services were gaining local traction and statewide attention. Righeimer had also been an outspoken critic of the local union's law firm because of its aggressive "playbook" for police-union representation the attorneys had published on their Web site.
In August 2012, Righeimer had attended a public event regarding policing matters and then headed to a bar. He ordered diet colas, chatted with fellow Councilman Steve Mensinger, and then drove home. A self-identified "concerned citizen" called the police and said he was "following a possibly intoxicated driver" who was "swerving all over the road."
An officer tracked down the driver, Righeimer, at his house, and asked him to step outside to be tested for DUI. Righeimer passed the test and wisely saved his receipt showing that he purchased the sodas.
The caller was Chris Lanzillo, a private investigator who has worked for Lackie, Dammeier, McGill & Ethir, the Upland-based law firm that represented the Costa Mesa police union and 120 police unions across California. The firm has denied in published reports that Lanzillo was on assignment to follow Righeimer and removed Lanzillo's name from its web site, but Righeimer believes he was being set up. Before a city press conference about the incident, the Costa Mesa union fired the lawyers, but the lawsuit refers to the aggressive approach the firm proudly detailed in its playbook.
The firm's admitted strategies involve common political theatrics, such as picketing, flooding city councils with supporters and sponsoring provocative advertisements. But a couple tactics seem to involve the "color of authority" to influence politics. That's troubling.
For instance, the playbook — removed from the firm's web site following bad publicity from the Righeimer incident — calls for officers in rare instances to contract Blue Flu (calling in sick). It encourages police stuck in a negotiating impasse to call for extra back-up units apparently to convince residents that there's an increase in crime (and an increased need for police).
In the lawsuit against the police union, the private investigator and the law firm, Righeimer, his wife, Lene, and Councilman Steve Mensinger (a reform-minded ally also involved that night) claim emotional injury and other harm typical of what one would find in a civil lawsuit. But the real purpose involves public policy.
"My clients hope this sends a message that it is not appropriate to falsely accuse someone of criminal conduct to try to gain political advantage," said John Manly, the Newport Beach attorney representing them. "It doesn't matter if you are liberal or conservative, this is just wrong. You shouldn't have to look in your rearview mirror because of how you vote."
Indeed, Righeimer held a press conference months ago in which other reform-minded politicians in other cities claimed intimidation by uniformed officers.
An ongoing case in the Bay Area shows another example of this kind of behavior. It involves a "private investigator who invented the 'dirty DUI' — elaborately staging the drunken-driving busts of targeted men," according to a recent San Francisco Chronicle report. This investigator claimed that he had worked with a Contra Costa County deputy sheriff.
Righeimer's career and reputation could have been ruined. (On a side note, I find it objectionable that officers can seek a DUI check after a person has arrived at home. It's illegal to be a drunken driver, but there's nothing illegal about walking in the door and knocking back a bourbon.)
Most police officers behave honorably, but these situations remind us of the need for vigorous oversight. Unfortunately, the Legislature just passed a bill that makes it harder for police departments to remove officers who have been identified by district attorneys as having lied.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Danica Patrick, likely the lightest Sprint Cup driver, drives a car that might be 30 pounds or so lighter than most of her competition.
The lighter weight could give Patrick an advantage by allowing her team to redistribute weight in other areas of the car.
But it doesn't sound like competitors or NASCAR officials are fretting about it all that much.
While there was some speculation in social media that having a lightweight driver could be a benefit, NASCAR officials dismissed that theory as a reason why she won the pole for the Daytona 500.
NASCAR bases its cars on a 180-pound driver. If the driver is 180 pounds or more, the car must weigh 3,300.
A driver who weighs 170-179 pounds must add 10 pounds to the car, while a driver 160-169 pounds must add 20, a driver 150-159 pounds must add 30 and any driver under 150 pounds must add 40.
Patrick, whose weight is estimated between 100 and 110 pounds, therefore drives a car at least 30 pounds lighter than most of the other drivers. Mark Martin, the lightest male driver, weighs around 130 pounds.
"You can't keep chasing something that has minimal effect," NASCAR vice president of competition Robin Pemberton said about the 40-pound maximum weight added to Patrick's car. "We want to keep the cars as light as we can anyways. We're working in that direction.
"For her having any type of advantage, Daytona and Talladega is probably the least advantage it could ever have. Her being 30 or 40 pounds lighter at some other place, maybe you could argue that. But I think some people are chasing ghosts or goblins."
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Patrick crew chief Tony Gibson dismissed the talk.
"To be honest with you, I'd want a fatter driver," said Gibson, who worked with stocky Ryan Newman, one of the heaviest drivers, the past few years.
"The bigger driver, the weight is behind the center cross member and it helps compress the rear springs more. You're getting that much weight behind and it's really an advantage on the restrictor-plate (tracks) to have a bigger driver."
