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Outdoor Fools Day Offers Food, Fun and Outdoor Activities
ATHENS—Life's better outside, especially during springtime in Texas. And nowhere will it be better on April 9 than at Outdoor Fools Day at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC).
The annual event will run from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and all activities are free with regular paid admission ($5.50 adults, $4.50 seniors, $3.50 children ages 4 to 12) to the center.
A short video of highlights from a prior year gives a taste of what Outdoor Fools Day is like; it can be found at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Texas-Freshwater-Fisheries-Center/128462433868391.
The purpose of the event is to showcase outdoor recreation opportunities in East Texas while teaching some of the skills that will help you enjoy them, such as camping, fishing, dutch oven cooking, birding and more.
The Blackland Prairie Raptor Center will display various birds of prey while explaining their place in the ecosystem and why it is important to protect them. You can get an up-close look at the birds during a 12 noon presentation in the Hart-Morris Conservation center, and they will also be displayed around the grounds at other times.
Returning for another year will be the popular Wildlife on the Move "The Unhuggables" show, which features a variety of animals and lots of information about them. Presenter Eric Brittingham delivers a rapid-fire presentation about the animals' habitats and conservation and debunks myths such as "snakes are slimy." You'll be able to prove that to yourself by touching a 12-foot python following a 1:00 p.m. presentation in the Hart-Morris Conservation Center. some of the creatures will also be on display at other times on the grounds near the Conservation Center.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Coastal Fisheries Division will present a salt-water touch tank that is always good for smiles and squeals as kids touch creatures that are harmless but don't look it.
The Lone Star Bowhunters Association and the Dogwood Chapter of the Lone Star Dutch Oven Society are perennial favorites at Outdoor Fools Day. Young and old alike enjoy flinging arrows at life-size replicas of deer, hogs and turkeys almost as much as they like snacking on tasty goodies cooked over coals and served up warm.
Tracking dogs from Texas Trackers will do their thing along the Wetlands Trail, demonstrating how these amazing dogs with their sensitive noses can follow the trail of a wounded animal. They also love to be petted. (Please leave your own dog at home. Pets are not allowed at TFFC.)
One of the most popular activities is rocket-building and launching, presented by Sky Ranch. In just a few minutes the Sky Ranch volunteers can help you build a paper-and-duct tape rocket and launch it using compressed air.
Other exhibits will include a state park area that will help you learn how to set up a camp. There will be fly-fishing and kayaking instruction and information on hunter education. TFFC is one of the best places in the state to take your hunter education course, and you can visit with the instructors during Outdoor Fools Day.
Shopping for a variety of outdoor products will be offered by Cabela's, and the TFFC gift shop is well-stocked with snacks and fishing-related clothing and gift items.
Don't forget to bring an ice chest so you can take home some rainbow trout. Fishing is always free at TFFC, you never need a license, and bait and tackle are always furnished. You are welcome to bring your own fishing gear, but only single hooks with the barb mashed down are allowed.
Currently each person can harvest and keep up to five trout for free. Just be sure to check in at the Anglers Pavilion for orientation before fishing and report your catch there before leaving.
Outdoor Fools Day is made possible by the generosity of our sponsors: Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites—Athens; First State Bank; Schneider Electric; Dr. Mark Roberts, DDS; McDonald's—Lilly Enterprises; Red Hat Rentals; FutureMatrix, Inc., Aaron's Sales and Lease; Best Western Royal Mountain Inn—Athens; Cabela's; East Texas Medical Center; Friends of TFFC; Wulf Outdoor Sports and Virtual Communication Specialists.
The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center is at 5550 F.M. 2495, Athens, Texas, which is about 75 miles southeast of Dallas. For information or directions, call (903) 676-2277 or visit tpwd.texas.gov/tffc.
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text: Vitamin C is well known as a dietary antioxidant, but less well known is its potential role in exercise. Researchers from the Department of Exercise Physiology at Guilan University in Rasht, Iran, evaluated the effect of vitamin C supplementation on exercise-induced lipid peroxidation, muscle damage and inflammation. Sixteen healthy untrained male volunteers, randomly assigned to either a placebo or vitamin C group (1,000 mg), participated in a 30-minute exercise at 75% of VO2max. Blood samples were taken before supplementation and after supplementation, before exercise, immediately after exercise, and 2 and 24 hours after exercise. After measuring and comparing blood levels of various markers for muscle damage, stress and inflammation, researchers concluded that vitamin C supplementation prevented endurance exercise-induced lipid peroxidation and muscle damage. This latest study confirms a growing body of work that supports the use of vitamin C as a supplement to improve recovery from exercise.


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S.T.A.R.S.: Sistas Talking About Real Solutions (STARS)
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Emory University
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
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STARS: Sistas Talking About Real Solutions is a health education intervention for African-American women, ages 18-29 aimed at reducing their risk for HIV. A total of 855 subjects were recruited from three Kaiser Permanente Medical Centers. Members were randomly selected from the membership database and sent a letter via mail introducing them to the project and inviting them to participate. Letters were followed up with a phone call and potential participants were screened for eligibility. To be able to participate, participants had to be African-American, female, between the ages of 18-29, single, and have at least one act of unprotected sexual intercourse within the last 6 months. Members who were eligible and willing to participate completed a 1-hour baseline assessment survey; STD testing for Chlamydia, gonorrhea, trichomoniasis, and HPV; a vaginal swab that was used to determine if they had unprotected sex. They were then randomized into one of two study conditions: (1) a 2-session HIV risk-reduction condition with a safer sex relapse prevention component (2) a 1-session control condition in which participants receive general women's health information and brochures. Participants received a booster session at 6 and 9 months to reinforce intervention materials. Participants completed an assessment survey and received STD testing at 6 and 12 months. The primary aim of this project is to evaluate the efficacy of the HIV risk-reduction/safer sex relapse prevention condition relative to the health and nutritional control group in reducing HIV-associated sexual behaviors and incident STDs over a 12-month follow-up period is to implement.
|HIV Prevention
|Behavioral: STARS: Sistas Talking About Real Solutions Behavioral: General Health & Nutrition
|Phase 1
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|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Participant)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
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|STARS: Sistas Talking About Real Solutions
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MedlinePlus related topics: HIV/AIDSU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Gina M Wingood, Emory University:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- To evaluate the efficacy of a HIV risk-reduction condition relative to general health control condition in reducing HIV-associated sexual behaviors and incident STDs. [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- To evaluate the efficacy of a HIV risk-reduction condition relative to general health control condition in enhancing theoretically-derived mediators of HIV-preventive behaviors. [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
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|October 2002
|Study Completion Date:
|March 2006
|Primary Completion Date:
|March 2006 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|Placebo Comparator: General Health Control
Behavioral: General Health & Nutrition
Participants in this condition received a 2 hour group session which consisted of general health information and women's health brochures facilitated by a trained health educator. The control group received bi-monthly phone calls and quarterly mailings for retention purposes only, with no intervention material provided.
