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Dying is one thing. Being reborn is quite another, as Hawker Beechcraft, its employees, lenders and creditors are discovering during the current bankruptcy and restructuring.
At the NBAA Convention last month, HBC chairman Bill Boisture explained recent events to that point and outlined the Wichita OEM's future, which he confirmed will not include its business jet line.
The company that emerges from Chapter 11 reorganization in next year's first quarter will be rebranded Beechcraft Corporation and will focus on its turboprop and piston aircraft lines, ceasing production of business jets.
A bid by Superior Aviation Beijing to acquire HBC for $1.79 billion fell through shortly before the NBAA show opened. Boisture attributed the failure to a number of factors, including challenges of conducting negotiations across cultural and language barriers, as well as requirements for approval of the deal by both the Chinese and U.S. governments.
He added that following the collapse of the Superior Aviation deal, HBC was revisiting other bids that had come in at about the same time, with an eye to selling the business jet line. In the meantime, he said, production of the business jet line–the Hawker 4000, 900XP and Premier IA–is winding down as the company "continues to adjust…production capacity to what we see in the market in terms of demand," he said, adding, "The jet product lines have been in a furloughed position for several months now as we go through this process."
Product Support
Boisture also made an effort to clarify HBC's position with regard to warranties and support.
The company plans to return to bankruptcy court for "permission to cancel certain warranties and factory-sponsored programs, including our guaranteed maintenance program." This, he said, would include the guaranteed maintenance program known as SupportPlus and the Hawker 4000 Upgrade and Enhancement program. Engine warranties, however, would be unaffected remain the responsibility of the respective suppliers.
HBC has said it is in discussions with several third parties regarding alternatives to provide continued services and maintenance for Hawker 4000 and Premier IA operators. In fact, Jet Support Services (JSSI) has already offered Premier IA owners coverage via JSSI's hourly cost maintenance programs. "We're here to complement or supplement HBC in any way they desire," said JSSI co-president Neil Book, adding, "We're not looking to encroach on their customer base."
During the restructuring, Hawker Beechcraft Global Customer Support, said the company, will remain available to provide service, maintenance and technical support for aircraft through Hawker Beechcraft service facilities and the Hawker Beechcraft parts and distribution network.
As for the Hawker 900XP, Hawker 750 and Hawker 400XP, Boisture said, "All warranties, including those for engines, avionics, airframe and systems, will continue to be honored in the ordinary course of business."
The company plans to replace existing SupportPlus agreements with an amended agreement tailored to its out-of-production aircraft, "details of which are still being evaluated." The company expects no lapse in coverage during the transition.
Concerns mount among owners over not only support and service, but also aircraft residual value and whether HBC might cancel the type certificates. The type certificate guarantees the availability of spare parts and technical engineering. Cancellation could leave owners with a grounded airplane, unless it were assumed by a third party.
There are also approximately a dozen Hawker 4000s that have not complied with requirements for flammability reduction in the fuel tanks. The requirement has a March 2014 deadline, and compliance typically requires 90 to 120 days. Failure to comply would essentially ground the aircraft.
Amendments as part of the Plan of Reorganization were to have been placed before the bankruptcy court for approval on November 15 but were rescheduled for November 29.
Meanwhile, bankruptcy judge Stuart Bernstein has declined to sign an order allowing Hawker Beechcraft to expedite the sale of approximately 13 new, three in-production and four used Hawker 4000s. The decision to deny HBC's request to expedite the sale was in response to an objection filed by an ad hoc committee of Hawker 4000 customers. A hearing on HBC's original request for liquidation of the Hawker 4000 inventory was also scheduled for November 29.
Turboprop Future
As the company continues restructuring, it is focusing on current and future turboprops. At the NBAA Convention executive v-p Shawn Vick revealed plans for a number of new aircraft.
A proposed single-engine King Air concept appeared to garner the most interest, and Vick provided more detail with regard to construction and performance expectations. It would use the Premier IA twinjet composite fuselage but with new wings and empennage, as well as a longer nose to accommodate the turboprop engine. According to the spec sheet, Beechcraft expects the airplane to carry as many as 11 passengers, fly 1,750 nm (NBAA/IFR) and have a high-speed cruise of 301 knots.
At last month's Airshow China 2012, the HBC static display featured none of its jets, highlighting only a King Air 350i and a King Air C90GTx at the company chalet.
The company believes that China is developing an appetite for smaller, short-range aircraft. "This view is supported by the fact that more than 60 percent of aviation finance experts recently interviewed expect demand for business aviation finance in China to grow dramatically between now and 2017, much higher than in any other country," concluded Sean McGeough, HBC president for Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East.
Beyond Reorganization
At the NBAA Convention Vick said HBC expects to come through the bankruptcy process with a new company that is "strong, resolute, focused" and that it might be producing 600 aircraft a year.
In the meantime, however, the revival is sometimes painful. In October, the company announced it would begin the process of closing Hawker Beechcraft Services facilities in Little Rock, Ark.; Mesa, Ariz.; and San Antonio. It also confirmed that approximately 240 employees would be affected at these locations.
Also announced was implementation of a separate reduction in force that will affect approximately 170 employees at its HBC entities in Wichita and Little Rock as jet production winds down. AIN has learned from a reliable source that HBC has laid off its Hawker jet sales force, following exit/out briefings, and will pay them through the end of this year.
On the other side of the Atlantic, a dispute continues with Airbus, which manufactured airframe components for Hawker 125-series jets–despite a settlement reached in May 2011 in favor of Airbus to the tune of $14.2 million. In that case, the arbitrator–the International Chamber of Commerce–imposed the award for damages related to HBC's purchase volume obligations for fuselages, wings, track kits and spare parts under an airframe purchase and support agreement.
Airbus is now awaiting a decision by the chamber regarding claims that HBC should have to pay it $60 million in penalties for undelivered assemblies for the Wichita company's jet line. Airbus claims Hawker Beechcraft unilaterally reduced the number of shipments it would purchase, forcing Airbus to suspend production and lay off employees.
John Ford (not verified)
December 17, 2012 - 2:27pm
No mention in your article of Beech's military contracts. What
will happen with them??
Kirby Harrison (not verified)
December 18, 2012 - 5:08pm
Thanks for the comment. Glad to know folks are following Hawker Beechcraft's efforts at survival. No mention of Beech's military contracts at this point as these will come out later with a story about the Air Force LAS contract, still to be decided. In the negotiations with Superior Aviation Beijing, it was made clear that the military side of Hawker Beechcraft was NOT part of that proposal.
Patrick Mack (not verified)
January 7, 2013 - 11:13am
Has any interest been expressed by anyone in taking over the Hawker 900XP line? It seems strange that one of the most successful business jet airframes ever wouldn't have interested purchasers...
Chad Trautvetter
January 7, 2013 - 11:19am
Hawker Beechcraft itself concluded that there is not of a market for the 900XP after 2014 due to heavy competition from new market entries, namely the clean-sheet Embraer Legacy 450/500 and Learjet 85. Upgrading the 900XP would take a lot of money, and other OEMs would be more likely to spend that money on a new clean-sheet design rather than upgrading a nearly 50-year-old aircraft, even as good as the Hawker series is.


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BOSTON -- By the time the Red Sox officially placed Joel Hanrahan on the 60-day disabled list on Thursday afternoon, the right-hander was already en route to Birmingham, Ala., where he's likely to learn if he can pitch again this season.
Hanrahan, who was acquired via trade in the offseason to be Boston's closer, has a right flexor muscle strain. During his exam with Dr. James Andrews on Friday, Hanrahan will likely learn whether his ulnar collateral ligament is damaged.
The worst-case scenario is Tommy John surgery. There's also the possibility Hanrahan could need another type of surgical procedure. The best case is no surgery, and a return to the mound when his DL stint expires around the All-Star break.
