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Homer A. Anderson lecture features Chaz Miller '07 and presentations of student research findings
The Science Division held its annual
Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Week April 16-20, featuring the
annual Homer A. Anderson Lecture, delivered by alumnus Chaz Miller
Miller's address, titled Creativity: The Key Ingredient,
chronicled his professional and academic experience since leaving
Muskingum, and the importance of creativity and flexibility when making
the transition from academia to the corporate world
After graduating from Muskingum with a degree in
in physics, Miller earned his master's degree in materials science and
engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas. Today, he is a
semiconductor fabrication engineer at Texas Instruments.
Following the Anderson Lecture, students from the
Science Division made poster presentations of their research findings.
The Science Division includes the departments of biology, chemistry,
geology, physics and engineering, mathematics, computer science and
psychology as well as interdisciplinary programs in molecular biology,
environmental science, neuroscience and conservation science. Their
work was judged by the division's faculty and three prize winners and
three honorable mentions were named.
The following students placed in the top three:
First place: Heather Henry '12 presented Catalase Transfer from Melanocytes to Keratinocytes: Defense Against UVR Induced Oxidative Stress In Human Skin.
Second place: Evan Shelton '12 presented A Terror Management Theory Assessment of Early American Pragmatism.
Third place: Molly Scholl '12 presented The Effect of Various Stimulants on Salivary Testosterone Levels in Female Collegiate Volleyball Players.
Receiving honorable mentions were:
Elizabeth M. Bullard '12 presented The Abundance of Winter Raptors on a Reclaimed Surface Mine in Southeast Ohio.
Ashley Fox '12 presented Synthesis and Analysis of a Novel Charge-Transfer Complex from 1,2,3,6,7,8-Hexahydropyrene and 7,7,8,8-Tetracyanoquinodimethane.
John C. Bourne '12p resented Habitat Fragmentation and Its Effects on the Distributionand Abundance of Salamander Species on a Reclaimed Surface Mine.
To see a complete list of the presenters and read their abstracts, click here.
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Bexarotene (Targretin®), Oral Formulation
Pronounced: beks-AIR-oh-teen
Classification: Retinoid
About Bexarotene (Targretin®), Oral Formulation
Bexarotene belongs to a class of medications called retinoids. Retinoids are relatives of vitamin A and appear to interfere with genes that control cell growth. The exact way bexarotene works is unknown, but it is believed to inhibit the growth of tumor cells.
How to Take Bexarotene
Bexarotene comes in a capsule form. The actual dose is based on your body size. Bexarotene should be taken with food, preferably at the same time each day, with a glass of water or juice. Do not chew, open, or dissolve the capsules in liquid. If you miss a dose, take the next dose as soon as possible. If it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose. Do not take two doses at once to make up for the missed dose.
The blood levels of this medication can be affected by certain foods and medications, so they should be avoided. These include: grapefruit, grapefruit juice, itraconazole, erythromycin, gemfibrozil, ketoconazole. Be sure to tell your healthcare provider about all medications and supplements you take.
Safety Considerations When Receiving Bexarotene:
- Vitamin A supplements can worsen the side effects of bexarotene. The manufacturer recommends limiting vitamin A supplementation less than 5,000 IU/day, but you should discuss taking any vitamin supplements with your doctor BEFORE you take them.
- Bexarotene can cause harm to a fetus (unborn baby). Men and women should not become pregnant (or father a child). Two methods of effective contraception are recommended for women of childbearing potential for one month before starting, during therapy, and one month after completing therapy. Discuss with your doctor when you may safely become pregnant after therapy.
- Men should use condoms during sexual activity during therapy and for one month after completing therapy to protect their partner from exposure to the medication and prevent them from becoming pregnant.
Storage and Handling
Store your medication in the original, labeled container at room temperature and in a dry location (unless otherwise directed by your HCP or Pharmacist). Keep containers out of reach of children and pets. Do not expose the medication to humidity or light.
If a caregiver prepares your dose for you, they should consider wearing gloves or dispense the medication directly from their container into a small cup or directly into your hand. They should avoid touching the pills. They should always wash their hands before and after giving you the medication. Pregnant or nursing women should not prepare the dose for you. Ask your oncology team where to return any unused medication for disposal. Do not flush down the toilet or throw in the trash.
Where do I get this medication?
Bexarotene oral formulation is available through retail/mail order pharmacy. Your oncology team will work with your prescription drug plan to identify an in-network retail/mail order pharmacy for medication distribution.
Insurance Information
This medication may be covered under your prescription drug plan. Patient assistance may be available to qualifying individuals without prescription drug coverage. A co-pay assistance program which reduces the patient's co-pay responsibility for eligible, commercially (non-government sponsored) insured patients, may also be available. Your care team can help you find these resources, if they are available.
Possible Side Effects of Bexarotene
There are a number of things you can do to manage the side effects of bexarotene. Talk to your doctor or nurse about these recommendations. They can help you decide what will work best for you. These are some of the most common side effects:
Sun Sensitivity
This medication can make your skin more sensitive to the sun, which can result in severe sunburn or rash. Sun sensitivity can last even after chemotherapy is completed. Avoid the sun between 10-2pm, when it is strongest. Wear sunscreen (at least SPF 15) everyday; wear sunglasses, a hat and long sleeves/pants to protect your skin and seek out shade whenever possible.
Increased Triglycerides and Cholesterol
This medication can increase the blood levels of triglycerides and cholesterol. Your healthcare team will routinely monitor you blood levels and treat the elevated levels as needed.
Thyroid Problems
This medication can cause hypothyroidism (under active thyroid).Your doctor will perform blood tests to check the function of your thyroid and treat this side effect if it develops. Symptoms of thyroid problems include: tiredness, feeling hot or cold, change in your voice, weight gain or loss, hair loss and muscle cramps.
This medication can cause pancreatitis, or an inflammation of the pancreas. Symptoms of pancreatitis include nausea, vomiting, and abdominal or back pain. Notify your care team or go to the emergency room if you experience any of these symptoms while taking bexarotene.
Low White Blood Cell Count (Leukopenia or Neutropenia)
White blood cells (WBC) are important for fighting infection. While receiving treatment, your WBC count can drop, putting you at a higher risk of getting an infection. You should let your doctor or nurse know right away if you have a fever (temperature greater than 100.4), sore throat or cold, shortness of breath, cough, burning with urination, or a sore that doesn't heal.
Tips to preventing infection:
- Washing hands, both yours and your visitors, is the best way to prevent the spread of infection.
- Avoid large crowds and people who are sick (i.e.: those who have a cold, fever or cough or live with someone with these symptoms).
- When working in your yard, wear protective clothing including long pants and gloves.
- Do not handle pet waste.
- Keep all cuts or scratches clean.
- Shower or bath daily and perform frequent mouth care.
- Do not cut cuticles or ingrown nails. You may wear nail polish, but not fake nails.
- Ask your doctor or nurse before scheduling dental appointments or procedures.
- Ask your doctor or nurse before you, or someone you live with, has any vaccinations.
Reproductive Concerns
As mentioned above, exposure of an unborn child to this medication could cause birth defects, so you should not become pregnant or father a child while on this medication. Effective birth control is necessary 1 month before starting therapy, during treatment, and for at least 1 month after treatment. Even if your menstrual cycle stops or you believe you are not producing sperm, you could still be fertile and conceive. You should not breastfeed while taking this medication.
Other Possible Side Effects
Diabetics may find that their blood sugar levels are higher and those patients who require insulin may require higher doses to control their blood sugar.
This medication may increase the risk of developing cataracts. Report any changes in vision to your healthcare provider, including cloudy or blurry vision, difficulty seeing at night, sensitivity to light, seeing "halos" around lights, and/or yellowing of colors.