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|Experimental: HIV Risk Reduction & Relapse Prevention
Behavioral: STARS: Sistas Talking About Real Solutions
The intervention consisted of 2, 4-hour workshops. The first workshop focused on enhancing ethnic/gender pride, self-esteem, realizing values/setting goals, healthy/unhealthy relationships, partner violence, HIV/STD knowledge, heightening awareness of HIV susceptibility, safer-sex options/skills. The second workshop covered realistic choices in sexual decision making, consistent/proper condom use, setting limits/boundaries, communication styles, and condom skills negotiation. Participants received 3-hour booster sessions at 6- and 9-months to reinforce materials from the initial intervention. Bi-monthly phone calls and quarterly mailings were used to reinforce workshop material and facilitate retention.
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Inclusion Criteria:
- African American
- female
- Age 18-29
- unmarried
- engaged in at least one act of unprotected sexual intercourse within the last 6 months
- were members of one of the three Kaiser Permanente HMO study sites
Exclusion Criteria:
- pregnant or trying to get pregnant
- young adults who have a condition that precludes participation (i.e. schizophrenia, severe learning disability, or undergoing chemotherapy)
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Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01028157
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01028157
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|Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health
|Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322
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Emory University
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
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|Gina M Wingood, ScD, MPH
|Emory University
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|LaShun R Robinson, PhD
|Emory University
|Principal Investigator:
|Ralph DiClemente, PhD
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risk reduction
behavioral intervention
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Since 1983, anyone over the age of 14 has been permitted a limited amount of electrical power assistance on a pedal cycle, without it becoming a moped or subject to any of the above moped requirements.
People often ask if they can add a small internal combustion engine to a bicycle, which would be an attractive proposition given the much greater power and range obtainable from a given weight of engine and fuel, and the ease of re-fuelling. Such engines were not uncommon in 1940s Britain and remain popular in some other countries. But so far as we are concerned, here and now, it's electricity or nothing, or else it's a moped!
EAPC, E-bike and Pedelec
The amount of electrical power and how it works is regulated by a combination of British and European legislation. The upshot of this is that Electrically-Assisted Pedal Cycles, EAPC for short but usually anagrammed to the more pronounceable 'epac', subdivide into two slightly different sorts of bike:
- An 'E-bike' gives power assistance on demand at any time, including when the rider isn't pedalling. Power is simply controlled by a switch and/or twist-grip on the handlebar;
- A 'pedelec' (the clue is in the name) gets power only whilst the rider is actually pedalling and must have some kind of pedal sensor in addition to whatever manual controls are provided. Some even measure how hard the rider is pedalling and give proportional power assistance. That's a neat idea for most people, but not so good for those in greatest need of assistance. Anyone whose physical condition often obliges them to 'take a breather' may do better with an E-bike, so it's a good thing that Britain recognises this type of epac.
Many other countries allow only pedelecs and classify any E-bike, however low-powered and easily pedalled, a moped. The bigger market and simplified approval procedures for manufacturers of such machines means that most epacs are pedelecs.
Legislation specifies the maximum motor power and weight of the cycle etc – with different limits for tandems and tricycles – but one common factor required of all epacs, ensuring they behave near enough the same as normal pedal cycles, is that there shall be no power assistance above about 15mph. It has to be said that the extra weight of battery and motor makes it difficult just to pedal them any faster – except downhill!
Ready-made or conversion kit?
The range and reliability of epacs used to be rather disappointing, but the technology is improving. There are many more models on the market and you can now expect a reasonable motor performance from most of them. As a pedal cycle however, they often leave much to be desired.
We've already mentioned weight, which becomes dead weight when the battery is flat. The electrical system also adds cost, leaving less to spend upon the pedalling side of things.
So if you already own a high quality bike or trike equipped with a good range of really low gears that you won't find on any ready-made epac, but which will help you struggle on when the motor gives up, it makes a lot more sense to convert it with an electrical assistance kit. The best sort of kit that is also easy to fit yourself will be based on a hub-motor that can be swapped for your existing front wheel.
Assuming you've bought an epac, or converted your trusty steed, you'll be pleased to know that CTC, recognising that this may be the only way for some people to continue or take up cycling, extends the full benefits of membership to users of electrically-assisted pedal cycles.


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Since the release of Old World Blues, we've been receiving plenty of questions asking when Fallout: New Vegas' next game add-on, Lonesome Road, is planned for release. In our forums today, Senior Producer Jason Bergman posted an update:
"We just wanted to drop in here and let you know that due to circumstances beyond our control, Lonesome Road won't be out this month. This isn't due to any major issue with the code or content, but there are lots of factors involved in releasing these things, and one of those is causing us to slip past our intended release date.
We don't have an exact date yet, but we're working to get it out as quickly as possible. We'll be announcing the final date, along with a couple of other interesting FNV-related items in the near future."
Once we have a finalized release date for Lonesome Road, we'll let everyone know. In the meantime, here's the first screenshot from the new content.


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Two weeks ago, my uncle was diagnosed with Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma.
He was feeling ill and had been having symptoms of jaundice. The doctors initially suspected just an infection, but further tests showed a mass.
According to the oncologist, the tumor is still localized, but has formed in all of the branches of the bile duct so his only option is a full liver transplant. He'll start chemo and radiation soon in the mean time. He is currently receiving treatment at UCLA.
This is all extremely new to me. I'd never even heard of bile duct cancer until my uncle's diagnosis. I'm extremely close to him, we are a close family so this is very difficult for all of us. I'm so happy to have found a group of people to connect with who are experiencing this type of cancer (either personally or a loved one). I could use any and all of the support and experiences you may have.
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I've just been using Tupperware I'm sure this is fine but is there any protocols when in comes to sanitation and storing. Seen the ones dieseljimmy uses but not quite sure what they are
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Vials that are in use or just about to be used are in a shoebox on the shelf in my closet.
Vials that are on standby for later use are in a drawer.
Nothing fancy...but it works for me.
Top of closet for personal stash its outta sight...I could put it in my gun safe but that's a pain in the ass.
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'All one has to do is to look at the top, and that old proverb applies here…"A fish rots from the head." The Sabres front office is the reason for the team crashing and burning in just one season. The three decayed heads of state obviously are GM Darcy Regier, Managing Partner Larry Quinn and owner Thomas B. Golisano. All three share equally in the sudden demise of a team that led the entire NHL just one season ago.'
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Nauseous/headache after every dental cleaning
What could be the cause and is it worth mentioning to my hygienist? Is there anything that could alleviate this reaction?
She uses a water pick and the appts are usually 30 min-45 min long.
This is unusual and I have not heard this before. I would mention it to your hygienist. Perhaps taking whatever you take for pain relief prior to your appointment would help.
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Safe or Surprise Draft: AFC South
As the 2013 NFL Draft approaches, we're laying out both the safest and riskiest route that teams might take with their first selection. Read them all.
Houston Texans
First pick: Round 1, No. 27 overall
The Safe Route: DeAndre Hopkins, WR, Clemson
The Texans have been looking for a legitimate No. 2 weapon to pair with Andre Johnson for what feels like forever. They cut bait on Kevin Walter this offseason, while 2012 third-rounder DeVier Posey could miss most or all of the upcoming season as he rehabs an Achilles injury.
That leaves Johnson, Lestar Jean and Keshawn Martin as the top three receivers. For a Houston team with Super Bowl aspirations, that won't cut it. Hopkins, an athletic receiver who thrives by attacking the football, could step into the starting lineup immediately.