By adding Jose De La Torre to the bullpen for Thursday's game, the Red Sox needed to free up a roster spot on the 40-man roster, hence the move of Hanrahan to the 60-day DL.
"Once we got the initial MRI, it seemed that [a prolonged shutdown] was a possibility," said Red Sox manager John Farrell. "So not knowing the extent or total number of days, we felt it was still going to require some recovery time and then when you factor in the buildup back from that, we felt this was going to be a couple of months total at a minimum."
The season has been an extremely frustrating one for Hanrahan, who struggled out of the gate while experiencing hamstring woes and lost the closer's job to Andrew Bailey.
Hanrahan is eligible for free agency after the season.
"A healthy Joel Hanrahan getting injured is a blow for anyone," said Farrell. "He's a guy that's been a very successful pitcher and, I don't know that you can just necessarily replace a guy of his abilities and talents, but regardless of the injuries that we're dealing with right now, our expectations and our level of play shouldn't be compromised by that. The expectation here is to go out every night, to prepare, and to put a game together to win."
Bailey is also out at the moment with a strained right biceps injury. He's eligible to come off the disabled list on Tuesday, but there's no word yet on whether he'll be ready by then.
Bailey did play catch on Thursday, which signified the start of his throwing program. Junichi Tazawa is filling in as Boston's closer.
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brownie Points, and follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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CONCORD — A speeding Concord motorcyclist died Thursday after he ran a red light and collided with a car at the same intersection where a girl and her father were killed while bicycling two years ago.
Concord resident Kai Phillips, 29, was going too fast and failed to stop for the red light at the intersection of Treat Boulevard and Oak Grove Road about 10:45 p.m. Thursday, Corp. Eric Olson said. Phillips' 2005 black Harley Davidson, headed north on Oak Grove, collided with a 2000 blue Nissan Sentra sedan that was making a left turn from southbound Oak Grove onto Treat, Olson said.
Phillips was motionless when police arrived and pronounced dead at the scene.
The Nissan driver, a 58-year-old Concord woman, cooperated with police, Olson said. Drugs or alcohol do not appear to be a factor, and no arrests were made.
Police are still investigating the crash, and witnesses are asked to call Concord police traffic investigator Ken Carlson at 925-603-5931.
Two years ago at the same intersection, a Concord teen lost control of an SUV and struck 41-year-old Solaiman Nuri and his 9-year-old daughter, Hadees, as they were riding bicycles on the sidewalk, killing both. The April 7, 2012, wreck happened when 17-year-old David Rosen sped down Treat Boulevard and lost control at the intersection.
Rosen, now 19, was sentenced to the maximum term of seven years, eight months in confinement in October 2012. By law, he will be released when he turns 21. Solaiman Nuri's widow, Stoorai Nuri, and other daughter, Hannah Nuri, sued Rosen and his parents for negligence and wrongful death in April. The case is pending.
Contact Rick Hurd at 925-945-4789 and follow him at Twitter.com/3rderh.


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A WINCHESTER school is one of 78 across Hampshire taking part in an energy saving scheme.
The Westgate School has signed up to EDF Energy's Switch Off Fortnight which encourages schools to reduce energy consumption and encourage families to do the same.
Some of the measures pupils will take include turning off unused lights and making sure appliances are not left on standby.
The scheme has been backed by London 2012 Olympic gold medallist rower Katherine Grainger.
She said: "In rowing, conserving energy for the long haul is absolutely vital – and the same is true for how we use energy every day. I'm hoping the hundreds of thousands of children at all the schools taking part in Switch Off Fortnight put in gold medal performances."
It began on Monday, November 19 and runs until Sunday, December 2, with 4,000 schools across the country taking part.


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Raleigh, N.C. – PPP's final polls for the cycle in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Idaho find close races for Governor in the New England states, with Republican Butch Otter pulling away in Idaho.
In Connecticut Democrat Dan Malloy leads Republican challenger Tom Foley 44-41, with independent Joe Visconti getting 6%. When you take Visconti out of the mix and push undecideds about who they would vote for, Malloy maintains a 3 point lead at 47/44. The race has tightened since a month ago when we found Malloy leading 43/35. Since that time Foley's party has unified around him, taking him from 63% of the Republican vote to 80%. Foley is also keeping it close in the normally blue state by winning independents 43/29.
In the race for Governor of Massachusetts Republican Charlie Baker leads Democratic foe Martha Coakley 46/42, with third party candidates combining for 7% and 6% still undecided. It's worth noting that undecideds, when prodded about who they lean toward, choose Coakley 39/14. Supporters of the third party candidates also say Coakley would be their second choice by a 38/29 spread. In a 2 way race Baker's lead goes down to 48/47, so there is some reason to think the contest could end up being tighter. Ed Markey leads Republican challenger Brian Herr by a comfortable 52/38 spread in the US Senate race.
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Bradford Park Avenue's pre-season friendly list is beginning to take shape after they added a third game.
Avenue are delighted to announce that will be hosting Paul Dikcov's Doncaster Rovers on Wednesday, July 9.
The clubs have maintained a good relationship since they met in the first-round proper of the FA Cup in November 2012, Rovers winning 3-1 at the Keepmoat Stadium.
John Deacey's men will then face another Football League outfit as Nigel Clough's Sheffield United are also due to visit Horsfall Stadium.
That game is scheduled for Saturday, July 26, with the only other confirmed friendly so far being a trip to Witton Albion the following Saturday (August 2) - a week before the new Conference North season begins.
Avenue's league rivals Guiseley have confirmed their first friendly, with Sky Bet League One outfit Huddersfield Town set to make the short journey to Nethermoor on Monday July 21.
That will have given the new turf time to bed as the Lions have extensive work planned on the playing surface at Nethermoor over the close season.
A strong side is expected as the Terriers look forward to their annual trip to Guiseley. Last season's game ended in a 2-2 draw.


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CHINO HILLS – After almost a decade a metal detector is now removed from the City Council entrance.
Similar to walking through an airport security area, the detector was assisted by two security personnel and required individuals entering City Hall to place their purse, wallets and keys in a tray off to the side and pass through the machine.
Resident Sharon Wilkins approached council members at Tuesday's meeting advocating for the extra security measure that has been at City Hall since 2004.
"I think it should be continued, especially after seeing all the things going on at the schools, the theaters and outside grocery stores," she said.
"How much did it cost? How many complaints were made because it took one or two minutes to get into city chambers? Is safety not better… my motto is to be safe not sorry."
City Attorney Mark Hensley said there was a unfortunate particular legal matter involving a former council member and there were threats made and a restraining order issued.
"Given the threats and the information brought out from the preceding we had it as a security precaution for both the council and the public, but that situation has gone away," Hensley said.
City Manager Mike Fleager said if the City Council chose to bring back the metal detectors they could.
"We have never had any other incident or activity other than that in the city," he said. "I think most cities don't do it. We did it for a specific reason, it doesn't exist any more…we're comfortable, we have sheriffs security as well always …"


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Alternative Dosing Strategy for Anti-HIV Drugs
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Anti-HIV drugs are usually given to patients at fixed, standardized doses. This study will investigate alternative ways of dosing anti-HIV drugs to improve viral control.
Study hypothesis: The optimal dosage regimen required to obtain the maximum benefit from antiretroviral therapy is achieved with strategies that control for pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic variability among patients.
|HIV Infections
|Behavioral: Concentration-controlled therapy
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Concentration-Controlled Antiretroviral Therapy in Persons Experiencing Persistent Viremia
- Ability of the concentration-controlled strategies to achieve and maintain target concentrations
- safety and tolerability of pharmacologic intensification
- ability of pharmacologic intensification to achieve and maintain a sustained suppression in plasma HIV RNA
- Cross clade neutralizing antibody
- cellular immunity
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|Study Start Date:
|January 2003
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2007
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
While optimism for the benefits of antiretroviral therapy remain justified, the response to therapy varies widely. This variability arises because of differences among patients in virologic, immunologic, behavioral, and pharmacologic factors, all of which impact therapeutic success.