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After discussing for more than two hours how the city's General Plan has been interpreted recently for Walmart and other businesses, the Ukiah City Council decided not to push for changes.
"I would prefer to continue with the status quo -- letting the (Ukiah) Planning Commission interpret the general plan as they see fit and letting us serve as the appeal body," said Council member Phil Baldwin. "The fact that Walmart chose not to appeal (the commission's denial of the company's request to expand its Ukiah store) was flabbergasting. It may have been that they came to the conclusion that the Planning Commission was correct."
In April, the Planning Commission denied the request and listed several reasons such as dangerous traffic increases, lack of landscaping and the fact that if Walmart offered a grocery-store-sized selection of food, more than one local food store would likely close. The commission found that eventuality would violate Goal ED-1 in the general plan, known as "Support a Strong Local Economy."
Planning Director Charley Stump, who was asking the City Council for guidance on how to interpret Goal ED-1 in the future, said prior to Walmart, "we never said no' to a project.
"I wanted to get us all on the same page," said Stump, who wrote four questions in his staff report he wanted answered, including: "the past practice of interpreting Goal ED-1 Support a Local Economy' has been to support all new businesses citywide. Should this practice continue?"
City Attorney David Rapport said "if the Planning Commission is making decisions that the City Council does not agree with, and they are not appealed to the City Council, then the general plan might be being applied in a way the City Council doesn't want."
Rapport also pointed out that he did not see anything in Goal ED-1 about whether it should be "used to evaluate individual businesses," and he "wanted to hear if the council agreed that was the intent."
Baldwin said he would support amending the general plan to include a requirement for businesses to provide living wages, but Vice-Mayor Doug Crane said that would come with its own set of problems, such as the fact that a business could provide employees a decent wage, but not enough hours.
Longtime business owner John Mayfield strongly discouraged the City Council from trying to control which businesses can open in the city.
"A managed economy has never been successful -- you're not smart enough to do, and no one is," Mayfield said. "It's none of your business what wages I pay when I move into your town."
"We are on the verge of opening up a huge can of worms here," said Council member Benj Thomas. "We've got a muddled, but perhaps effective, way of dealing with things right now.
"I rely on (the Planning Commission's) investigation and judgment -- I think it is essential," Thomas continued. "And I think it based its decision on all of the elements, not just a local economy."
Baldwin agreed, saying that if the City Council wasn't willing to "let (the commission) do their job and interpret the general plan the way the majority feels is correct, (then) we should abolish the Planning Commission."
"It doesn't seem like there's any consensus to add any more clarity," Landis said. "We should just stick with things the way they are."
In the interest of time, Stump said the rest of the questions, such as whether economic impact reports should be required for new businesses and whether some competition is unacceptable, would need to be discussed at a later time.
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ALUN Rossiter has tipped young Pole Piotr Pawlicki to go a long way in the sport, insisting he is just as big a threat as World Champion Tai Woffinden this evening.
The Robins take on Wolves at the Abbey Stadium, with Woffinden and Pawlicki the shining lights in a Wolves side Rossiter believes contains quality all the way through.
Having initially brought the younger Pawlicki and his brother Shamek into British speedway while with Coventry, Rossiter knows what the duo are all about and believes Piotr can continue to progress and make a real impact on the sport.
"It's going to be a tough one for us tonight but one we need to be getting all three points from," he said.
"They're solid all the way through, I saw Piotr Pawlicki ride in Germany at the weekend and he's certainly growing in stature, that's for sure.
"He's going to be one to watch and I really think he's going to be a top rider. I brought both of them over to Coventry, they both rode for me there and I know all about them and I've been very impressed.
"Jacob Thorssell is going well and Ty Proctor is getting things together and scoring a few points. We're going to have to be on our guard and don't take anything for granted for sure."
Rossiter has drafted in Frenchman David Bellego for tonight's meeting in the absence of Dakota North, who is taking a break to allow his knee ligaments to recover from last week's crash, and the Robins boss admitted the youngster is someone he admires.
"David's someone I like and have been keeping tabs on for a while, and I've also considered him for a place if Dak's going to be out any longer," he said.
"Dak should only be out for a week but has to be 100 per cent right, there's no good coming back from an injury like that if you're not 100 per cent."
Rossiter was pleased to get back to winning ways against the Lions last week but knows his side must now start to build some serious momentum to mount a move up the table.
He said: "We're getting a bit of momentum going, although last week we must have run over a black cat or something because everything that could have gone wrong, did.
"We dug in deep which is what we needed to do and I am very pleased with the boys' attitude and resolve at the moment."
The first race tonight will begin promptly at 7.30pm, with parade commencing at 7.20pm.
SWINDON: Peter Kildemand, David Bellego (guest), Nick Morris, Simon Gustafsson, Troy Batchelor, Nathan Greaves, Steve Worrall.
WOLVES: Tai Woffinden, Jacob Thorssell, Ricky Wells, Ty Proctor, Piotr Pawlicki, Joe Jacobs, Ashley Morris.


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"Fairfax Prepares" to Air on Channel 16 During September
Fairfax County Office of Public
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
Aug. 31, 2005
"Fairfax Prepares" to Air on Channel 16 During September
Fairfax County Government Channel 16 will broadcast a special one-hour program during September, which is National Preparedness Month, called "Fairfax Prepares." The program will feature staff from many county agencies discussing the four phases of emergency management – mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.
National Preparedness Month is a nationwide effort held each September to encourage the public to take simple steps to prepare for emergencies in their homes, businesses and schools. It is co-sponsored this year by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the American Red Cross. At its Sept. 12 meeting, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors also will proclaim September as "Fairfax Prepares Month" in Fairfax County.
The program will air on Channel 16 on Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m., Thursdays at 3 p.m. and Fridays at 10 p.m. Channel 16 is available in Fairfax County on the Cox Communications cable system and in Reston on the Comcast cable system. "Fairfax Prepares" also is available on Channel 16's video-on-demand service at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/cable/channel16/vod.htm.
Guests on the show include Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Gerald E. Connolly; Deputy County Executive Rob Stalzer; Bill MacKay, deputy coordinator, Office of Emergency Management; Ray Pylant, Fairfax County building official; Carl Bouchard, director of Stormwater Planning; Fire & Rescue Battalion Chief Garrett Dyer; Doug Bass, director, Office of Emergency Management; Steve Church, Health Department emergency planner; Sandy Chisholm, community interfaith liaison; Jeanne Sanders, executive director, Volunteer Fairfax; Police Chief Dave Rohrer; Fire & Rescue Deputy Chief Mark Wheatley; Catherine Riley-Hall, Office of Emergency Management; Joyce Doughty, director, Solid Waste Disposal and Resource Recovery; and Mary Kudless, deputy director, Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board.
Channel 16 was recently named the best government access cable television station in the country by the Alliance for Community Media's Hometown Video Festival, receiving the Overall Excellence in Government Access Award for the wide scope of quality programming provided by Channel 16, including coverage of government meetings, public affairs programming, public service announcements and government services. Channel 16 also won the award in 1996 and 1999.