The Surprise: Sio Moore, LB, Connecticut
This is as big a reach pick as has been pitched in this "Safe or Surprise" series. Moore is a player carrying solid momentum into the draft, but he's been projected by most as a second-round pick or lower.
However, Moore is an extremely versatile player who could slot in just about anywhere within Houston's linebacking corps. And it's a corps that needs a couple more reliable defenders and some depth. Moore would service both needs, and he may even be able to push for a starting spot.
Indianapolis Colts
First pick: Round 1, No. 24 overall
The Safe Route: Jesse Williams, DT/DE, Alabama
Datone Jones out of UCLA or Sylvester Williams of North Carolina would be a match here, too. The point being that the Colts, even with the free-agent signings of Aubrayo Franklin and Ricky Jean-Francois, could use some young talent up front.
Williams could start learning the ropes behind 32-year-old Cory Redding -- and the ex-Alabama star might thrive early on in spot duty, where he'd be able to leave it all on the field in limited snaps.
The Surprise: Eddie Lacy, RB, Alabama
The Colts' running-back tandem of Vick Ballard and Donald Brown was serviceable in 2012, producing more than 1,200 yards. Ballard accounted for 814 on his own, and he may enter the '13 season as the No. 1 back in Indianapolis.
Because the Colts still have hopes for the Ballard-Brown pairing, running back may slip down the team's list of needs heading into the draft. This team made the playoffs last year with the backs it still has, and Ballard flashed the potential to get better.
And yet, Lacy might be the dynamic weapon that helps put this offense over the top. He's strong between the tackles, still able to get outside, competent as a receiver and sturdy as a blocker. If there's a run on defensive linemen before pick 24 and the top four or five linemen are off the board, the Colts could swing their focus to Lacy.
Jacksonville Jaguars
First pick: Round 1, No. 2 overall
The Safe Route: Dion Jordan, DE/OLB, Oregon
As you might expect of a 2-14 team that underwent a coaching change, the Jaguars have holes to plug all over the field, on both sides of the ball. Jordan, though, is the ideal addition for a defense that finished 29th in points allowed last season. He's athletic enough that the Jaguars could use him in a number of ways, but his best fit would be as the Leo linebacker in Gus Bradley's aggressive 4-3.
The Surprise: Chance Warmack, G, Alabama
This is a better fit in the "We can trade down and still get this guy" sort of way, but don't discount the possibility that Jacksonville considers Warmack.
No. 2 overall is exceptionally high for a guard to come off the board, but Warmack would be a clear upgrade over either Will Rackley (who missed 2012 with an injury), Uche Nwaneri or anyone else currently in the mix to start for the Jaguars inside. Blaine Gabbert could use a little more protection, and Maurice Jones-Drew would love this pick.
Tennessee Titans
First pick: Round 1, No. 10 overall
The Safe Route: Chance Warmack, G, Alabama or Jonathan Cooper, G, North Carolina
Tennessee made one of free agency's quicker moves, landing Andy Levitre on a massive six-year, $46.8 million contract. He will be expected to hold down one of the Titans' guard spots for the next several seasons.
The other guard position? Up in the air. Tennessee also signed Robert Turner and Chris Spencer, both capable of playing guard. But those were one-year deals with the clear plan being to add another big body to the mix at some point.
And should either Warmack or Cooper (or both) be available at 10, the Titans might have to pull the trigger. Center Fernando Velasco was a pleasant surprise for the Titans in 2012; and with Velasco, Levitre and either Warmack or Cooper set up the middle, the Titans would not have to worry about their interior O-line for awhile.
The Surprise: Bjoern Werner, DE, Florida State
Compared to Sio Moore or Eddie Lacy, this is a pretty tame roll of the dice. The Titans can continue to ride the expensive Derrick Morgan-Kamerion Wimbley duo at DE only so long, and there is very little on the depth chart behind them.


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The science of acoustics is daunting for us lay people: all the discussion of wavelengths and vibrations, all those mathematical formulas. Yet in the end, a concert hall's acoustic character depends on a little bit of luck, which is hard to figure into a formula. You can build a palace, hire the greatest acousticians — and then still wait with baited breath for opening night to hear the results.
On Friday, Stanford University opened its Bing Concert Hall, a $111.9 million palace, a gorgeous place. Sunday, after more than a decade of performances in musty Dinkelspiel Auditorium on the other side of campus, the St. Lawrence String Quartet played its first full program at Bing. One can imagine how excited the quartet — in residence at Stanford since 1998 — must feel to have this magnificent new home, with sound designed by Yasuhisa Toyota, whose résumé includes such vaunted venues as Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
But Sunday's program tested the new hall's acoustics with mixed results. You can take my words with a grain of salt; people respond subjectively to audio quality (whether on CDs or in concert halls), much as they respond to different wines. Still, I'm not certain Bing flattered this terrific quartet's sound, which often lacked bloom and richness. It felt as if the hall was masking the low frequencies in the St. Lawrence's blend, making it trebly and thin-sounding, like a radio with the dials mis-set.
I won't focus entirely on the acoustics, as the program began with an engaging performance of Haydn's String Quartet in G major, Op. 77, no. 1. The Adagio was lovely, with the group in a luxurious, slow fall, while first violinist Geoff Nuttall milked Haydn's melodic filigree. The group zoomed comfortably through the Minuet, then shaped the finale, phrase by phrase, with subtle attention to dynamics and voicings, bringing out the happy-sad harmonies and Gypsy-influenced theme.
And yet. There were too many moments when the low end of the group was indistinct. Christopher Costanza's cello, again, sounded thin; strange, as he normally exudes richness and breadth. Lesley Robertson's viola was at times nearly inaudible.
The St. Lawrence undoubtedly will make adjustments to help improve clarity and projection — perhaps experimenting by stationing itself in different spots on stage at future performances. It's a huge stage: 3,190 square feet, larger than most homes. Sunday, I wondered if bringing part of the audience onto the stage for chamber performances would improve matters by surrounding the group with additional bodies — warming up its sound and increasing the intimacy.
Bing proved far more suitable for the program's next work, String Quartet No. 3 by R. Murray Schafer, granddaddy of the Canadian avant-garde and a beloved figure to the St. Lawrence, which has Canadian roots. Schafer is famous for building his soundscapes into environments: forests, train stations. In this piece, composed in 1981, he asks the performers to treat the concert hall as an instrument — as a fifth member of the band.
It went like this: The house lights came up on Costanza, pressing through droning chords and slides with his cello. Alone on stage, pushing his instrument through this intense rhapsody, he sounded splendid; every pizzicato note resounded. Gradually, the rest of the group materialized, playing from afar. Violist Robertson arrived from stage left. Down the stairways from opposite sides of the mezzanine came violinists Nuttall and Scott St. John. Finally, with all four musicians seated onstage, their statements coalesced into a great buzzing — like bees with a sense of melody and drama.
The second movement was wild: thrashing chords, plus screams and cackles from the group, like karate shouts, perhaps, or Inuit throat singing. It was tribal, primal as punk rock, and funny.