Antiretroviral agents are presently administered to adults in standard fixed doses. However, the same dose does not produce the same systemic and intracellular concentrations in all patients. Recent research has shown that adjusting the doses of antiretroviral agents to achieve target concentrations in plasma is associated with an improved anti-HIV response compared with standard dose therapy. This study will extend the paradigm of concentration-controlled therapy to develop intensified pharmacologic regimens for patients experiencing persistent viremia while receiving antiretroviral therapy.
Two approaches will be investigated: 1) a regimen that targets concentrations of each antiretroviral drug between the 50th and 75th percentile of expected concentrations in adults; and 2) a novel regimen in which the target concentrations are based upon a desired ratio between phenotypic drug susceptibility (IC90) and the concentrations of pharmacologically active moieties, specifically intracellular nucleoside triphosphates and unbound protease and nonnucleoside inhibitors.
Participants will be randomized to either one of the investigational approaches (Cohort II) or to a control group receiving standard dose therapy (Cohort I). There are two study visits in the first month; after the first month, study visits are scheduled monthly for five additional months. Study visits include laboratory tests of virologic and immunologic parameters, pharmacokinetic sampling, and adherence counseling and monitoring.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria for Cohort I:
- HIV infected
- Receiving therapy with 3 or more antiretroviral medications and and willing to continue this regimen
- Achieved a greater than 1 log10 reduction in plasma HIV-RNA from baseline within 8 weeks after the start of current therapy
- Current plasma HIV-RNA levels greater than 500 copies/mL and less than 10,000 copies/mL
Inclusion Criteria for Cohort Cohort II:
- HIV infected
- Receiving antiretroviral therapy and have been determined to have had virologic failure
- Will or have been changed to a new antiretroviral regimen (addition of greater than one new antiretroviral agent), but have not received this new regimen for more than 4 weeks as of study entry
- HIV RNA of 2500 copies/mL or greater at screening
Exclusion Criteria:
- Concurrent investigational antiretroviral agent
- Malignancy, including Kaposi's sarcoma, requiring systemic chemotherapy
- Active opportunistic infection requiring therapy within 14 days prior to study entry
- Drug-resistant mutations that necessitate a change in antiretroviral regimen
- Active drug or alcohol use or dependence
- Certain laboratory abnormalities
- Pregnant or breastfeeding
- Known nonadherence with medications and scheduled clinic visits
- Any medical condition that, in the opinion of the investigators, would preclude successful completion of the study
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00059384
|United States, Colorado
|University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
|Denver, Colorado, United States, 80262
|Principal Investigator:
|Courtney V. Fletcher, PharmD
|University of Colorado, Denver
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00059384 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
2R01AI033835-08A1 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
3M01RR000400-34S1 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|April 23, 2003
|Last Updated:
|September 16, 2008
Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
Treatment experienced
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
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The Tekken game series from Namco premiered in 1994 and has become one of the most popular fighting game franchises ever, with six main game titles, several spin-off games, and a recently released CGI movie. The game features an ever-growing line-up of characters, from the jaguar-headed King and animated dummy Mokujin to the samurai Yoshimitsu and the demonic Devil Jin along with a variety of sexy female fighters such as Nina Williams.
While First appearing in Tekken 4, Christie Monteiro, the student of the Tekken 4 fighter Eddy Gordo, has become one of the most popular female fighters in the franchise. Harnessing the Brazilian fighting-style capoeira to compete in the King of Iron Fist tournament, she makes her debut in figure form as the first character in the Tekken Bishoujo Statue series from Kotobukiya.
Christie comes packaged in a full-color display box with windows to view the figure on the top, side, and front. The box is overall black with Shunya Yamasita's beautiful artwork gracing the packaging on all sides. The back features images of the enclosed figure with a short bio on the character. Inside, the figure is set against a flaming backdrop and is protected by a form-fitting clamshell and wrapped in several places by plastic to protect her paint. Be careful removing her from the packaging however, as parts of the figure are extremely delicate, especially her ponytail, which this reviewer found out her hand.
Based on the artwork of the amazing illustrator Shunya Yamashita, sculptor Busujimax brings his vision to stunning three-dimensions, giving fans a sexy rendition of Brazilian fighter as seen in Tekken Tag Tournament 2. Standing around 10 inches (1/7 scale) on a clear display base, Christie is posed in a capoeira fighting stance with her leg tucked up and her belt and hair whipping around her to suggest the wild, continuous movement of her art.
The sculpting is impressive overall, with the pose and costuming meant to accentuate the beauty and roundness of her body. The muscle structure and tone are very pleasing and realistic and the smoothness of her skin is contrasted nicely with the finely scaled texture of her top and pants. Translucent plastic has been used for her hair and the feathers on her gloves to give them a wispier and more feathery appearance. Smaller details such as the butterfly emblem clasp on her back and the clear colored beads on her tassels are a nice touch. My one complaint on the sculpting is that while most of the seams are hid extremely well, there are some rather prominent seams on the middle of each of her cheeks and along her sides that show up noticeably in photography and upon close-up viewing of the figure.
As far as the paint goes, extensive use of the airbrush accentuates the curves and muscle tone of her body and really compliments the sculpting. Airbrush is also used to show variation in her hair and shading on her pants. The paint overall is beautiful and perfectly executed, with no visible mistakes or bleeding. The use of metallic paints, such as the gold and silver of her outfit and the green and purple accents really make the figure pop. The transfers used for her eyes and the butterfly emblems on her pants are nice as well.
One last detail I would like to point out is the clear display stand that accompanies the figure. While she is generally not removable from the stand, there is a small screw holding her in place that could be removed if it had to. What I like about the stand is that it separates on the bottom, allowing you to place one of three included film sheets to customize the figure to your liking. One is the Tekken Tag Tournament 2 logo, the second is Shunya Yamashita's artwork with the logo, and the third is an autograph by Tekken project director Katushiro Harada. This was a great little touch that wasn't necessary but was greatly appreciated.
Overall if you are of fan of Tekken, Shunya Yamashita, or just really beautiful female figures, you are sure to love the Bishoujo Tekken Tag Tournament Christie Monteiro. Kotobukiya currently has her in-stock HERE priced at $59.99.
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HOUSTON - A man was arrested after he tried to steal cash from a drug store, police said.
Rosenberg police said Brian Eugene Jones, 46, went to a Walgreens store in the 3300 block of Avenue H about 10 p.m. Thursday and asked several customers in the store for money.
Jones also walked up to a register and tried to take cash out of it, investigators said.
Two people inside the store detained Jones until police arrived, officials said.
"A scuffle ensued. He then tried to run out the front door. Two people in the store, two customers, actually prevented him from leaving the store. They tackled him and held him down until our officers could get there," Assistant Chief Dallis Warren said. "It's not very often that people take the initiative on their own. We're very thankful that these people stepped in and prevented this robber from escaping and getting away with it."
Jones was arrested on a robbery charge and taken to the Fort Bend County Jail.
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A very special baby boy got an unusual start in life Saturday afternoon when his father pulled off northbound Highway 101 and delivered his son in approximately six minutes on the landfill offramp south of Olompali State Park.
"A 911 call was placed at 12:01 p.m. A man said his wife was in labor and was about to deliver a baby," said Jeff Veliquette, a battalion chief with the Novato Fire District. As a fire engine and an ambulance raced to the scene, "the dispatcher stayed on the line with the gentleman," Veliquette said.
The Marin County Communications Center dispatcher coached the father, Veliquette said.
"(The dispatcher) asked a series of questions. She asked, 'Can you see the baby?' and first he said no. Then he said yes. Before she could give instructions, he said the baby was out.