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The PeerCARE Study (Peer Community-based Assistant in REtention) (PeerCARE)
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The provision of HIV care and prevention services in resource-limited settings (RLS) entails substantial challenges due to a human resource crisis.[1] One strategy to address this human resource crisis is task shifting—the redistribution of tasks from higher trained providers to health workers with less training. Peer supporters, a group of community health workers who are people living with HIV (PLHIV), are an underutilized cadre to whom tasks can be shifted. Peers have been used extensively and effectively in HIV/AIDS programs in RLS, typically as peer educators who provide HIV prevention and education services.[2] Peers may be a potential source for not only providing care, but also impacting patient behaviors through peer counseling, education, and psychosocial support.
With the scale up of HIV counseling and testing in RLS, increasing numbers of PLHIV know their serostatus and could potentially be engaged in care and prevention services. While antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a critical component of care which has been a source of much attention, PLHIV who are not yet on ART can also benefit from being engaged in care and utilizing other evidence-based health interventions besides ART. Also, many HIV/AIDS care programs have difficulty both retaining PLHIV in care prior to ART and initiating ART in a timely fashion. Additionally, many PLHIV not yet on ART still engage in risky sexual behaviors and do not fully utilize a proven basic preventive care package (BCP) set of interventions (cotrimoxazole prophylaxis, bed nets, and safe water systems). Peers may be able to impact PLHIV not yet on ART by improving linkages to care, facilitating timely initiation of preventive interventions and ART, and decreasing risky sexual behaviors. However, well-designed and evaluated operations research is needed to assess peer support effects on these care and behavioral outcomes.
The objective of this study is to assess the impact of a peer support home visit intervention on patient engagement in care, utilization of a basic care package (BCP) of preventive care interventions, and risky sexual behaviors among people living with HIV (PLHIV) not on antiretroviral therapy (ART) through an individually randomized, operations research, community-based trial. We will compare outcomes between PLHIV who receive the peer-led intervention to those who do not. The primary outcomes will be engagement in care, BCP adherence, and condom use. The study hypotheses are as follows: (1) PLHIV who receive the peer intervention will have improved engagement in care compared to PLHIV not receiving the intervention; (2) PLHIV who receive the peer intervention are more likely to adhere to a BCP of interventions to prevent illness compared to PLHIV not receiving the intervention; (3) PLHIV who receive the peer intervention will have less risky sexual behaviors compared to PLHIV not receiving the intervention.
|Behavioral: Peer Support
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
|Official Title:
|The PeerCARE Study (Peer Community-based Assistant in REtention): Effect of Peer Health Workers on People Living With HIV Not on Antiretroviral Therapy—A Randomized Trial
- Engagement in Care [ Time Frame: 1 Year ]
- Basic Care Package Adherence [ Time Frame: 1 Year ]Adherence to a basic care package of preventive care interventions (bednets, water vessels, cotrimoxazole)
- Condom Use [ Time Frame: 1 Year ]Consistent, inconsistent, or never condom use.
- ART Use [ Time Frame: 1 Year ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|June 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|August 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Peer Support
Peer supporter assigned to participant.
Behavioral: Peer Support
A trained peer supporter is assigned to support newly HIV-positive diagnosed persons.
No Intervention: Standard of Care
No peer assigned. Current standard of care.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Newly found to be HIV-infected through Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP) testing
- Agreed to receive HIV results
- Able to give consent for this study
- Age 18 years or greater
Exclusion Criteria: See above.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01366690
|Rakai Health Sciences Program
|Entebee, Uganda
|Principal Investigator:
|Larry William Chang, MD, MPH
|Johns Hopkins University
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Larry William Chang, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01366690 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|June 2, 2011
|Last Updated:
|September 8, 2014
Keywords provided by Larry William Chang, Johns Hopkins University:
community health workers
randomized trial
task shifting
operations research
implementation research
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The Cleveland Indians have agreed to a minor league deal with former Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka, CBSSports.com reports.
Matsuzaka, 32, will be given a chance to make the Tribe's starting rotation in spring training. If he ends up being on the major league roster for the entire season, he could make as much as $4 million. And he would be reunited with his former manager in Boston, Terry Francona.
Matsuzaka, 32, had a terrible 2012. Coming back from 2011 Tommy John surgery, he posted an 8.28 ERA in 11 starts (45 2/3 innings), ending an an ill-fated tenure with the Red Sox.
Boston signed him to a six-year, $52 million contract amid much fanfare in 2007; including the $51 million "posting" fee the Red Sox paid to the Seibu Lions of Japan's Pacific League, the deal cost the Sox $103.1 million.
In return, Dice-K pitched just one full season, his first, then battled a series of injuries. His best season was 2008, when he went 18-3 with a 2.90 ERA in 29 starts and finished fourth in American League Cy Young balloting.


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convivium wrote:ordain
I plan to someday but I'm not ready yet
convivium wrote:ordain
convivium wrote:So you're not ready to ordain, but are ready to abstain from the orgasm. How long have you done that before, if you don't mind my asking? Do you have a teacher that practices brahmacariya and supports you in cultivating it?
clw_uk wrote:One of the things I have learnt, through being aware of sexual lust when it arises, is that it burns like a fire
clw_uk wrote:Anyway still striving to be completely celibate
Mudita on your noble efforts. When striving to overcome any craving, generating equanimity is key.
In the words of my teacher, "be aware, be equanimous."
When there is equanimity, there is no striving.
My apologies - I don't mean to sound like Yoda.
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The trap is falling into aversion from sex, instead of observing it
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mattie, I agree with you. But you should play nice with wintermute. He is not baiting, he just disagrees.
Guys with a high TS% are guys you want to get the ball to, if you are trying to generate points. It can be overdone, of course. Kobe, I believe, has a good TS%, but much of it is his being a black hole. A three can be a wasted possession, it can be a bad shot, but it doesn't have to be. An open 3 by a guy that shoots as well as Danny does is a very good shot. A post up by a guy like Danny that results in FT's is a good play. Both of these generate positive TS% results.
It is perhaps important to note that TS% shows that made 3's are better than made 2's. And that missed 3's are not better than made 2's. That 'and 1's' are a good thing. That getting fouled and getting FT's is good. All of these things are things coaches like, n'est pas?
One more question. IIRC, the rebounds from 3's are easier for the offense to rebound than from 2. The defense walls out the offense near the basket, but the long rebound makes it past the wall and into the area where the offensive players can get to it.