It could make more of a difference at a short track like Martinsville or New Hampshire, Pemberton said. Former Cup crew chief Andy Petree, now an ESPN analyst, said it might help most on a road course.
"We have qualified heavy here," Petree said about his crew chief days. "You always think lighter is better. This kind of thing, I just don't think it matters.
"Where it could matter is at a road course because the driver sits on the left side and the cars turn to the right. That's the one place it could be the most advantage—it's still not going to be great (but) maybe you could measure it there."
The weight is added to the frame rails.
"The rails are only so long—I can only put so much in certain places," Gibson said. "I end up filling the rail up and I can't move (the weight around)."
Former Cup champion Brad Keselowski agreed with Gibson's theory that heavier is better. In a couple of tweets Sunday, he said: "Lighter cars at super speedways= disadvantage. Everywhere else- advantage. Look for conspiracies some where else pls. … Lower cars run better at super speedways because the spoiler is outta the air. Heights for inspection are measured w/o driver."
A couple of Cup champions dismissed the issue Wednesday, even if there could be something to the theory.
"The old saying was always, 'Light, low and left,'" said 2003 Cup champion Matt Kenseth. "You want to build the cars as light as you can—there's always a weight rule so whatever weight you put in there, you want to get as low as you can to get your center of gravity as low as you can.
"If you're lighter, even if you have to add weight, you can add weight where you want it in the car and if you're shorter then you're sitting lower in the car and all that stuff helps of course. It's always been like that."
Kenseth, though, quipped: "I don't think it's a huge deal. But yes, if she keeps running that fast, then I think she should have to add a bunch of weight and mount it to the roof."
Patrick would have had a bigger advantage last year, when the driver's weight was based on 200 pounds and no more than 50 pounds could be added.
"They adjust it and they put weight on cars where you have lighter drivers so it all balances out," said five-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson.
Pemberton said the rule was changed from a 200-pound driver to an 180-pound driver this year because the drivers have become lighter in recent years.
"When you are trying to race anything, there is a balance between the weight you need and whether it's a balance of the left-side weight or overall weight, and when you go to a place such as Daytona, it probably means less than any place you go," Pemberton said.


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Half the NBA season is over, and the Dallas Mavericks are six games under .500 at 18-24, but team owner Mark Cuban believes he sees a playoff team in his midst, The Dallas Morning News reported.
Some of Cuban's optimism comes from the team's recent strong play. After beating the Magic in Orlando 111-105 on Sunday night, the Mavericks have won five of six. Their only loss in that span was to the Oklahoma City Thunder in overtime.
On top of that, star player Dirk Nowitzki is getting back up to speed after missing the first 27 games of the season recovering from knee surgery.
But those improvements won't keep Cuban from opening the "Bank of Cuban" if he finds a trade to his liking before the Feb. 21 deadline.
"As long as we continue to win, we'll be in good shape," Cuban told the Morning News. "But we got to win these games. It's about what we do."
Now the Mavericks can enjoy a four-day break. Their next game isn't until Friday against the Southwest Division leading San Antonio Spurs, so that will give Nowitzki more time to let his knee heal and get his conditioning level up. Coach Rick Carlisle said his star forward likely won't be full strength until February. He's averaging only 29 minutes a night thus far, four minutes fewer than he had last season.
After scoring just 12 points Sunday night, Nowitzki is averaging just 13.9 points per game on 40.8 percent shooting. His career averages in both categories are 22.7 points and 47.4 percent shooting.
''It's been tough the first 41 (games)," Carlisle said. "I think we're three back, we're in the hunt for the playoffs. That's going to be our motivation. We've got three quality practice days coming up. We've got to make the best of them and we have to keep improving as a team.''


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Melky named top Blue Jays' player for July
HOUSTON -- Left fielder Melky Cabera has been named the Blue Jays' Player of the Month for July by the Toronto chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
Cabrera ranked second in the American League with 37 hits in July. He also had a .356 average (eighth in the AL), eight doubles, one triple, three homers and a .956 OPS in 26 games.
The 29-year-old had 11 multi-hit games and three games with three hits. On the season, Cabrera ranks first in runs (70), hits (142) and is second in average (.312) among switch-hitters.
Right-hander Marcus Stroman picked up one first-place vote and finished as the runner-up for the monthly award. Stroman went 3-0 with a 1.71 ERA and a .193 opponents' batting average in five starts.
The start of August didn't treat Stroman as kindly. He allowed five earned runs over three innings in the shortest start of his career on Sunday against the Astros.
This marks the second time this season that Cabrera has received a player of the month award. He shared the honors in April with left-hander Mark Buehrle, while Edwin Encarnacion won in May and June.
Gregor Chisholm is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, North of the Border, and follow him on Twitter @gregorMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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