"The baby was out and crying at 12:06. That's how quickly the birth took place," Veliquette said. The birth took place on the side of the road and was definitely in Marin County, he said.
"Our paramedics were still enroute. The dispatcher advised the father to wrap the baby up," Veliquette said. Shortly afterward, the paramedics arrived, he said.
Not surprisingly, Jenny Ellis, the communications dispatcher with the Marin County Communications Center, was cool as a cucumber when reached on the phone by the Independent Journal Saturday afternoon.
"After the baby was born, we just went over general instructions on how to take care of the baby, cleaning off the nose and face, wiping him off and wrapping him in a towel, which he (the father) followed wonderfully. He did everything I told him. He was perfect," Ellis said.
Ellis praised the other dispatchers, who took over her duties "so I could put all my attention toward the call," she said. The dispatcher explained that those in her profession receive training in medical procedures and protocols.
Once the baby was out, Ellis said, she was able to relax. "The dad was laughing and crying, and the baby was fine. That was a very good moment."
"They (paramedics) checked out the mom and new baby boy. They were in great condition," Veliquette said. Both were taken to Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae to be checked out, the battalion chief said.
"This is a great example of the work of the 911 dispatcher taking the call and giving medical instruction and staying on the line with the caller, talking them through the process, and then our arrival on the scene and taking over patient care," Veliquette said. The battalion chief would not give the mother and father's names or their city of residence.
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Who claimed their was no way the Colts D would play the way they did last week again. Do you think the Colts D will hear some apologies. Truthfully i hope they don't, though they do deserve it.
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Who claimed their was no way the Colts D would play the way they did last week again. Do you think the Colts D will hear some apologies. Truthfully i hope they don't, though they do deserve it.
I was gonna post no way - but the CBS recap talks all about Vinateri and just mentions the D in passing. Should have been the opposite IMO - the Colts scored about where I thought they would. The Ravens didn't - and I thought the Colts would beat KC but it would be a shootout.
The D needs to keep playing with that chip. I still don't know how it happened - but I don't know enough football to talk about schemes or any of that. Something's sure changed - maybe some of the football coaches here can comment - or maybe it's just attitude.
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So far the defensive coaching in the playoffs has been great. In the Kansas City game, the Colts kept a DE inside a little bit and brought down someone from the secondary quite often to guard Larry Johnson's cutbacks, and it obviously worked perfectly. I didn't really see anything special they did today, just solid swarm tackles and a very well executed cover 2.
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i was trying to pay attention after the game (but a few people were talking) and hear what boomer, shannon sharpe and those guys were saying about they're predictions. i don't think that i heard a whole lot of praise for the colts just alot of what baltimore did wrong. it was the same way at half-time, they were showing clips of the colts mistakes and giving pointers of what baltimore had to do to get it taken care of in the 2nd half. i love it so much better this way, being the underdogs. it will be interesting to hear what the experts say this week.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The experts are still talking trash about our D.
Still disregarding:
Brady has never beaten Manning at home in the playoffs
They haven't beat the Colts since they got rid of Ty Law
Or Vinatieri
Whatever, they can go **** themselves and I hope our players have the same feeling.


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Via David Brody, confirmation of a trip that's been rumored for a little while, and another signal of Rand Paul's national intentions:
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ST. PETERSBURG -- Desmond Jennings was out of the starting lineup Sunday for the third straight game because of a groin injury.
He worked out on the field before the game with head athletic trainer Ron Porterfield and hit in the batting cage. As he did Saturday, Jennings said he would be able to play if manager Joe Maddon needed him to pinch-hit or enter as a late-inning replacement. But that was not the plan Sunday, meaning he would most likely enter Tuesday's series opener against the Red Sox with four days to rest the groin he injured Thursday while diving back to first base.
"It feels good, feels better than it did yesterday, which is always good," Jennings said. "I'm not going to play today just to give it the whole day plus the off-day, come in on Tuesday and hopefully be completely gone and be ready to play on Tuesday.
"If I had to play, yeah, I would. If it was later in September or October, I'd definitely be playing. But just trying to get it all the way cleaned up."
Jennings did not know whether playing on Tropicana Field's artificial turf had anything to do with the injury, but Maddon is generally cautious when it comes to resting his players at home to prevent further injury.
"My game is my legs, you know, and I don't want to do something that can affect me for two months instead of like two days," Jennings said.
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Aborted MissionOn the same frigid day in February when Gov. Martinez declared New Mexico's natural gas shortages to be a state of emergency and sent most public employees home, the state Legislature was in full swing. At a meeting of the House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee, a packed house awaited the discussion of HB 30, the "Unborn Victims of Violence Act."
The bill's sponsor, Rep. Larry Larrañaga, R-Bernalillo, began his explanation of the bill with the heart-wrenching story of Sarah Lovato, a 17-year-old pregnant woman shot and killed by her then-boyfriend, Marino Leyba Jr., who worked for his father's security company and carried a handgun. Prosecutors later said Leyba had specifically targeted Lovato's unborn fetus.
The bill, Larrañaga told the committee, was for "little Isaac"—the name Lovato had planned to give the child.
"Mr. Leyba was initially charged with three counts of murder—but the third count was dropped because Isaac Lovato, little Isaac, was not covered under New Mexico law," Larrañaga explained. "This law will address that specific issue."
Several of Lovato's family members spoke in favor of the bill, expressing their hopes that it would prevent other families from having to endure the same painful losses.
"We just don't want this to happen to anyone else," Lovato's aunt, Diane, told the committee.
But to pro-choice advocates, preventing domestic violence through stiffer penalties for perpetrators wasn't the bill's true purpose.
"If we were really to prevent crimes such as the one that happened, we would be looking at regulation and licensing of security guards," Diane Wood, the state director of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, told the committee. "I believe that the bill is being proposed to further the agenda of the anti-choice [movement]."
There are other concerns, too.
In a fiscal impact report, the state Public Defender Department states that the bill "raises serious constitutional issues" by defining an "unborn child" as any human fetus. In a nod to this concern, the committee amended the definition to include only fetuses more than 20 weeks old.
"It's against the law—it's against the Constitution, frankly—to criminalize an abortion," committee member Rep. Antonio "Moe" Maestas, D-Bernalillo, noted. "We have to make sure that this language does not conflict with that principle."
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But Dauneen Dolce, the executive director of the Right to Life Committee of New Mexico, an anti-choice political action group, and Allen Sánchez, the director of the New Mexico Conference of Catholic Bishops, came to express their support—and though both maintained the bill has nothing to do with abortion, Wood disagrees.
Larrañaga has sponsored other anti-choice bills in the past, she notes—a parental notification bill in 2007 and a nearly identical Unborn Victims of Violence Act in 2005—four years before the Lovato case.
Anti-choice advocates, Wood says, "have seized upon this tragic crime, have lined up the family to come relive it again—when we know that passing criminal bills doesn't keep people from committing criminal acts."
In the end, though, the committee approved the amended bill. Its next stop is the Democrat-led House Judiciary Committee. (Alexa Schirtzinger)


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About Group formed to make a record of improvised music for the Treader label in 2009, having never played together as a whole before the day it took them to make their first album. They then supported Gang Gang Dance at London's Dingwalls for their debut live performance, and followed this with a show at Ornette Coleman's Meltdown Festival at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. About Group also played Glastonbury Festival 2010 and took part in the Calling Out of Context festival at London's ICA, in which audiences were invited to watch the creative process of a recording and mixing session.
Start And Complete, About Group's second album, was recorded in one day at Abbey Road, Studio 2. The songs were written by Taylor over the last few years and some, but not all of them, were given out as a CD in piano/vocal demo form for the other members of the group to hear a few days before the studio date. The idea was that no one band member would know the songs well enough to have specific parts, or be prevented from playing something like the first ideas that came into their head.