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Caseno drop their Livin It Like A Lion EP
While Jamie Packer was busy lobbying the Aussie government for the green light for the building of a second casino in Sydney, Harris Robotis and Ric Sciarpa were buried deep in their Melbourne studio crafting what will be the year of Caseno.
Last year they tempted us with a slice of their coconut tree house via remixes for RÜFÜS, Parachute Youth and their first single, Sebastian, but this year, all bets are off and first up is the bold "Livin It Like A Lion." Wearing their influences on their sleeve (check Depeche Mode, Pink Floyd, Bryan Ferry), the musicality of Caseno is matched in equal parts by the production prowess of these 2 making this a late contender for some big summer love.
We got remixes too with Yolanda Be Cool taking the Lion to the after party, Frames leaving this earth for a lil bit of space house and French newcomer Budju giving it a radioactive, tropical bass treatment.
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"Letsati" is a Setswana word meaning sun. This new discussion forum series, offered by APC member SANGONeT, aims to demonstrate the practical benefits of technology to the South African non-profit sector. The Letsatsi forums concentrate on technology deployment issues and challenges, and will enable participants to benefit from expertise drawn directly from technology service providers, industry analysts and civil society organisations that deal with technology and related issues.
Potential beneficiaries are expected to be non-technical senior management staff and decision-makers within the non-profit sector.
The first Letsatsi was held on 11 May 2004 in Braamfontein, and included two workshops which were facilitated by Sean De Witt of the Fund for the City of New York (FCNY). The first workshop focused on data management in the non-profit sector, while the second workshop included a practical demonstration of the "Up & Running" database management software which was developed by the FCNY.
The FCNY has identified a set of common data management needs of small to mid-sized non-profits, and has designed a system with the potential to save non-profits' money, time and effort. This community software product is distributed free of charge. It was developed using Microsoft Access and follows an open-source development model. Copies of the application were given to all participants.
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A woman charged with the unlawful killing of a Craven hotelier will face trial in October.
Debbie Barker, 42, appeared at Bradford Crown Court yesterday to hear her case set for October 6.
It is thought the trial will last five days and a number of expert witnesses will be involved.
She is accused of the unlawful killing of Tom Bannister at Carseylands Hill, Airton, between June 20 and 23 last year.
Barker, of Hellifield Road, Gargrave, is alleged to have been driving a Range Rover when she caused the death of Mr Bannister - managing director of Coniston Hotel, Coniston Cold - while driving without due care and over the drink-drive limit.
She is also accused of failing to report an accident as soon as practicable.


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Photo By: Courtesy of Laxmi Natarajan
Find inspiration for garden design from a number of sources, including a color, a favorite flower or a photograph.
Some of the most fabulous garden design inspirations present themselves at the oddest moments and from unintended sources.
Many things can spark your inspiration: an object you come across, a favorite flower, a colorful frame, a scene that appeals to your sensibilities while strolling through town, travel memories or a photograph that catches your attention while flipping through a magazine.
The challenge for many is to translate that inspiration into something tangible and practical that can be incorporated in the garden.
Sources that I rely on for design inspiration are museums, art galleries, bookstores, fabric stores, magazines, art shops, nurseries, farmers' markets, nature with all its different possibilities, and flower and garden shows – the list is endless.
Following are a few easy design steps to turn that inspiration into garden solutions.
• Find a visual inspiration. A photograph, picture, swatch of fabric – any object that captures your imagination – is very helpful.
• Ponder the emotional feel of the inspiration. Take a look at your inspiration. Say it is a picture of a room that really appeals to you – think about the mood and your emotional connection to that picture. Is it peaceful? Happy? Modern? Quaint? Rustic? Choosing a mood or emotion to build the design around will refine your design choices.
• Examine the physicality of the inspiration. Note the physical aspects of the inspiration, including the dimensions, colors, lighting and texture, furniture and architecture. Identify elements that catch your attention and list the many details you spot in the picture to see how the elements work together to creating the scene.
• Define the scope. In terms of functionality, space, budget and time, defining your scope is important. Take time to list your requirements for the garden, breaking the project down to palatable sizes.
• Review practical considerations. Once you have developed a plan, it's time to map out your space. For example, if you have a 10-foot-by-10-foot area for a reading or relaxation nook, you could create an arbor with a swing with blue bench seats covers and throw cushions that feature an eye-catching pattern. The flowers and beaches you loved on your Hawaii trip could turn into cushions with bold prints and a tiki bar with an umbrella to re-create that memory in your garden this spring. A serene Buddha would invite a Zen feeling.
• Create from inspiration. Figuring out the do-it-yourself spring projects versus those that require professional help for design, construction, irrigation and planting is critical to ensuring success. Consider hiring a garden coach/professional designer/consultant to offer advice that could take your inspiration to the next level, but most of all follow your heart and instinct. Spring is the time to let imagination fly free.
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We have been blessed in Portland with a fairly cool summer this year, unlike many of you. While I personally, would love a few more really hot days, many of you are wishing for a break in the heat. Nothing makes an evening more miserable than turning on the oven or slaving over the stove making a hot dinner. We have some great recipes for grain-based salads that hit the spot when served cold and provide a filling meal on those hot nights. Each of these can be made ahead in the morning when it's still cool in the house. Pair these with grilled vegetables and protein of your choice for a complete meal that will be sure to satisfy.
Here are my favorites. We have many, many more on our website, here.
- Bulgur Asparagus Salad (v)
- Black Bean, Corn and Quinoa Salad (v) (gf)
- Triticale and Roasted Eggplant Salad with Dill (v) [Note: you could use wheat berries, spelt berries or brown rice if triticale is hard to come by (which it probably is).]
- Couscous Salad with Walnuts and Feta Cheese
- Szechwan Peanut Salad (v) (gf- if you use a gf soy sauce)
- Zesty Quinoa Salad (v) (gf)
- Quinoa Salad (hazelnuts, currants, green onions) (v) (gf)
- Spelt and Edamame Salad [Note: you can use wheat berries or brown rice if spelt berries are hard to come by; use brown rice to make this gluten free.]
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Pupils and teachers at Cherhill Primary School are celebrating after achieving their highest league table results so far.
The results, based on the 2012 national Key Stage 2 tests, placed it among the year's top performing primary schools.
The school was ranked the second best primary school out of 190 schools in Wiltshire and the best school in the Calne cluster. It also came 24th out of 15,074 schools nationally.
Headteacher Terry Hall said 100 per cent of pupils were awarded level four and above in English and maths.
Mrs Hall said: "Parents knew the SAT results were phenomenal, so now it will be great to show them we are second in the league table.
"We're really proud, the children and the staff have worked so hard to get them to that level. We've taken a school that was a school in difficulty to a school that's second in Wiltshire."
Following the school's success, Chris Shepperd, director of education at the diocese, and education minister David Laws wrote to congratulate staff and pupils.
Mr Laws wrote: "Mastery of English and mathematics is critical to success at secondary school and beyond, so these pupils now have a really good start for the next stage of their education.
"I would like to congratulate your staff, governors and pupils for their hard work and success, and to thank you for your leadership in continuing the drive towards the highest standards of educational achievement."