The final movement was about muted sonorities and unstable harmonies, with the group playing in quarter-tones, the notes between traditional notes. To a droned and fluttered accompaniment, Nuttall began to intone a quiet, descending melody: a repeating sequence of just three notes — notes that would fit into either a pentatonic scale or a blues scale, creating an ambiguous and beautiful effect. As Nuttall left the stage, still playing, the lights went out, and the audience sat in silence.
It was awesome.
The program's final work was a bust, though. Composed in 1901, Ludwig Thuille's Piano Quintet in E-flat major is badly derivative of Brahms, and as earnest as it is long (about 45 minutes). And what a muddle of sound: thin and unclear, once again, with an added problem — the rumble of Stephen Prutsman's piano often buried the cello and viola. Did anyone listen to the quintet during rehearsal, offering guidance to help it achieve some balance? And why was the lid of the booming piano wide open?
Just asking.
Contact Richard Scheinin at 408-920-5069, read his stories and reviews at www.mercurynews.com/richard-scheinin and follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/richardscheinin
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Where: 327 Lasuen St. (at Campus Drive), Stanford University
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LAKE COUNTY -- The stage is getting set for next week's courtroom showdown between Sheriff Frank Rivero and District Attorney Don Anderson.
The two law-enforcement officials, both elected to first terms in November 2010, are locked in a legal battle over Anderson's determination that Rivero lied in the wake of a 2008 on-duty shooting incident.
The sheriff, who denies the untruthfulness allegation, filed a lawsuit challenging the DA's inquiry, arguing in part that it was insufficient and violated his due process rights.
The investigation results were made public March 4 after Rivero lost his bid to have records in the lawsuit sealed.
Anderson reacted to the initial court decisions by submitting a series of motions early last month, asking a judge to strike Rivero's entire complaint (on two grounds), throw out the sheriff's main arguments and issue sanctions against Rivero and his legal team.
Attorney Ryan R. Jones, who represents the sheriff, responded to the DA's assertions, filing opposition pleadings in Lake County Superior Court last week.
"Sheriff Rivero properly alleges that (Anderson) has violated his constitutional right to due process," Jones wrote in one of four April 24 briefs. "Here, the minimal due process provided to Sheriff Rivero is insufficient given the significant rights at stake."
The two sides are set to argue the issues before visiting Judge William P. Lamb Tuesday afternoon at the Lake County Courthouse in downtown Lakeport.
The back-and-forth between Anderson and Rivero dates back to 2011, when the DA began looking into a claim from a former Lake County Sheriff's deputy that Rivero lied to investigators after an incident during which then-deputy Rivero shot at, but did not hit, a suspect in February 2008.
Anderson, who reportedly met with Rivero and his attorney last October, ultimately determined the sheriff was untruthful -- a finding that could impact the ability of Lake County's top law-enforcement official to testify as a credible witness.
The DA has now designated the sheriff a "Brady officer," a term that refers to the U.S. Supreme Court case Brady v. Maryland, which set the precedent requiring prosecutors to provide criminal defendants with evidence about an investigating officer's history of untruthfulness in official matters.
Rivero contended Anderson's investigation was deficient, failing to afford him the opportunity to cross-examine witnesses or participate in a formal hearing.
"A balancing of interests must be struck between the district attorney's prosecutorial obligations and the constitutional due process rights of peace officers such as Sheriff Rivero," Jones wrote in his opposition to Anderson's motion asking the court to throw out the sheriff's main arguments.
In the same 18-page document, Jones argued the DA was overreaching when he claimed his Brady decision was protected by absolute prosecutorial immunity.
"(Anderson's) actions at issue here are more analogous to an investigatory or administrative function than a prosecutorial function," the sheriff's attorney wrote.
Jones, in a separate pleading, ripped into Anderson's motion for attorney fees and sanctions against Rivero and his lawyer, calling the DA's request "procedurally defective."
"Sheriff Rivero's complaint is not frivolous and certainly does not rise to the level of bad faith," Jones wrote.
Anderson, who said he was working to complete his replies to Jones' pleadings Thursday, said he planned to drop the motion for sanctions.
In the third filing, Jones argued that Anderson's first motion to strike the civil complaint was made on improper grounds.
"(Anderson) is seeking to strike matters that are not properly subject to a motion to strike," Jones stated. "While (Anderson) may disagree with Sheriff Rivero's claim for additional due process, there is nothing false about allegations asserting such."
Jones, in the final April 24 brief, addressed Anderson's second motion to strike, made under California statutes providing protections against a strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP).
The sheriff's attorney argued, in part, that the lawsuit was not meritless and should be exempt from anti-SLAPP laws, which seek to guard defendants in baseless cases aimed primarily at stymieing a person's free-speech rights on public issues.
Rivero's requests to the court "would not limit (Anderson's) exercise of free speech," Jones wrote. "Further, Sheriff Rivero's action is not subject to SLAPP statutes because it is an action brought for the public benefit."
Lamb, a retired Butte County judge, is set to hear final arguments on the DA's motions Tuesday at 1:30 p.m.
Ninety minutes later, the sheriff and his attorney are due in court before another visiting judge to find out who must pay for the legal team during the Anderson lawsuit.
Rivero successfully sued the Board of Supervisors (BOS) for county-funded outside counsel last summer after County Counsel Anita Grant determined her office had a conflict of interest and could not represent the sheriff or the DA on the Brady matter.
But some supervisors contended the court order requiring the county to pay for Rivero's representation applied only up until the point Anderson made his determination. The BOS directed county counsel to draft a motion for clarification, which was filed March 15.
Rivero and his attorneys argued the court ruling needs no explanation and clearly remains in effect while the sheriff challenges the DA's investigation.
Judge Richard J. Henderson, who made the original Aug. 27 decision in Rivero's favor, is scheduled to address the issue Tuesday at 3 p.m. at the Lakeport courthouse.
Jeremy Walsh is a staff reporter for Lake County Publishing. Reach him at 263-5636, ext. 37 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow his court coverage on Twitter, @JeremyDWalsh or #Rivero.


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SCOTT Redding will start today's Spanish Grand Prix from the sixth row of the grid, after bouncing back from a crash in qualifying.
The 21-year-old Briton struggled with a lack of rear traction throughout the session, but the crash came when he lost the front under braking.
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Redding said:" Since the beginning of the weekend we've managed to improve the bike on the brakes, but we've not been able to stop the rear spinning up everywhere.
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"I had a small crash in qualifying, losing the front as I came off the brakes, but the bike was okay and I managed to get back out on track and set my fastest time straight afterwards, so it wasn't too bad. I wasn't able to catch the group of riders ahead of me, but that has to be the target for today."


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The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA) are launching a new peer-reviewed, open access journal, Open Forum Infectious Diseases (OFID), providing a global forum for the rapid publication of clinical, translational, and basic research findings. Oxford University Press will begin publishing OFID in early 2014, and Paul Sax, MD, has been named as the journal's first editor-in-chief. We recently asked Dr. Sax about launching an online only, open access journal, and about OFID specifically.
Why launch an online only, open access journal? Why now?