What followed was a collection of songs created in an atmosphere of close listening and instinctive group interplay. The instruments used are a rotating line up of drums, Wurlitzer, organ, piano, electric guitar and electronic textures, ensuring About Group combine a live-in-the-studio band feel around Taylor's yearning vocal lines. The band's instincts for experimentation make for subtle shifts in direction and tone, particularly when Thomas' electronic flourishes move centre stage, blurring the line between improvisation and songwriting structure.
On 'Don't Worry' and 'Lay Me Down', Taylor's keyboard vamps, along with Coxon and Taylor's wah guitars and the shuffling beat, suggest what a vintage Muscle Shoals session might sound like in the abstract. And on their re-interpretation of Harvey Averne/Terry Riley's 'You're No Good', the band stretch out over ten minutes. Locking into a groove they cut loose into a sustained Kosmiche workout, propelled by one of Hayward's signature and unique drum parts and Coxon's almost-soloing on the guitar – showing they are as adept at a head-nodding jam as the elegant constructions of the album's shorter pieces.
Recorded in a day at Abbey Road, Start and Complete was then mixed over three days on Konny Plank's old desk, by Mark Ralph with John and Alexis, at his studio in London, and small overdubs such as bass guitar were added here.
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text: Politics 13 February 2013 MPC prepared to overlook "period of above-target inflation" Bank of England dashes hopes of the inflation hawks. Sign up for our weekly email * Print HTML The Bank of England's monthly inflation report confirms that its Monetary Policy Committee is heeding the advice of incoming governor Mark Carney and accepting an "overshoot" of inflation. Speaking to MPs last week, Carney had confirmed he favoured a flexible inflation target. While he isn't convinced scrapping the target entirely "is a risk worth taking", he stated that he accepts the need for a bit of lee-way on the price target while growth is still below trend. Today's report from the MPC backs up that argument. The Bank writes: As long as domestic cost and price pressures remained consistent with inflation returning to the target in the medium term, it was appropriate to look through the temporary, albeit protracted, period of above-target inflation. Attempting to bring inflation back to the target sooner by removing the current policy stimulus more quickly than currently anticipated by financial markets would risk derailing the recovery and undershooting the inflation target in the medium term. The MPC's remit is to deliver price stability, but to do so in a way that avoids undesirable volatility in output. The key reason for the bank's decision is that it doesn't see GDP increasing quick enough, soon enough, to clamp down on inflation in a way which may damage growth. It predicts GDP returning to positive annual increases, but only reaching 2 per cent annual growth — the barest which could be described as acceptable — in the second quarter of 2014. It also sees a high possibility, although still below 50 per cent, of a contraction in the second quarter of 2013: As a result, the loosening of the inflation target sans that the bank now doesn't see the rate returning to its two per cent target until 2015: The news sent the pound down against all major currencies: But the greater tolerance of inflation only goes so far. The MPC gave no indication that it was inclined to increase quantitative easing, typically seen as a trade-off between growth and inflation in a demand-constrained economy. Whether that means the MPC thinks demand is no longer constrained, or whether its tolerance has limits, remains unclear. › Five questions answered on Republic, the latest high street casualty Photograph: Getty Images Alex Hern is a technology reporter for the Guardian. He was formerly staff writer at the New Statesman. You should follow Alex on Twitter. Subscribe from just £1 per issue More Related articles How US states are fighting inequality with a "millionaire tax" Laying the foundations for conflict-free construction Lowland: small and mid-caps for…income? Subscription offer 12 issues for £12 + FREE book LEARN MORE Close This week's magazine


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Ash may have lost but i predict he will battle iris again sometime in unova and destroy her!
Ash may have lost but i predict he will battle iris again sometime in unova and destroy her!
Great episode. I especially loved Cabernet and Cilan making a sort of peace in their rivalry; and even Langley taking it well that Iris won. Even the Bianca and Zorua stuff wasn't THAT bad now that Zorua just gave up trying.
Er, they clearly ARE becoming important to the plot again.Team Rocket, please stop acting like you're still important to the plot of this show.
Hell, what Meowth says in the scene alone sets up the plot for the next couple of episodes!
I don't know how this is a setback for Ash, using Pikachu against Excadrill was a bad choice itself (although I don't mind because Iris won :P), but how is losing with one Pokemon when this is the early half of the saga mean that Ash won't have a chance in the League at all?
Pessimists are so focking stupid sometimes.
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How would defeating Drayden payback this loss?A perfect setup for payback at the last gymfight, I'd say.
Yeeeeahhh! Iris won! And Axew learned Outrage! *dance of joy!*
Iris won huh? Well if anyone deserves the win in this battle. I wonder if this battle will any effect on the interaction between Ash and Iris?
I agree heartily with Dman about Pikachu though. Sometimes it needs to take a backseat to the other pokemon on the team.
Using pikachu against excadrill was moronic and I had hoped it would be a 3 on 3 match, which I think is fair to say would be a good set up considering ash's chosen 3:
Excadrill vs palpitoad- iris' strongest against a disadvantage, palpitoad could have won or lost depending on who was chosen to win the overall match.
emolga vs snivy- rivalry, snivy whoops emolga
axew vs pikachu- walking pokemon, pikachu wins, obviously.
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1. Give a fair distribution of screentime and battles- No Pika-Hogging.
2. Give Ash as many Pokemon as you will bother with, and no more.
3. Evolution is nothing to be scared of. Especially evolve Starters, please!
Pikachu's always going to be around and be used wether we like it or not, for those of you hating on it, get over yourselves.
I really don't mind Iris winning, but if she keeps calling Ash a kid over the next few episodes and starts acting like a snob because she beat him with type advantage then i will seriously doubt that the decision to have her win here was a good one and no different than Ash losing to Paul or Trip.
Not everyone has to agree with you.
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3. Evolution is nothing to be scared of. Especially evolve Starters, please!
^it ain't just you, this thread's turning into one Pikachu bash fest and it needs to stop.--
and to think people used to get on Pikachu for winning battles like if it had beaten Excadrill, but when it loses it gets bashed too.
Just like always the fandom is never pleased.
What about the feathers? ><
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Well I had a slight fear this would happen, I'm not upset honestly, sure Iris stole the spotlight in the last two episodes and sure Axew won with having a minor disadvantage of his own, even learning a new attack in the process, but we all know she won cause of a major type adavantage. I can only wonder if the writers didn't want Ash to win this tournement and then go on to win his Gym battle, though they could've just did what they did in Sinnoh with the Hearthome Tag Battle
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this might be a bit too much speculation for the episode discussion thread, but I really think the writers had Iris win here to set up a more significant victory for Ash later on: namely, the Opelucid Gym.
I may be way off, and there's obviously no way to know for many many months, but I've got a strong gut feeling (that's even stronger after this episode) that Ash will defeat Iris to earn his Legend Badge.
I knew iris would win, I love her and she's awesome
It's about time iris get her spotlight, she really deserves it, especially after taking so much unnecessary crap from fans
It ended up being a pretty awesome battle, whoever won the battle was great :P.
Oh guys for the last time, Kodomo ne is her catchphrase and she basicly proved Satoshi that type advantage does guarantee wins and that is her main criticism with him.
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Oak's Lab: x30
In Training:
Advice to the writers for the 6th Gen:
1. Give a fair distribution of screentime and battles- No Pika-Hogging.
2. Give Ash as many Pokemon as you will bother with, and no more.
3. Evolution is nothing to be scared of. Especially evolve Starters, please!
Still waiting for this episode to be uploaded, but I saw the photos. Not surprised she won, but I'm surprised Axew learned Outrage. I definitely want to see the battle in full though.