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Topic: Nearly four years survivorship
I'm sorry that I haven't been around lately. Devoncat's passing and a few others (off the top of my head: Teddy, Rick, Dave) were devastating and I had to take a break.
This coming August will mark four years of survivorship for me. I know that is not typical and I thank God every day that I am still around. I have been in Stage 4 for about 2 1/2 years now with mets to the lungs. The liver has been ok-ish for a while but I'm seeing some negative signs that all is not well in that area. But since there is nothing I can do about it, I'm just letting it go.
I've been through about a dozen or so different chemo regimens, until my oncologist ran out of tools in his toolbox. I am currently under hospice care. Everyone is different with hospice care. For me, it means that I don't have chemo anymore, and I have a nurse, a social worker, and a massage therapist who visit me every other week. All meds go through the nurse. It's been working out ok.
One thing that I need to remember is that I am ill. I feel normal and do things, like weeding my backyard, then I collapse from exhaustion. I need to learn to conserve my energy and be on a more even keel.
Anyway, I am so very grateful that I have had the opportunity to see my youngest graduate from high school, my middle child get married to a wonderful man, and my oldest graduating from college in August. I have been given the opportunity to be with, support and love my children and my parents. I've also grown so much spiritually. I try to see the best in things, and God's hand in all things - whether we understand or not.
I pray every day for a cure, for those of us struggling as patients and caretakers, and the wonderful people behind the cholangiocarcinoma foundation. Every one of you are doing the best you can. Thank you all. God willing, there will be a cure, and soon.


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Consumers have two images of farmers, and one of these images will go away, Linda Basse Wenck told attendees at the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin Annual Business Conference in Madison, Wis., this week. Wenck is director of corporate social responsibility for Morgan & Myers, a communications firm.
One image is a farmer who is hardworking, honest, nurturing and caring, and important to the economy. The other image is less positive, with consumers not always believing and trusting that farmers will do the right thing on their farms.
"That's the disconnect," Wenck says. It is rare for consumers to have two images or perceptions of one thing (like you) for long. The question is which one will they choose.
It's your responsibility to help them make the right choice.
To move the more positive image to the forefront, Wenck urges farmers to listen to and understand consumers and their perceptions of farmers.
Citing information gleaned from the Illinois Coalition study that focused on consumer perceptions of and trust in farmers, Wenck stresses that today's consumers are not about trade-offs, want the "real deal" and value authenticity. The Coalition also shows that trust is eroding and that "health and wellness will always win."
The powerful consumers today, according to the survey, are moms. And, Wenck notes that moms tend to trust other moms like themselves.
"We also must remember that trust is built person to person — not person to farm," she says. To that end, she urges farmers to engage in conversations with neighbors in the community, on a personal level.
Wenck adds that people tend to give more leeway to someone they trust and less leeway to someone they don't trust.
Sharing additional information for the Illinois Coalition, Wenck pointed out that only about one out of three consumers say that they are somewhat knowledgeable of farming practices. Their key source of information, however, is limited to that obtained at farm markets and driving by farms.
Asked about family farms and corporate farms, Wenck said survey participants defined corporate farms as ones whose owners live in the city, operate a calculator and are involved in the business from a purely financial standpoint rather than a lifestyle or a passion. Family farms, however, were defined as being owned by those who make a living from it and love their job.
Interestingly, farm size didn't really seem to matter to consumers.
The difference between how survey respondents viewed a corporate farm and a family farm seemed to boil down to one word: motivation.
Wenck made it clear that survey participants did not understand that family farms are often incorporated for accounting purposes, and the media often play up the incorporated aspect.
"Negative information by media impacts consumers," she notes.
To help the audience understand consumers, Wenck says that research shows that today's consumer values are derivatives of fear and insecurity.
"These fears and insecurities have been put there by someone," she says. "And we've left a void."
Wenck went on to explain that more consumers today are removed from the farm, with many having never visited a farm except perhaps a school visit years ago.
To help consumers understand and narrow the trust gap with farmers, Wenck suggests that those in agriculture communicate with consumers and relay information about regulations, best practices and commitment. But this communication must be a dialogue and not simply a monologue.
"Real authentic farmers are viewed as credible messengers," she says. Other Illinois Coalition conclusions show that consumers listen to everything a farmer says through a "Do you care?" lens and that firsthand experiences trump all.
"They want to hear the reasons to trust you," Wenck wrapped up. "It would be most powerful if the farmers in this state are equipped and prepared to have conversations."
Wenck offers four steps to building good will and trust with consumers:
- Prepare now.
- Build a plan.
- Know your resources.
- Participate in training.
"Training programs such as PDPW's Visible Voice will give you the skill-set you need to communicate confidently," she says.


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A PAINSWICK family missed out on the tradition of having all December birthdays when their third child was born on January 1.
Gifford and Carly Morris and their two eldest children Finlay, seven, and Sky, three, all celebrate their birthdays in December a tradition which was supposed to be shared by the newest family member, a baby girl, who was due on Christmas Day.
However after a week of waiting their daughter, who they have not named yet, was born at 5.37am on New Year's Day – a mere five hours after the December deadline.
Mum Carly opted to have a water birth at her home in Upper Washwell, Painswick, which the family had only moved in to two months ago.
It was her first home birth as she had both Finlay and Sky at Stroud Maternity Unit.
"There were absolutely no problems with the first two and so Carly decided that she would have the new baby at home as it was something she had always wanted to do," said Gifford.
After two and a half hours of labour the family welcomed the new baby who weighed 8lb 9oz.


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Antonio Martinez
Yale University
My name is Antonio Martinez and I am from Baldwinsville, New York. My father's family is from Mexico. His parents worked hard when they came to the United States, giving my dad and his siblings the opportunity to pursue an education. My father became the first member of his family to earn a college degree, and his passion for electrical engineering has inspired my interest in the sciences. I will be attending Yale University in the fall to study Applied Physics. As an Applied Physics major, I hope to explore the fundamental mysteries of our world and come back with answers. But I won't stop there. I want to use these answers as steppingstones to the creation of astonishing new technologies that could change the world.