In all publishing – and not just for medical journals – there obviously has been a profound shift from print to online content. We see this in particular among younger readers, who are already getting virtually all their information from a screen (computer, tablet, phone); younger doctors expect studies not only to be online, but also to be free! In addition, some research funders prefer – or even mandate – that published studies supported by their grants be available without charge to readers, which is the core component of the open access model.
As for why launch an open access journal now, the number of high-quality papers submitted to the societies' existing journals, The Journal of Infectious Diseases (JID) and Clinical Infectious Diseases (CID), greatly exceeds what these two journals can publish. As a result, we believe that we can build on the established reputations of these two journals to build a third Infectious Diseases (ID) journal – Open Forum Infectious Diseases (OFID).
To give an example of how younger doctors view open access journals, I was recently discussing a paper published in one of the more established open access journals with an ID fellow. Because of my new position with OFID, I asked her if she thought the lack of a hard copy journal was a problem in any way. She actually said she preferred it! And of course she mentioned – probably for my sake – that one still has the option of printing out a hard copy of the paper.
What do you hope Open Forum Infectious Diseases will contribute to the field of infectious diseases?
The goal is for OFID to offer rapid publication of clinical, translational, and basic research for all aspects of ID, with a focus on studies that have the potential to improve patient care. This is a very broad spectrum of content and could include clinical trials, observational and cohort studies, translational laboratory work, cost-effectiveness studies, and novel diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms, among others. In addition to research and standard review articles, we'd also like to publish educational pieces that might not have an obvious home in other peer-reviewed infectious diseases journals. These include:
- ID Cases: Did a reader see a particularly illustrative case or series of cases? We are especially interested in cases that underscore a key aspect of diagnosis and management. What can readers learn from these cases that can help improve patient care? Submission of notable images or videos will be strongly encouraged, along with a targeted review of relevant literature.
- ID Perspectives: Does someone have an opinion on some aspect of ID (research, clinical care, education, policy) – one strong enough that they are motivated to communicate to others in the field? Has there been a patient- or research-related situation that should be shared? We would love to hear about events in clinical practice that particularly move, amuse — or even annoy! — the ID doctor.
- Top Questions in ID: We would like experts in a specific area of ID to give us the top questions they get on their topic. (Plus the answers, of course.)
- ID Learning Units: Clinicians who are not ID-specialists (and in particular ID fellows) need to learn the "basics" on many aspects of ID diagnosis, evaluation, and therapy. We all have experience teaching non-ID doctors – OFID could be a place to share these strategies.
- ID on the Web: This is, after all, where we get most information today. What are the go-to sites for the best ID information, and why?
What are some recent developments in the field of infectious diseases, and how will Open Forum Infectious Diseases cover them?
One of the great things about the field is that it's never boring – there are many "hot topics" (to quote the long-time ID guru John Bartlett) in ID. My own particular area of focus, HIV disease, of course will be included, and here's just a partial list of other topics:
- Antimicrobial resistance, in particular carbapenemase-producing gram negatives, MRSA, and pan-resistant gonorrhea
- C difficile, in particular the increased utilization of fecal microbiota transplantation for refractory disease
- Hepatitis C, and its explosive drug development
- The ever increasing population of non-HIV immunocompromised hosts (transplant recipients, patients treated with biologics)
- The shift of the diagnostic microbiology lab from culture-based to molecular-based testing
- Hospital epidemiology, infection control, nosocomial infections, and quality assurance
- Adult and childhood immunization
- The rising number of tick-born infections
- Tropical medicine, both treatment and prevention
- Infections of prosthetic devices
- "Emerging" and newly-discovered pathogens
- Epidemiology, prevention, and treatment of influenza
- Sexually transmitted infections
An online-publication model offers many opportunities to innovate and engage with an audience. What can readers and contributors, who are increasingly getting their information online, expect from Open Forum Infectious Diseases?
The online publication model offers almost limitless opportunities for innovation, with the goal of increasing engagement with contributors and readers. In their papers, contributors may include diverse images and multimedia files; for studies of potentially high importance, expert external commentary via video would enhance content. Moderated comments by readers, cross-linking, page-view counts, and reader ratings should all be strongly considered. In short, any strategy to engage readers would be fair game provided it is within accepted standards of online civil behavior and is not fraudulent.
A key goal will be differentiation of OFID from other journals, both online and traditional. One example of such content that we are planning – based on an idea from Diana Olson, IDSA's Vice President of Communications – is to interview pioneers in the field regarding historical aspects or great advances in ID. What was it like to be involved in the development of the measles vaccine? How did the initial clinical trial of acyclovir for herpes encephalitis get started? How were cases of AIDS managed in the late 1970s, before the condition was "officially" discovered? The people who experienced firsthand these and other events will give us a five-minute summary, analogous to NPR's StoryCorps oral history series.
Paul Edward Sax, MD is Clinical Director of the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. He is the editor-in-chief of the Infectious Diseases Society of America's new peer-reviewed, open access journal, Open Forum Infectious Diseases (OFID).
Open Forum Infectious Diseases provides a global forum for the rapid publication of clinical, translational, and basic research findings in a fully open access, online journal environment. The journal reflects the broad diversity of the field of infectious diseases, and focuses on the intersection of biomedical science and clinical practice, with a particular emphasis on knowledge that holds the potential to improve patient care in populations around the world.
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Details are set for the next Lyrics & Lyricists Downtown, the L&L series at 92YTribeca. Tonight, April 15, this one-night-only event features a conversation with Tony Award-nominated lyricist composer and librettist Michael John LaChiusa.
LaChiusa's credits include Giant, Queen of the Mist, See What I Wanna See and Marie Christine. Joining him as moderator is five-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald, who has starred in several of his works and included his songs on her CDs Way Back To Paradise and Happy Songs. The conversation - touching on LaChiusa's significant works and his songwriting process - is punctuated by songs with vocalists TBA.
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Musical theater/opera composer, lyricist and librettist LaChiusa is best known for such Broadway shows as Marie Christine (starring Audra McDonald) and The Wild Party - both Tony Award-nominated in 2000 for score and book. In 1995 he received a Best Book of a Musical Tony nomination for his work on Chronicle of a Death Foretold. His off-Broadway credits include the Lincoln Center Theatre-produced musical Hello Again (nominated for 10 Drama Desk awards, including three - Outstanding Book of a Musical, Outstanding Music and Outstanding Lyrics - for LaChiusa), Little Fish, See What I Wanna See (Drama Desk nominations for Outstanding Music and Outstanding Lyrics), Queen of the Mist and most recently Giant, based on the Edna Ferber best-seller, which ended its run at The Public Theater last month. An original cast recording is expected to be released this spring.
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Lakers stuck with Payton at the point
By Terry Brown
NBA Insider
Monday, May 3
Updated: May 3
The question isn't whether Gary Payton should be starting the fourth quarter for the Los Angeles Lakers, but rather if he should be starting at all.
"It's very frustrating," Payton said in the San Antonio Express News after shooting 1-for-8 in Sunday night's loss to the Spurs, "because I know I can go back at the kid. I've been playing against (Parker) since he's been in the league. When he gets going, you have to go back and get him. You've got to make him play. He gets tired, too. But we don't do that. We don't go back and get him so he can get in foul trouble."
But which kid is he talking about?
Houston Rocket point guard Steve Francis simply went over him in the first round.