Iris won? Pfft, haha! That's rich. I'm so happy for her, though. I know that she's going to be getting a ton of hate from now on just because the writers decided to have her win the tournament, but on the brightside, she's proven that she can hold her own in battle. I'm so proud of her right now, but I'm even more proud of Ash since he didn't sulk like he usually does after a big loss. As for the actual battle: I thought it was average. I was expecting something a little more intense, but we got the same old thing that we've gotten before. Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing what Iris will do with those feathers, and I was pleased to see that Bianca still had a Zorua obsession
like me. 8/10.
Iris actually won...?!?!?!!?!?!?!
I will now go eat my entire collection of hats and shoes and will post the video online...
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Great she won. Now we get to other things. But maybe if Ash picked another Pokemon than Pikachu in the three party, the outcome might have been different. However, just because she won doesn't mean she has to be the eigth gym challenge. Ash needs to battle one with a whole dragon party. I'm not bashing or anything but since she won, doesn't have to keep calling Ash a kid. Everyone knows that now. No need to rub it in.
Yes, she won. Those EV feathers are so not Ash's training style. The day he goes EV training will be the day the series ends.
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The growers who are set to plead guilty to federal criminal charges related to the deadly 2011 listeria outbreak linked to their cantaloupe are suing Primus Labs alleging that company's subcontracted auditor gave them bad advice.
Various media outlets are reporting the suit, filed in Colorado state court, requests unspecified damages for Eric and Ryan Jensen. The brothers have reached a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney on the six charges they each face. They could be sentenced to up to six years each and fined up to $1.5 million each.
The third-party food safety audit done just before the Jensens began harvesting their cantaloupe in 2011 scored the fourth-generation Jensen Farms 96 out of 100 possible points.
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Through the first six months of 2008, General Mills' net sales increased 7 percent to $6.78 billion. Second-quarter net sales for General Mills' U.S. retail operations grew 3 percent to $2.52 billion. Second-quarter net sales for General Mills' consolidated international businesses grew 22 percent to $666 million.
The company's snacks division net sales grew 12 percent, fueled by strong sales for Nature Valley grain snacks, Fiber One bars and fruit snacks. The Yoplait division net sales increased 11 percent and Big G cereals grew 3 percent, following 5 percent growth in the first quarter of 2008. Net sales for baking products also increased 3 percent while the meals division net sales grew 1 percent, led by Progresso ready-to-serve soups. Pillsbury USA division sales declined 2 percent, including the impact of the frozen pizza recall. Net sales for the company's Small Planet Foods organic business rose 14 percent.
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Finally finished up almost a month of competative shooting......and I'm tired! 2 regional shoots in preparation for the state championships and finished up with another regional last weekend with everyone going to the world championships in New Mexico next weekend. I did pretty well considering I was shooting against shooters who were young enough to be my grandchildren. Won 2 outright, but had gun problems at the state match and was 5th. I was not a happy camper! But had a blast. Last weekend shot against shooters from Australia, New Zealand and German, they are really good.
The shooting I compete in (some of you might not know) is Cowboy Action Shooting (CAS). We use period firearms(Single action revolvers, lever rifles and shotguns) and dress that way too. I also shoot only black powder. Lots of fun for old farts like me who grew up watching Hoppy, Gene Autry and the Lone Ranger when we were kids. There will be around 1000 shooters from around the world for this weekends World's. "Shoot, Have Fun and Make Smoke"


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Two teenagers have been arrested after a suspected arson attack on a terraced house.
Firefighters were called to the home in Bronte Road, Witham, at 12.20am yesterday morning.
The house's only occupant, a 61-year-old man, was able to escape uninjured through a ground floor window.
Two 15-year-old boys, both from Witham, were arrested later on the same day on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life.
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Here are all the results of the weekend in Montreal.
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Abu Dhabi, 13 December - WEC Rookie of the Year, Davide Rigon and fellow Italian Michele Rugolo, along with Australia's Steve Wyatt took an amazing win in today's Gulf 12 Hours.
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PS: I will go to my grave believing that if Wade hadn't gotten hurt in Game 6 of the 2005 Eastern Division Championship, he would now have 3 rings.
PS: I will go to my grave believing that if Wade hadn't gotten hurt in Game 6 of the 2005 Eastern Division Championship, he would now have 3 rings.
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Hitters who avoid outs are the funnest.
...and this one belongs to the Reds.
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Perhaps it is good that the NBA season ended. I had a dream where Kevin Durant was hanging out with my friends, where I was continuously posting him up around the house. Then, I was walking Ashley Cole (England and Chelsea left back) back to his car when we noticed that someone had broken into his car. So, Cole called the cops and when they showed up, something ridiculous happened. The cop wrote down his number (a 20 digit long British style phone number, apparently my brain doesnt know how many numbers are on a standard British phone number) and his name and the pointed to the name on the card. I looked at the name and it said, "Gordon Hayward" (spelled correctly incidentally). He then looked at me, winked, and left. I'm glad basketball has ended. The next step is to stop drinking before bed...
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My 2 cents on the Heat and the Bulls. #1 Nary a Bull player was a HOF without MJ's presence. Rodman & Pippen were borderline guys without the rings (though Dennis had rings before MJ with Isiah). Horace Grant might have been had he stayed in Chicago but as we saw he didn't and therefore he isn't because without MJ he was exposed. No one else was close to HOF caliber. My point is MJ demanded much from his teammates as he was directed to by the only other legit HOF'r Phil Jackson. The other point which was already made is that the Bulls were grown together with the one exception of Rodman who was toiling away in San Antonio. None of them were Superstars on other teams who decided to join MJ and MJ stayed with the team who drafted him and took that team from also ran to top of the heap.
As far as the LeBron thing goes he was on his way to MJ and Kobe type status as he took Cleveland to an NBA finals. He was garnering alot of respect for doing what MJ had done, putting a franchise on his back and changing the fortunes & perception of that franchise. Everyone loves an underdog, most don't care for frontrunners. He looked like the former but in the end proved to be the latter IMO. Spin it anyway you want, LeBron took the easy way to his title, by allowing another HOF'r to get him there. I don't have a problem with Dwade, the Heat or really even Bosh for doing what they done, just LeBron and I root against them because I lost respect for him.
"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
--Woody Hayes
As for LeBron, I couldn't disagree more with what you said. You can say that LeBron hitched his wagon to Wade and Bosh so that he didn't have to win it all himself, but he ended up doing exactly what he was trying to avoid. In fact, I would argue that Bosh and especially Wade were smart to hitch their wagons to the human freight train that is LeBron. He lead the team in points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks in the post season. He got every tough defensive assignment and had to make up for Wade putting up stinkers in a bunch of games along with Bosh missing essentially a series and a half and scoring and rebounding below his season average. Every other player on that team was a question mark going into every game. Will Battier or Miller make any threes? Will Chalmers find a way to ruin another fast break with Wade on one wing and LeBron on the other? Will Haslem make a jumper at all? What crappy center will be forced to play? LeBron made up for every gaping deficiency on the team.
Now, did I love the Decision? No. But,if a guys worst mistake made millions for the Boys and Girls club, I can live with that.
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If you think MJ would have hung around Cleveland his entire career if the best player they put on his team was freakin' Antawn Jamison, you're insane. He would have left with a quickness.
One other thing about the Heat. Why isn't Spoelstra getting any credit? Sure he had the best player on Earth, but Phil did too and he got tons of credit. Here is why I bring this up. Spoelstra got LeBron to change his game mid-season. LeBron didn't want to play PF (and has said after the title that he doesn't expect that change to be permanent), but Spo got him to do it and it was that change that turned Miami around. It allowed Wade and LeBron to coexist better and opened up the floor for their shooters. But, it takes alot of guts and pull to get the best player in basketball to play a way he doesn't want to play, and not too many coaches would be able or even try to do that with their superstars. It was an excellent display of tactical and personnel coaching.
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Some pretty good stuff there fellas.
I personally dont like what LeBron did to Cleveland or the way he did it. And I especially dont like the fact that he was the local kid made good and turned his back on his "home town" team. But what I think doesnt matter, what Lebron thinks, does. And that is fine by me, America is the land of oppurtunity.