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Dear Forum,
For us, what differences and similarities come to mind when we read & practise the Buddhadhamma & the teachings of Jiddu Krishnmurti?
When I first learned Buddhism, in the 80's, the Dhamma centres were full of books & talks by and people talking about KM.
Even Ajahn Buddhadasa chuckled away one day saying he enjoyed KM's first book.
Now things appear quiet. Is his movement still active?
With metta


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Blue Jays outlast Tigers in record-setting walk-off
Bautista's 19th-inning single wins longest game in team history
TORONTO -- The Blue Jays gave their fans still in attendance something to cheer about in a long and drawn-out series finale against the Tigers on Sunday.
Playing in the longest game in club history, the Blue Jays completed their second come-from-behind, walk-off win in as many days with a 6-5 extra-innings victory over the Tigers at Rogers Centre. Jose Bautista singled in the 19th inning to drive in the winning run and send the Toronto faithful home happy after a six-hour, thirty-seven minute affair, breaking previous single-game franchise records for both time and innings played.
"It was a long day today, and coming out on top is the only thing that matters," said Bautista, whose game-winner came off of Rick Porcello, normally a Tigers starter who had to come in as a reliever after the Detroit bullpen was entirely used up.
Bautista's walk-off hit was focal point of the victory, but several unheralded defensive plays and outstanding relief work from the Blue Jays' bullpen were equally key in the series-clinching victory. Melky Cabrera also reached base eight times, becoming the first player to accomplish the feat since the Twins' Rod Carew did so on May 12, 1972, against the Brewers.
Chad Jenkins -- the final bullpen arm after six Toronto relievers combined for 9 2/3 innings -- steered the ship as he threw six scoreless innings, holding Tigers hitters to seven hits with one walk.
Jenkins was to be relieved by knuckleballer R.A. Dickey if the game reached the 20th inning. The longest outing the 26-year-old right-hander had thrown this season prior to Sunday was 5 2/3 innings with Triple-A Buffalo. Jenkins said he was out of gas, but the fan support kept him afloat.
"It was a long one," said Jenkins, who earned the win and improved to 1-1. "For all the fans that sat through it, thank you. It's awesome. It's really exciting to look up and see it's 7:30, and still people are here going crazy, cheering, going nuts. It made it so much better."
Jenkins was also the catalyst in a key inning-ending double play with one out and the bases loaded in the 16th. Torii Hunter hit a chopper back to the mound, and Jenkins went home with it for the forceout before catcher Josh Thole fired to first to get Hunter.
"He had a good sinker. With two strikes, all you want to do is put it in play. You don't want to strike out right there." Hunter said. "All I wanted to go was put it in play. It just happened to go to the pitcher. Why couldn't it go to the second baseman?"
In the outfield, Colby Rasmus held the Blue Jays in it with two stellar defensive plays in extra innings. He made a diving catch in center field in the 19th, robbing Bryan Holaday of extra bases, and leaped as he pulled in a deep fly ball from Miguel Cabrera at the wall with one away in the 18th.
"I don't know if you saw my reaction when Cabrera smoked that ball, but I literally dropped my head and said, 'Crap,'" Jenkins said. "I thought it was way gone. It was an unbelievable play, and the sinking liner was even better. Colby saved me twice today."
Rasmus said taking a series from the American League Central-leading Tigers provides the team with a huge confidence boost as they embark on an eight-game, 10-day road trip, which begins in Seattle on Monday.
"[It's big] any time you beat a team like this. First in their division, we're trying to get there," Rasmus said. "You have to dig deep. It's a tough part of the season for us, [but] that's the mark of a good team."
While the late-innings heroics captured the excitement of what was left of the 46,126 sellout crowd at 7:44 p.m. ET, it was hard to imagine that hours earlier, things didn't look so good for the Blue Jays.
Starter Mark Buehrle was chased from the game after only 3 1/3 innings, over which he gave up nine hits and five runs (two earned).
Tigers starter David Price, meanwhile, appeared to be in control through five innings, surrendering only two hits as the Tigers amassed a 5-0 lead. But a pair of runs in the sixth and seventh and one more in the ninth gave the Blue Jays new life as they knotted the game at 5 to force extra innings.
Toronto manager John Gibbons said it was hard to pin down a defining moment in the marathon matchup, but he called it a character win for his team.
"We've had our ups and downs this year," Gibbons said. "One thing that we always talked about is this is a resilient group. Backs against the wall, they respond with a big win."
Jamie Ross is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Suspect takes bat to window
December 31, 2012
Deputies are investigating the report of a man who reportedly took a bat to the window at Radio Shack in the Carson Valley Fair shopping center at 9:30 p.m. Saturday.
A witness reportedly saw a black or Latino male, 5 feet, 10 inches tall, wearing a red-hooded sweatshirt and gray shorts, hitting the glass front door of the store.
The suspect did not gain entry, although the glass had "spider-webbed."
Deputies were unable to locate the suspect.
The witness said he and his wife were near the entrance to Scolari's when they heard two loud bangs by Radio Shack.
The witness said he yelled at the suspect who ran away with the bat toward Rite-Aid and disappeared.