Steve Francis
First-round stats: 19.2 ppg, 8.4 rpg, 7.6 apg, 1.4 spg, 42.9% shooting
Gary Payton
First-round stats: 8.4 ppg, 3 rpg, 5.6 apg, 1.6 spg, 37% shooting
San Antonio Spur point guard Tony Parker is going around him in the second round.
Tony Parker
Second-round stats: 20 ppg, 4 rpg, 9 apg, 3 spg, 42.1% shooting
Gary Payton
Second-round stats: 4 ppg, 4 rpg, 3 apg, 0 spg, 12.5% shooting
Gary Payton
Point Guard
Los Angeles Lakers
82 14.6 4.2 5.5 .471 .714
And does anyone really think he'd be doing any better against Mike Bibby or Steve Nash or Sam Cassell in this bracket?
Or Jason Kidd, Baron Davis and Stephon Marbury in the other?
As columnist Bill Plaschke wrote in the Los Angeles Times: "Can we finally conclude that when the Lakers claimed to have found two championship answers last summer, they were only half right? While the stark differences between Malone and Payton make for good locker-room drama, at this point, one wonders if it would have been better to see Malone show up last summer with someone else.
"Say, Tyronn Lue."
Sure, after making nine all-star teams and being named the 1996 Defensive Player of the Year, Payton is going to the Hall of Fame. He's been named to eight all-defensive first teams, seven All-NBA teams and two gold-winning Olympic teams.
But so far in the playoffs, it can be argued that he is the absolute worst point guard in the field.
This is how he ranks in the field of 16 starting point guards in the postseason:
Scoring: Last
Field goal percentage: 15th (18-for-54)
Rebounds: 13th
Assists: 11th
Steals: 10th
It gotten so bad that Phil Jackson started benching him the fourth quarter of games against Houston. Payton then complained about playing time, the offense and his role on the team.
It was the same thing Sunday night. After the game, while Karl Malone took the blame for the loss in the locker room, Payton was pointing out that he wasn't getting any help from his teammates.
But that may be the only reason why the 14-year veteran is still playing.
Off the bench, the Lakers are pathetic.
Derek Fisher: One assist per game to 1.5 turnovers while shooting 37.1% from the field.
Devean George: Five points in first three playoff games.
Rick Fox: Three points in the first five games and DNP in Game 6.
Kareem Rush: Two turnovers and two fouls in nine minutes Sunday night and yet to make a pass that hasn't been deflected.
There is no one to start in place of Payton at point guard. There is no one to replace Kobe Bryant at shooting guard if he is to run the point. There is nowhere to hide the Glove and his gaudy career accomplishments.
Tyronn Lue
Point Guard
Orlando Magic
76 10.5 2.5 4.2 .433 .771
Payton is going to start Wednesday night for the second game against the Spurs because, well, the Washington Wizards signed Tyronn Lue as a free agent in 2001 and the Orlando Magic picked him up in 2003.
Lue wouldn't be able to stop Parker completely, but he could keep up with him. He'd understand his role within the triangle and in the locker room. And the Lakers would expect and adjust to Lue scoring seven or eight points per game like Payton is doing now.
But Payton missed four shots in the paint Sunday night and committed two crucial turnovers in the fourth quarter.
"Gary will find his way too," Phil Jackson said in the Los Angeles Daily News of his veterans. "They'll find their way as they go through this one. Having a game against them gives them a little expertise they can work with for the next one."
Well, here's a little expertise just in case anybody has missed it.
So far in the playoffs, the Lakers are operating at a devastating deficit in statistical contribution at the starting point guard position.
They are giving up, on average per game, 11.7 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists.
This isn't Ron Harper and two buckets of ice filling in as the Lakers win their first NBA title of this generation. This isn't A.C. Green or Horace Grant being reclaimed off the scrap heap to go along for the ride. This isn't Brian Shaw being invited on the bench for his veteran wisdom and a calm, cool bucket every once in awhile.
Or is it?
Next year or the year after that or the year after that, Payton will officially retire as, perhaps, one of the 10 best point guards in the history of the game.
But to say that he is best point guard on the Laker team today doesn't mean much at all.
* Payton off to slow start
Mike Finger / San Antonio Express-News
* Playing as if He's Wearing Gloves
Bill Plaschke / Los Angeles Times
* Payton, Malone fail
Steve Dilbeck / Los Angeles Daily News
Pistons' Prince continues to progress
By Terry Brown
NBA Insider
Tuesday, May 4
Updated: May 4
Richard Jefferson can play in the Olympics after the NBA season is over. Carmelo Anthony can have the regular-season Rookie of the Year runner-up award if there is such a thing. Desmond Mason can even keep his Slam Dunk trophy from some past All-Star Weekend.
All Detroit Pistons small forward Tayshaun Prince wants is the playoffs.
"Those insomniacs who endured the evening's offensive futility might have captured Tayshaun Prince's graduation from reliable contributor to dominating force," wrote Detroit Free Press columnist Drew Sharp, after the Pistons defeated the Nets 78-56 Monday night. "He has taken his shots in the past, physically and mentally. But he delivered them Monday. The second-year small forward continues to grow before our eyes."
You can actually see this skinny kid get bigger as the games get more important.
Tayshaun Prince
2003 reg. season: 3.3 ppg, 1.1 rpg, 0.6 apg, 0.2 spg, 0.3 bpg on 44.9% shooting in 10.4 mpg
2003 playoffs: 9.4 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 1.7 apg, 0.5 spg, 0.8 bpg on 47.6% shooting in 23.2 mpg
Tayshaun Prince
2004 reg. season: 10.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 2.3 apg, 0.7 spg, 0.8 bpg on 46.7% shooting in 32.9 mpg
2004 playoffs: 17.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 3.3 apg, 1.0 spg, 1.8 bpg on 59.4% shooting in 37 mpg
In two seasons, Prince has gone from being the forgotten No. 23 pick of the 2002 NBA Draft to the third-best shooter in the entire 2004 playoffs.
Tayshaun Prince
Small Forward
Detroit Pistons
82 10.3 4.8 2.3 .467 .766
His field goal percentage is higher than that of Shaquille O'Neal, Yao Ming, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett.
Last year, he finished as the Pistons' 10th-leading scorer during the regular season. This year, he is the team's second-leading scorer in the playoffs.
He is averaging more points than Chauncey Billups and Rasheed Wallace.
Last postseason, he opened on the bench and finished Game 1 in the same place, with a big, fat DNP-CD. This postseason, he is making everyone forget the Pistons selected Darko Milicic with the second pick of last year's draft instead of the much more heralded Anthony.
Prince vs. Milwaukee: 17.4 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 3.0 apg, 1.2 spg, 2.2 bpg, 59.3% shooting
Anthony vs. Minnesota: 15.0 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 2.8 apg, 1.2 spg, 0.0 bpg, 32.8% shooting
Last year, the Pistons were swept in the Eastern Conference Finals by the New Jersey Nets. This year, they are up 1-0 in their semifinal matchup.