As far as the Pippen talk goes, history has already written that chapter. To those that say Jordan made him, I can see where they are coming from however I would say what if he played those "prime years" with LA, Portland, New York, or even Indiana? Something tells me that he would have found his way into the Hall without MJ given the right team.
...and this one belongs to the Reds.
Also, doesn't everyone from Ohio who wants to do something great leave? Our license plate and State Quarter used said, "Birthplace of Aviation." I always found this abundantly sad. Ohio is not actually where aviation happened, just where the guys who were involved we're born. I always thought we should have put our horrific presidents on the coin and let people marvel at our amazing contribution to the highest office in the land.
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Invited Reviews
DeWitte-Orr, S.J., and Mossman, K.L. (2010)
Double-stranded RNA and the innate antiviral immune response. Future
Virology. 5(3): 325-341.
2. Book Chapters
DeWitte-Orr S.J. and Mossman, K.L. (2011) Double-stranded RNA as a viral toxin (Chapter 1). In: Viruses and Interferon:
Current Research.
Mossman, K. (ed). Horizon Scientific Press, Chichester, UK, p. 1-19.
Bols N.C., DeWitte-Orr
Brubacher, J.L., Dixon B., and Ganassin R.C. (2003). Cell culture approaches in
aquatic immunotoxicology (Chapter 16). In: In vitro methods in aquatic
toxicology. Mothershill, C. and Austin,
B. (eds). Springer Praxis, Chichester, UK, p. 399-413.
3. Research Articles Published
Poynter S.J., and DeWitte-Orr S. J.(2015) Length effects of dsRNA on type I IFN-mediated responses in the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss )cell line, RTG-2. Fish and Shellfish Immunology. 46(2): 557-65.
Poynter S.J., Weleff, J., Soares, A.B., and DeWitte-Orr, S. J. (2015) Class-A scavenger receptor function and expression in the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) epithelial cell lines RTgutGC and RTgill-W1. Fish and Shellfish Immunology. 44(1): 138-46.
Poynter, S., Lisser, G., Monjo, A. and DeWitte-Orr, S. J. (2015) Viral nucleic acid PRRs in Fish. Biology. Biology 4(3): 460-93. For a special issue: Current Understanding of Fish Immune Systems.
Thatte, A., DeWitte-Orr,
S.J., Mossman, K.L. and Ashkar,
A. (2011) A critical role for interleukin-15 in TLR mediated protection against
HSV-2. Journal
of Immunology and Cell Biology. Ms
no. ICB-10-00-0384V2. In
DeWitte-Orr, S.J., Collins, S.E., Bauer,
C.M.T., Bowdish, D.M., and Mossman, K.L. (2010) An accessory to the trinity:
SR-As are essential pathogen sensors of extracellular dsRNA, mediating entry
and leading to subsequent type I IFN responses. PLoS Pathogens. Mar 26; 3(3):e1000829. Article
featured as cover image for the March issue of journal.
Kawano, A., Kales, S.C., Fujiki, K., DeWitte-Orr, S.J., Dixon, B., Lee, L.E., and
Bols, N.C. (2010). A comparison of rainbow trout cell lines for their
expression of the major histocompatibility complex genes and the induction of
beta-2-microglobulin by dsRNA. Fish
and Shellfish Immunology.
29(2): 312-8.
DeWitte-Orr, S.J., Mehta, D.R., Collins,
S.E., Suthar, M., Gale Jr., M., and Mossman, K.L. (2009) Long dsRNA induces an antiviral
response independent of IRF3, IPS-1 and IFN. Journal of Immunology. 183(10):6545-53.
Bauer, C.M.T., DeWitte-Orr,
Hornby, K.R., Zavitz, C.C.J., Lichty, B.D., Stampfli, M.R. and Mossman, K.L.
(2008) Cigarette smoke suppresses type I interferon-mediated antiviral immunity
in human lung fibroblast and epithelial cells. Journal of Interferon and
Cytokine Research.
Tafalla, C., Sanchez, E., Lorenzen, N., DeWitte-Orr,
S.J. and Bols, N.C. (2008)
Effects of viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) on the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) monocyte cell line
RTS-11. Molecular
DeWitte-Orr, S.J. and Bols, N.C. (2007)
Cytopathic effect of chum salmon reovirus to salmonid epithelial, fibroblast
and macrophage cell lines. Virus
Research. 126(1-2) 157-71.
Peters, Z.J., Nykamp, J.A., Passaperuma, K., Carlson, J.C., DeWitte-Orr,
Greenberg, B.M. and Bols, N.C. (2007) Effect of copper on the cytotoxicity of
phenanthrene and the 9,10 phenanthrene quinone to the human placental cell
line, JEG-3. Reproductive
Toxicology. 23(4):513-20.
DeWitte-Orr, S.J., Leong, J.A. and Bols, N.C. (2007) Induction
of antiviral genes, Mx and vig-1, by dsRNA and Chum salmon reovirus in rainbow
trout monocyte/macrophage and fibroblast cell lines. Fish
and Shellfish Immunology.
23(3): 670-82.
Kales, S.C., DeWitte-Orr,
Bols, N.C., Dixon, B. (2007) Response of the rainbow trout monocyte/macrophage
cell line, RTS11 to the water molds Achlya & Saprolegnia. Molecular
44(9): 2303-2314.
DeWitte-Orr, S.J., Hsu, H.C.H. and Bols,
N.C. (2007) Induction of homotypic aggregation in the rainbow trout
macrophage-like cell line, RTS11. Fish and Shellfish
22(5): 487-497.
DeWitte-Orr, S. J., Lepic, K., Bryson, S. P.,
Walsh, S. K., Lee, L. E. J. and Bols, N. C. (2006)
Development of a continuous cell line, PBLE, from an American Eel peripheral
blood leukocyte preparation. In
Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology-Animal. 42(8-9): 263-72.
Reinhart, B., DeWitte-Orr,
S.J., Van
Es, S.J., Bols, N.C., and Lee, L.E.J. (2006) Cell adhesion characteristics of a
monocytic cell line derived from rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. Comparative
Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology 144(4):437-443.
DeWitte-Orr, S.J., and Bols, N.C. (2005)
Gliotoxin-induced cytotoxicity in three salmonid cell lines: cell death by
apoptosis and necrosis. Comparative
Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology and Pharmacology 141(2):157-167.
Dayeh, V.R., Grominsky, S., DeWitte-Orr, S.J., Sotornik, D., Yeung,
C.R., Lee, L.E.J., Lynn, D.H., Bols, N.C. (2005) Comparing a ciliate and a fish
cell line for their sensitivity to several classes of toxicants by the novel
application of multiwell filter plates to Tetrahymena. Research
in Microbiology 156(1):93-103.
DeWitte-Orr, S.J., Zorzitto, J.R., Sutton,
L.P., and Bols, N.C. (2005) Preferential induction of apoptosis in the rainbow
trout macrophage cell line, RTS11, by actinomycin D, cycloheximide and double
stranded RNA. Fish
and Shellfish Immunology 18(4):279-295.
Brubacher, J.L., DeWitte-Orr,
Zorzitto, J.R., and Bols, N.C. (2003). Redox-active metals in commercial
preparations of lipopolysaccharide: implications for studies of cellular
responses to bacterial products. Cellular Microbiology5(4):233-43.


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Major League Baseball's awards season is about to finish with a flurry. The Baseball Writers' Association of America will announce its awards Monday through Thursday, with the AL Rookie of the Year Award and NL Rookie of the Year Award up first.
There isn't expected to be much drama in the American League, with Los Angeles Angels center fielder Mike Trout the overwhelming favorite to take rookie honors. Trout has been named Sporting News' 2012 AL Rookie of the Year in voting done by his peers.