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Gray off his game as A's fall into first-place tie
Vogt, Jaso go deep but not enough to pick up Oakland
ATLANTA -- Sonny Gray suffered his fourth straight loss and so did the A's, as the starter set and the team matched a season-worst skid in a 4-3 loss to the Braves on Saturday night in front of 40,760 fans at Turner Field.
Both Stephen Vogt and John Jaso homered, but Oakland still scored three runs or fewer for the 15th time in its past 19 games. The A's have lost six of their past seven and dropped four of their past five road series.
But perhaps most concerning is that the Angels have moved into a first-place tie with the A's in the American League West.
"Until it's the last game of the season, it doesn't matter," said A's manager Bob Melvin, whose club is not in sole possession of first place for the first time since April 27, when they were knotted up with the Rangers. "We haven't really been through a tough stretch all year other than a sweep here and there where we responded very well. We're just going through a tough stretch right now."
The Braves plated four runs on eight hits against Gray in 5 1/3 innings. After giving up a combined four earned runs in five July starts, Gray has surrendered at least that many in two of his past three turns.
Saturday's outing also marked only the fourth time Gray has pitched fewer than six innings in 25 starts, but the second time he was unable to do so in his past three.
"I thought I made a lot of really good pitches," Gray said, "and it just kind of didn't go our way."
Gray was undone by singles as seven of the eight hits he surrendered. Phil Gosselin notched the first one in the bottom of the first and came around to score on a Freddie Freeman double down the right-field line.
Freeman then scored on a single off the bat of Chris Johnson, who singled off Gray again to bring home a run in the sixth. Between those singles, Andrelton Simmons plated Justin Upton with an RBI single in the fourth.
"Especially those first couple of innings, I thought I really threw the ball where I wanted to," Gray said. "I felt like I missed a lot of barrels that just, unfortunately for us, fell in tonight, and it's tough."
"[Freeman's double] gets down the first-base line. I mean, it's like five inches to the left and that's a double play to get out of the inning," Jaso added. "So, it's just like, it's hard. It's hard. You really don't want to make excuses or anything like that, but it's tough when like they don't like absolutely murder the ball or anything like that, but put up runs just by bloops and stuff like that."
The Athletics did their damage on some bigger hits, pushing across their first two runs when Stephen Vogt followed a two-out walk to Brandon Moss with a home run to deep right-center in the top of the sixth that narrowed their deficit to 3-2.
The blast was Vogt's eighth homer of the season, doubling the total of four he hit last season. But Gray gave one back the next inning on Johnson's second single and Atlanta's sixth. Simmons added another single before Gray finally exited.
Despite the tough night for Gray, the Braves walked away impressed.
"Sonny Gray is something special," Freeman said. "That curveball of his is not fun to face as a hitter."
Although the A's managed only five hits, they squandered chances against Teheran, who gave up two runs on four knocks and three walks in six frames. They put a man on base in every inning against Teheran, but only Vogt came through.
For the second night in a row, Oakland had someone picked off the basepaths as Teheran nabbed Josh Reddick leading off second. Besides Moss in the sixth, the rest were stranded as the A's went 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position.
Jaso's solo shot off Jordan Walden cut the deficit to 4-3 before the A's finished the game with loud outs against Braves closer Craig Kimbrel, including a Reddick flyout that Justin Upton caught with his back against the left-field wall.
"I can't remember the last time we really got like a bloop hit or anything like that," Jaso said. "Because if you string like a few bloop hits together and all of a sudden you've got the momentum back, but that's baseball. It can go in stretches like that, and there's still a lot of season left."
"We're hitting the ball hard all night," Melvin added. "We played good. We had some really good at-bats off some good pitchers at the end of the game and had nothing to show for it. So, literally a game of inches tonight. ... Cruel game sometimes."
Joe Morgan is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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ARMED robbers burst into a Blackburn home where a seven-month pregnant woman was asleep upstairs with her three-year-old son.
The balaclava-clad men grabbed a large black-handled butcher's knife and a screwdriver from the kitchen after breaking in through the back door.
The horrified mum said the robbers ransacked her home and demanded gold and cash. When they realised the woman, of Edith Street in the Audley Range area, did not have what they were looking for, they left empty handed.
The 26-year-old victim said she had been left 'terrified' by the ordeal. She said: "The fact that they managed to get in and into my bedroom is scary.
"It is lucky I woke up when I did, there is no telling what might have happened."
The woman said her husband was at work at the time of the attack, which happened around 1pm on Wednesday.
She had just put her son down for a nap after a morning at nursery and lay down on the bed with him.
The victim said: "I heard the doors opening and I put my head around to see if it was my husband coming home early.
"But the robbers were already upstairs. I saw the knife in one of the men's hands and then I got back onto the bed with my son.
"My main thought was keeping my son safe. I just wanted them to leave."
The woman said that once the men realised she did not have any money or jewellery, they left.
She said: "It is terrifying to think someone has come up to your bedroom and invaded your privacy.
"It has really affected my son. He is getting quite scared when there are strange people coming into the house.
"It has taken a while for me to settle him down. "I do not want this to stay with him for the rest of his life.
"I would ask anybody who knows the men to tell the police. "They were both non-Asian and in their late teens or early 20s.
"It is not fair, they would not want this to happen to a member of their family. Nobody should have to go through this."
One neighbour said she had gone to check on her friend after hearing about the attack.
The 53-year-old said: "My neighbour was very, very calm, but she was in shock when I saw her.
"We are usually very safe around here with a good community spirit."
Yakub Kherodia, 66, who also lives in Edith Street, said: "I saw police cars across the road.
"It is very worrying this has happened in our street."
Det Sgt Tim McDermott, of Blackburn CID, said the robbers were described as being of medium build and around 5ft 5ins tall.
They had local accents. He said: "The victim in this crime was absolutely terrified.
It is difficult to imagine how frightening it would be to be confronted by masked intruders in these circumstances.
"It is a cowardly attack on a vulnerable victim. "I believe it is likely that someone will know or suspect who has committed this offence and would urge them to tell the police.
"I would also appeal to anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area of Edith Street around the time of the offence.
"Police patrols in the area have been stepped up with the local neighbourhood team and detectives are working to trace and arrest the offenders"
Anyone with information should contact police on 101 quoting log number 0594 of March 26 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.


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Looks like the tensions in Ukraine have turned from bad to worse. With the government of Viktor Yanukovich embarrassed by thriving demonstrations in the capital — reminiscent of an earlier political failure — over his turn toward Russia rather than the West, the Ukrainian parliament passed a ban on outdoor demonstrations.
Yeah, that'll stop them:
Supporters of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich rammed a sweeping law through parliament on Thursday in an attempt to curb anti-government protests, sparking an outcry from the opposition and raising tensions on the streets.
The law, backed by 235 of 450 lawmakers, said unauthorized installation of tents, stages or amplifiers in public places in Ukraine would be punished by a fine of up to $640 or by up to 15 days in detention.
People and organizations who provided facilities or equipment for unauthorized meetings would be liable to a fine of up $1,275 or by detention of up to 10 days.
Yanukovich's refusal in November to sign a free trade deal with the European Union in favor of boosting ties with Ukraine's former Soviet master Russia brought hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians out on to the streets in protest.
Thus the turn toward Russia and Vladimir Putin continues. Until recently, this was a rational economic dispute, with valid arguments going either direction on Yanukovich's decision to snub the EU in favor of Russia. It turned much darker, though, when Yanukovich threatened to shut down the entire Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church if priests continued to offer prayers and religious services in tents around Independence Square.
This development is just as provocative, and just as indicative of the nature of Yanukovich and his supporters. They want to rule, not govern, and want to silence dissent. That echoes the authoritarian environment in Russia, and should remind Ukrainians of the definitely-not-good-old-days of Soviet domination.
Yanukovich still has to sign the bills, and Bloomberg warns what will happen when he does:
As scuffles between lawmakers left one with a split lip and another with an injured forehead, bills were approved to keep closer tabs on mobile-phone use and make actions such as putting up tents in public places illegal. Parliament had originally convened to discuss the 2014 budget, which was adopted without debate as opposition parties sought to block the session.
The new laws, which require President Viktor Yanukovych's signature, risk inflaming street rallies that began two months ago when the government snubbed a European Union co-operation pact in favor of closer ties with Russia. Demonstrators demanding the dismissal of the government and snap elections have vowed to maintain their makeshift tent camp in downtown Independence Square until presidential elections next March.
"The laws are aimed at resolving the political crisis by using police methods and neutralizing the activists," said Volodymyr Fesenko, head of the Penta Political Analysis Center in the capital, Kiev. "The opposition and demonstrators should firmly demand that the president doesn't sign them."
Yanukovich's supporters in the parliament didn't brawl to produce bills he didn't want in the first place. The Guardian has pictures from the fight. If they have blood on their hands from the fistfight, just hope that passing this bill won't produce a deluge more of it on the streets.