"Obviously, it weighed on our minds," Prince said in the Detroit News. "We got swept. For me, it was going to be a matter of time to change things. I played an 82-game season, and I've learned how to make adjustments. I was looking forward to whoever we played. (Last series) I was chasing Michael Redd around; now it's Richard Jefferson. Playing against these guys has made myself a better player."
He has now beaten Gordan Giricek in the playoffs after Giricek had averaged more than 14 points per game for the Orlando Magic during the 2003 regular season.
Let's remember that Prince took only four shots in the first four games of that first-round series last year while playing only 28 minutes with two DNPs, and the Pistons were down 1-3. In the next three games, Prince scored 40 points, and the Pistons advanced. Giricek has since been traded.
Prince then outplayed veteran Keith Van Horn in the next round, scoring 13 points per game off the bench. In the two games the Pistons lost in the series, Prince played 11.5 minutes per game. In the four games they won, he played 31.5 per game. Prince would get his very first postseason start in the next round. Van Horn was later traded.
Sure, Prince and the Pistons were swept by Jefferson and the Nets in the conference finals. But you can see how Detroit has responded this year after ousting the Bucks in the first round with Prince taking on the sweet-shooting Redd and high-flying Desmond Mason.
Everyone is talking about Ben Wallace blocking three shots per game and Rasheed Wallace blocking two more. But it's Prince, all 215 pounds of him dripping in sweat, who also is blocking shots (1.8 per game) while holding Jefferson, a career 49 percent shooter, to just 1-for-12 shooting from the field Monday night.
By the way, he also shared the team scoring lead with Richard Hamilton, had only one fewer rebound than Ben Wallace and tallied five assists, as well.
As Terry Foster writes in the Detroit News: "We must stop calling him an X factor. X factors are surprises. They come and go. Prince is the most consistent playoff performer for the Pistons ... He reminds me a bit of former Piston John Salley, who accelerated his game during the playoffs."
* Prince gets best of Nets' Jefferson
Tom Markowski and Chris McCosky / Detroit News
* Prince gets tough as Pistons choke Nets
Drew Sharp / Detroit Free Press
* Result of opener no surprise
Terry Foster / Detroit News
Peep Show
NBA Insider
Tuesday, May 4
Updated: May 4
Miami Heat: How big is big for Lamar Odom? "This is going to be the biggest game I ever played in my life . . . professionally," Odom said in the Miami Herald. "This is what we looked forward to. That's why we played hard to try to win the home-court advantage. We're going to leave it all out there. We're going to make it loose. I'm not thinking about losing. I'm going to come away victorious." Even if the other team is bigger. "This is my first time playing against a physical team six, seven times in a row," he said. "We've been just as physical as them. They're bigger than us."
Minnesota Timberwolves: Minnesota vice president Kevin McHale is sure glad he took a chance on some high school kid nine years ago. "To me, what happened with Kevin [Garnett] was just hard work," said McHale in the Star Tribune after KG won the MVP award. "I remember nine years ago sitting down with a skinny little kid -- I was skinnier too back then -- and him telling me he wanted to be the best player in the league. I remember thinking, 'Set your goals high. Reach for the sky.' We talked and I said, 'You work hard and take the time, and we'll see what happens.' That young man has turned into a bigger man and a hell of a basketball player." Head coach Flip Saunders agrees. "A lot of people ask me, what makes KG so special? I think there's really three things," Saunders said. "No. 1, he has great respect for the game, knowing where the game was and the players who made it special, whether it was Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Oscar Robertson, right on down the line. He has an unbelievable amount of loyalty. He has shown the loyalty twice to this organization, re-signing with us, and the main reason was he felt there were things that weren't done. The third thing is, he has a great amount of passion. What [fans] see 82 games on the floor, we see for 200 days every day of the season."
Indiana Pacers: Kevin Garnett has Jermaine O'Neal's vote, too. "It's not a slap to my face," O'Neal said in the Indianapolis Star after placing third, himself, in the MVP voting. "He deserved it. You have to step back and say, 'This guy was better than me this year.' " His coach sees it as motivation. "Jermaine has taken a quantum leap into the upper echelon of players in this league," Rick Carlisle said. "He's become known as an MVP candidate and I think it's going to be consistent from year to year. It's a building block. It's a step. It's got to be good motivation for him to keep getting better and I know he will."
New Jersey Nets: Tomorrow is another day for Kenyon Martin. "This is one game," Martin said in the Detroit News after losing to the Pistons. "You want me to say the series is over because they won one game? I'm not going to say it. I'm sure everyone will say the series is over. But I don't care. They haven't changed their defense one bit. But if you shoot 19-of-70, you're not going to win many games. They (the Pistons) played a decent game." And another day for Richard Jefferson. "We'll be all right. We'll be fine. We laid an egg. It was one game. We're not a team that's going to panic. We're not going to question each other. Tonight they were just the better team."
San Antonio Spurs: The Spurs have missed free throws before, but this is getting ridiculous. "We weren't real good, but now we're way bad," head coach Gregg Popovich said in the Star Telegram. "We're a whole lot worse than we were." And he thinks he might have an answer. "We're going to take all jump shots from the free-throw line," Popovich said. "Luckily, LA is in the same boat as us."
Boston Celtics: Despite what you may have heard, Danny Ainge is still the boss in Boston. "I was just talking to Jack; I didn't even know it was an interview," Rivers said in the Boston Herald of a previous piece by ESPN's Dr. Jack Ramsay. "I'm not sure where he got where he did with this. I know we talked about my staff and I said I had the right to choose those guys. But all I can do on player personnel moves is give my input. The final say is Danny's. That's his job." And that's the way Rivers says he wants it. "Wouldn't that show a real lack of trust if I'd asked for that right of refusal over every player move?" he said. "That wouldn't be a good way to go into something like this. I wouldn't enter into any kind of agreement like that because I think it means you're expecting to have problems. Danny and I may disagree on some things, but we know how we want to approach this."
Los Angeles Lakers: The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Gary Payton was late to practice on Monday. He also left practice early because of an ongoing back problem. But none of that had to do with his poor play of recent and his desire to get more play calls. "We don't have to be on Gary's page," head coach Phil Jackson said. "He has to be on our page. It's not a concern."
* Odom: Time to put up
Barry Jackson / Miami Herald
* MVP Garnett: 9-year journey to the top
Steve Aschburner / Minneapolis Star Tribune
* O'Neal has no beef with MVP voting
Mark Montieth / Indianapolis Star
* Nets blame shooting for lopsided loss
Jim Spadafore / Detroit News
* Spurs stumped by foul shooting
Dwain Price / Fort Worth Star-Telegram
* Rivers: Ainge calls shots
Steve Bulpett / Boston Herald
* Payton Is Battling a Sore Back
Tim Brown / Los Angeles Times


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Finding funding for excursions that help students observe how marine life changes throughout the seasons is about to get even more difficult.
Cupped in Reinhardt Badow's hands is life: wet, smelly and small. Tiny eggs float in the clear, jelly-like belly of a ghost shrimp jiggling in the palm of the Bayshore High School science teacher's hand.
Wearing old sneakers and gym shorts, more than twenty students wade through turtle grass on the edge of Palma Sola Bay, identifying pufferfish and sea sponges caught in plastic buckets and examining the sea stars and goby fish that others find in the dragnet of 20-foot long seines.