The other finalists in the AL are Oakland A's outfielder Yoenis Cespedes and Texas Rangers righthander Yu Darvish.
In the NL, Washington Nationals center fielder Bryce Harper, Cincinnati Reds infielder Todd Frazier and Arizona Diamondbacks lefthander Wade Miley are the finalists.
Miley was voted Sporting News' 2012 NL Rookie of the Year, though the voting was close, with Frazier and Harper close behind.
The AL and NL Managers of the Year will be announced Tuesday, the AL and NL Cy Young Award winners will be announced Wednesday and the AL and NL MVP Awards will be announced Thursday.
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Studio Creating Over 40,000 Limited-Edition Collectible Hotel Keycards...
Warner Bros. Entertainment has once again created a set of limited-edition collectible hotel keycards, which will be in use at top hotels throughout the San Diego area during Comic-Con 2012. This marks the fifth consecutive year for the popular room key program, giving fans instant access to a usable - and collectible - piece of artwork.
Over 40,000 branded room keys will be available to fans at 38 participating San Diego - area hotels, courtesy of Warner Bros. Worldwide Television Marketing.
For Comic-Con 2012, Warner Bros. has created all-new keycards for three of the Studio's new fall series:
* The 666 Park Avenue keycard grants access to anything you desire - as long as its inside your room
* The Arrow keycard features star Stephen Amell as the Arrow in an all-new in-character photo
* The Revolution keycard opens hotel doors every time - no blackout here!
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With the lockout in full effect, NFL players around the country are starting to face the reality that they won't be getting a check for practice or playing in a game until things between the NLFPA and the owners is settled.
The good news for players is that the NFLPA has a war chest that will allow the Association to give players money during the lockout. While Dallas Cowboys All-Pro linebacker DeMarcus Ware was supposed to get a check during the offseason, he's instead decided to forgo the money and spread it out evenly to the other players in the league.
"We have $60,000 that is supposed to be paid to us," Ware told the Star-Telegram. "I gave my money back to help out other guys that don't have as much money. That is going to help out and bring us closer to together."
Ware is currently in the middle of a $79 million extension that guarantees him $40 million. The $60,000 is being given to all players who were on the active roster for every week during the 2009 and 2010 seasons. The money will be spread out over a six-month period during the lockout.
That's not the only act of kindness Ware has performed in the past couple of days. As WFAA noted, the Cowboys linebacker also donated $5,000 to a six-year-old boy and his mother who were seriously hurt in a car accident.


text: Statehouse Beat: Capitol dome under examination after 150th fireworks show By Phil Kabler June 30, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin is getting pressure from within state government to authorize a thorough examination of the Capitol dome to determine if the gold leaf on the dome was damaged during the sesquicentennial fireworks shows.Administration officials were quick to declare the dome unharmed after a quick eyeball-inspection by a couple of General Services Division employees and a representative from Zambelli Fireworks (no potential conflict there).However, there are some important facts to weigh here:• Commercial fireworks burn at a temperature in the range of 3,600 degrees Fahrenheit, or about twice the temperature needed to melt gold.• The average speed of a launched fireworks shell is about 150 mph.• Gold is a perfectly inert metal, meaning it does not rust or corrode. (Which is why architect Cass Gilbert proposed using gold leaf as, ironically, the least expensive way to cover and preserve the dome.)• Once the less-than-paper-thin gold leaf is damaged, even with holes as small as one's fingertip, the exposed copper beneath will oxidize, eventually creating unsightly black streaks -- as were seen on the dome from the late 1990s until it underwent a $5 million restoration, completed in 2005.I'm no architect or engineer, but I would think it cannot have been a good thing to have fireworks bouncing off the dome for three consecutive nights.I'm surprised that the administration has been so cavalier to dismiss the possibility the gilding may have been damaged. If the dome had been struck by lightning or by a falling object, I'm sure there would be a hue and cry to get a thorough inspection.Sesquicentennial Commission executive director Chelsea Ruby even noted that Zambelli had a similar show on the Capitol in 1996, for the Southern Legislative Conference, with no ill effects. However, that was a smaller pyrotechnics display, and for one night only. One could also argue that within two years, the damage from missing pieces of gilding began to manifest itself as the streaks and black spots became noticeable from street level -- whether the fireworks in any way contributed to that damage will remain unknown.Of course, if the administration authorizes a thorough, expert inspection of the gilding for possible damage, that's also a concession that it was a numbskull idea to shoot commercial pyrotechnics off the Capitol to begin with, and the finger-pointing will begin on who signed off on it.***Susan Perry, the last of three Department of Health and Human Resources whistleblowers to retain employment with the DHHR, was fired Friday.Perry, who had been deputy secretary for legal services, had for the past seven months been processing Medicaid paperwork in a cubicle in a windowless office. We're coming up on the one-year anniversary of when then-acting DHHR Secretary Rocco Fucillo placed Perry, legal counsel Jennifer Taylor and communications director John Law on paid administrative leave, supposedly for trying to intervene in the awarding of a multi-million dollar advertising contract. Fucillo fired Law in January, and Taylor in February.Perry and Taylor filed a whistleblower lawsuit against Fucillo and DHHR, contending they were disciplined for attempting to point out discrepancies in the bid process for the ad contract.In an unsuccessful motion to dismiss that suit, DHHR attorneys claimed they lacked standing, since at the time, there had been no detrimental impact on their employment, job titles or salaries."It looks like they blew yet another hole in their defense," Walt Auvil, attorney representing Perry and Taylor, said Friday of Fucillo's decision to fire Perry."If they did something that was so horrible as to be terminated, why did they keep her on the payroll for almost a year?" Auvil asked. Perry's firing could be seen as Fucillo's last hurrah, since Friday was his final day on the job as acting secretary.Perry and Taylor's suit is set to go to trial in Kanawha Circuit Court next spring, but I still suspect that BRIM will be cutting some settlement checks between now and then.***Meanwhile, changes continue at DHHR: Marsha Dadisman, the department's communications director best known for frequently being incommunicado during times when Fucillo was in hot water, retired from state government on Friday.Those close to the DHHR described her retirement as "unexpected."***Representatives from the Council of State Governments' Justice Center were at the Capitol last week for meetings with officials from the Tomblin administration, Supreme Court, Division of Corrections, and Regional Jail Authority regarding groundwork for implementing the Justice Reinvestment Act, passed by the Legislature in April.Based on recommendations from Justice Center analysts, the law is intended to reduce severe overcrowding at state prisons and regional jails by reducing recidivism through mandatory post-release supervision for all released inmates, and expanded availability of substance abuse treatment and counseling programs.***Finally, working at the Capitol is always disconcerting this time of year, since one's workplace is also a tourist attraction. 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Canyon Explorations/Expeditions is exclusively an oar and paddle trip company created to provide a unique experience in Grand Canyon. Designed for individuals seeking a participatory river trip style through Grand Canyon National Park, our river trips offer hands-on boating options.
Canyon Explorations' two trip styles are Hybrid trips and All Paddle trips.
Hybrid trips include five oar boats, our lightweight 14-foot paddle boat, and two single inflatable kayaks. Each day, it's your choice—ride in an oar raft or experience the high energy of the paddle boat or inflatable kayaks. All Paddle trips focus solely on paddle boating and include three paddle boats, accompanied by four gear rafts.
On either trip style, expect to be part of a small group with a high guide to participant ratio (6 to 18.)
The CanX experience is enhanced by our flexible on-river itinerary and long trip lengths. Combined, these key features create opportunities for extended hiking in the Canyon's backcountry and exploring less traveled routes.
Our all-inclusive trip fares and Flagstaff to Flagstaff trip schedule leave you with no surprise logistics to coordinate and a hassle-free travel experience.
We are a family business with operations only in Grand Canyon. For 22 years we have been refining our unique trip experience, combining exploration and adventure with education and environmental awareness.
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