The Bayshore High bay trips are a tradition started by now-deceased teacher Allo Anderson more than 30 years ago, when students first trudged to the south end of 34th street to identify marine life that lives in the mangroves, sea grass, mud flats and sandy shores of Sarasota Bay.
Badow has continued the tradition every year since he replaced Anderson in the 1980s, eventually moving the trips to Palma Sola Bay. But in the past five years the school district stopped funding the trips — about 15 a year — due to budget cuts. Finding funding for excursions that help students observe how marine life changes throughout the seasons became a tricky game of stitching together a transportation budget from community grants.
And paying to bus students to the bay just got more difficult. Last month, the school district raised the price of field trips around the same time they announced a plan to take about $2.5 million from school internal accounts for district reserves. Badow may need more money to cover trip costs that have jumped from $200 per day to roughly $350 per day for his three marine science classes to visit the bay.
"It's really a pity," Badow said. "I believe this hurts students."
Still, as the district works to improve their financial state, local community groups have reached out to Manatee schools to pick up the slack.
Earlier this year, the Sarasota-Manatee Sierra Club donated almost $1,500 to help fund the Bayshore High Bay trips. A local landscaping company and Walmart have also contributed to the trip fund.
On a recent trip, Badow's second marine science class popped out of a bus on a quiet road tucked in the back of the Sandy Shores Mobile Park in west Bradenton and headed straight for the water.
Most students admit that without this class, they would never be here, waist-deep in water and studying the eggs lining the tail of a female crab or guessing the age of a pipefish.
"You go fishing with your family," sophomore Jordan Ripka said recently as he manned one end of a seine with junior Anthony Hinzey. "You don't go seining with your family."
Nearby, senior Emily Camp and classmate Ashley Bratcher identified algae they had collected in a bucket as Badow looked on. During the first semester, the students collected and identified algae for a project, but Camp and Bratcher had never seen this kind before.
"This class is fun, but it's still hard work," Bratcher, 16, said. "It's still a lot of scientific notes and big words."
Both students said they did not think much about their trips being in danger or the work Badow has to do to ensure his class continues as normal.
"He's smart," said Camp. "I mean, he always gets the grants."
Like many district teachers, Badow contributes to classroom costs, in addition to looking for grants. He estimates that he spends close to $1,000 of his own money for expenses such as maintaining the multiple aquariums in his classroom, where students are required to keep five animals alive.
Joy O'Quinn, a Bayshore High tennis coach, says she has witnessed firsthand how budget cuts have affected all school programs, from to athletics to science classes.
The school secretary went on Badow's marine trips when she was in high school in the early 1990s. Then, she said, the district could afford to send science students on a camping trip.
"It's feast or famine around here," O'Quinn, 37, said. "But I don't know of any other school that does this. I remember the pinfish and doing the stingray shuffle." She mimicked how students drag their feet on the bay bottom in order to avoid stepping on stingray stingers.
It's an experience Badow says he is relying on community support to continue until the financial outlook of the district improves.
"I've lost sleep over where I'm going to bring these kids," Badow said. "They've been a lifesaver."


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Former Bushey ABC fighter Mitchell Smith believes he is finally living the lifestyle needed to reach his potential after he won the English title on Thursday night.
Harrow Weald's Smith dominated the previously unbeaten Peter Cope and won the vacant super featherweight belt by unanimous decision at York Hall in Bethnal Green.
Smith, who is now 9-0, knocked down the durable and game Cope in round six on the way to a convincing victory, with the judges' scorecards reading 99-90, 100-89 and 100-90.
The 21-year-old has long been tipped as one of the brightest talents in British boxing and has been Southern Area champion since last year.
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Smith said there had been talk he would be back in the ring in September or October time.
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This story was originally written by Kimberly Miller – Palm Beach Post – Staff Writer and has been republished in the South Florida Law Blog featuring Roy Oppenheim, Oppenheim Law.
Gov. Rick Scott signed the controversial fast-track foreclosure bill into law Friday, surprising opponents of the plan who thought he would quietly let it become law without his support.
The bill is the first substantial change to Florida foreclosure laws since the state's epic real estate crash pushed hundreds of thousands of homeowners into default and overwhelmed the court system.
Scott said he supports the bill, one of 34 he signed Friday, because he believes it will add to Florida's economic recovery by "placing abandoned homes, caught up in the foreclosure backlog, back onto the market."
"This bill expedites an existing and voluntary alternative court process for defaulted home loans in uncontested cases when the borrower and the bank both seek a more speedy finality," he wrote in his transmittal letter to the Department of State.
Homeowner advocates and foreclosure defense attorneys waged a high-profile battle against the bill, which even ignited a rare public brawl within the Florida Bar between lawyers opposed to the proposal and the Bar's Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section. Both sides hired powerful lobbyists to push their interests and hurled accusations about ulterior motives for their positions.
Roy Oppenheim, a South Florida real estate and foreclosure defense attorney and member of an opposition group called Florida Consumer Justice Advocates, said he's already had discussions about challenging the law as unconstitutional and asking the courts to delay its implementation until it receives judicial review.


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Aloisi keen to sign Neill for Heart
Melbourne Heart coach John Aloisi says it would be great for his club, the national team and Australian soccer in general if Lucas Neill is lured to the A-League.
The current Socceroos captain could sign for the Heart within the next 48 hours, raising the enticing prospect of the 34-year-old making his A-League debut the following weekend against Sydney FC marquee man Alessandro Del Piero.
Neill has been on the lookout for a new home since he was released by United Arab Emirates club Al Wasl a fortnight ago.
Aloisi is keen to shore up his defensive stocks after losing Curtis Good, Michael Marrone and Aziz Behich in the past year.
"I had a chat to Lucas a couple of days ago to see where he was at football-wise, what he wanted out of the rest of the season - and he wants to play football," said Aloisi, who spent many years playing alongside Neill for the Socceroos.
"He wants to show he still has a good level of playing, which I believe he has.
"He's still the national team captain and he wants to win games.
"That's great for us because we want to make finals and if we make finals we've got every chance of going on to challenge and win something."
The Heart are sitting fifth and fighting to keep a spot in the top six ahead of Friday night's clash with Newcastle at Hunter Stadium.
Neill has made 89 appearances for the Socceroos and featured at two World Cups.
The central defender spent six years with Millwall in England before stints at Blackburn, West Ham, Everton and Turkish club Galatasaray.
He moved to the Middle East with Al Jazira in 2011.
Aloisi said Neill had always kept himself in good physical shape, meaning he could come in and make an immediate impact.
"He's never really had any major issues injury-wise. He's a fit guy," said Aloisi.
"He wants to hurry up and start playing because there's a game in March for the national team and he wants to be involved in that."
Heart football operations manager John Didulica said the Heart had been in contact with Neill since he parted ways with Al Wasl and those negotiations had escalated in recent days.
"We're committed to trying to bring him to the club," Didulica said on Thursday.
"Ultimately we still have to sit down and work though a number of issues - where he wants to be long-term, is the A-League a long-term stop or just something he wants to sample?
"We don't yet have answers to those questions.
"But if you get someone of that quality and that stature within your organisation, you want to keep them there as long as you can."
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