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"When the Senate created the Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs in mid-summer 1991," writes Vietnam veteran and POW activist Ted Sampley, "a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll showed 69 percent of Americans surveyed believed Americans remained captive in Southeast Asia and 75 percent said the U.S. government was not doing enough to bring them home."
Like the many Americans seeking a thorough accounting of our POWs and MIAs, Sampley had reason to hope that the newly formed Senate committee might succeed in breaking through official coverups that had kept vital information on known live POWs secret since the end of the war in Vietnam. It was an issue that had refused to die. In 1973, the communist North Vietnamese regime released 591 American POWs. With this "Operation Homecoming," the U.S. government intended to close the books. But more than 2,400 POWs were still unaccounted for, and there was good reason to believe many of them were still alive. Thousands of POW family members, as well as U.S. veterans groups, refused to write them off as dead, which is precisely what many bureaucrats and politicians, along with businessmen eager for commerce with Vietnam, were willing to do. Leading that effort to "put the war behind us" was Henry Kissinger, who negotiated the "peace" settlement with Vietnam.
Since the war, both Democrat and Republican administrations have maintained the political line that all leads have been investigated and everything has been done to account for our POWs and to bring back any live POWs and/or the remains of any who died in captivity. However, time and again, the truth has seeped through a well-constructed web of lies to show otherwise. Particularly notable in this regard were the findings of Lieutenant General Eugene F. Tighe.
Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) from 1978-1981, General Tighe was subsequently placed in charge of a Pentagon investigation into the live POW issue. After conducting the most extensive review of the POW matter since the end of the war, Tighe was extremely critical of the government's actions — and inaction. Tighe's commission found extensive compelling evidence that American POWs remained alive in captivity in Indochina, but it also discovered that analysts and bureaucrats assigned to POW work almost uniformly displayed "a mindset to debunk" live-sighting reports and all other evidence pointing toward live POWs. In other words, no matter how solid the intelligence, and no matter how many different sources corroborated it, some objection would always be contrived to dismiss the evidence as inconsequential, untrustworthy, or suspect. According to Tighe, "Some people have been disclaiming good reports [about live POWs] for so long it's become habit forming."
This "mindset to debunk" would continue to appear over and over again. In March 1991, Colonel Millard A. Peck, the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency's Special Office for Prisoners of War and Missing in Action, walked off his job in protest, charging that Bush (Sr.) administration officials were trying to discredit and perhaps even cover up reports of sightings of live POWs. The colonel, a decorated veteran who had served three tours of duty in Vietnam, charged: "The mindset to 'debunk' is alive and well. It is held at all levels, and continues to pervade the P.O.W.-M.I.A. office."
Ted Sampley, a highly decorated Special Forces combat veteran in Vietnam, has been, since 1983, one of the most ardent and well-known champions of the POW/MIAs. He is the publisher/editor of (and a writer for) the U.S. Veteran Dispatch newspaper and website, and was chairman of the Last Firebase Veterans Archives Project. His new book, Vetting John McCain, is a scathing exposé of the too-little-known story of Senator John McCain's decades-long collaboration with those in both Democrat and Republican administrations who led the efforts to debunk all live POW/MIA reports, and to push for normalization of relations and trade with — and aid to — Vietnam.
This story will come as a shock to many Americans, since John McCain is the most well-known POW from the Vietnam War, and his political career has been built on his POW hero status. However, for those who have been closest to the POW/MIA issue — especially relatives of the POW/MIAs, who have been seeking action concerning their loved ones — this is not news at all, as McCain has been the most notorious nemesis to their efforts.
Vetting John McCain is by no means a scholarly tome. It is, instead, a 150-page book that gives all the appearance of a hurriedly assembled pamphlet much in need of editing and organization. Because of the serious nature of the charges Sampley makes, the book also suffers from want of source citations for many of its important quotes. Critics, no doubt, will seize on these obvious shortcomings to dismiss the book as a shoddy hack job, but that would be a big mistake. Much of the documentation for Sampley's charges can be easily accessed on Sampley's website (www.usvetdsp.com) or, since they are from open sources (i.e., unclassified government documents and news stories from the major media), can be found through standard Google or Yahoo! searches.
In Vetting John McCain, Ted Sampley has assembled devastating material from his own previously published articles, as well as from other well-known authors on the subject. He has drawn from the veritable library of scholarly exposés on the POW scandal that has appeared over the past two decades. Many of these excellent studies have been reviewed in this magazine and are still available in libraries or bookstores, and can be read or purchased online. Some of the most important works along these lines are An Enormous Crime: The Definitive Account of American POWs Abandoned in Southeast Asia (2007) by former Congressman Bill Hendon and attorney Elizabeth A. Stewart (whose father is MIA in North Vietnam); The Men We Left Behind: Henry Kissinger, the Politics of Deceit and the Tragic Fate of POWs After the Vietnam War (1993) by Mark A. Sauter and James D. Sanders; Betrayed (2002) by Dr. Joseph D. Douglass, Jr.; Why Didn't You Get Me Out? (1997) by former POW Frank Anton; Moscow Bound: Policy, Politics and the POW/MIA Dilemma (1993), a massive 1,000-page documentary source book by Vietnam combat infantryman and historical researcher John M. G. Brown; and An Examination of U.S. Policy Toward POW/MIAs (1991), by the Republican Minority Staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, under the direction of Senators Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) and Charles Grassley (R-Iowa).
Former Congressmen John LeBoutillier (R-N.Y.) and Bill Hendon (R-N.C.), two of the most unrelenting members of Congress on the POW/MIA issue, wrote the introduction to Vetting John McCain, and Sampley, in turn, quotes extensively from their very critical assessments of McCain. Along with Rep. Bob Dornan (R-Calif.) and Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), Hendon and LeBoutillier frequently clashed with Sen. McCain, who was all too eager to join with liberal Democrat Senators John Kerry and Teddy Kennedy in sweeping the POW/MIA issue under the rug in order to normalize relations with communist Vietnam. Hendon served two terms on the U.S. House Task Force on POW/MIA Affairs, then as consultant on the POW/MIA Affairs at the Pentagon, then as an intelligence investigator with the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs. LeBoutillier served on the U.S. House Task Force on POW/MIA Affairs.
"Given his wartime experiences as a POW in Vietnam, Sen. John McCain was by default the most powerful and influential member of the [Senate] Select Committee," write Hendon and LeBoutillier in a recent essay quoted in Sampley's book. "Members on both sides of the aisle deferred to his judgment; reporters hung on his every pronouncement. And so when McCain, his chief of staff Mark Salter, and their allies on the Select Committee joined forces with top Bush [Sr.] administration officials to assail, ridicule, attack, discredit, photoshop, retouch, manipulate, massage and/or 'cherry-pick' the intelligence in order to destroy its intelligence value and keep the matter of live POWs from becoming an issue in the 1992 election, the live POWs never had a chance. How McCain and Salter and the others went about doing this is a case study in how powerful government officials can manipulate intelligence to make it say what they want it to say — and the main reason we believe that John McCain must not be Commander-in-Chief of our armed forces."
"During that spring and summer of 1992, McCain and the other members of the committee were briefed on some 925 HUMINT [human intelligence] reports the investigators had deemed plausible, credible," note Hendon and LeBoutillier. "These intelligence reports were some of the several thousand reports the U.S. government had received from human sources ... about American servicemen in captivity after Operation Homecoming. Many of the reports corroborated one another as to location, time and circumstance.... But what did McCain and Salter make of this crucial intelligence? Not one of these reports of American POWs held prisoner after Operation Homecoming was credible, they loudly declared."
It was the same story with the rich SIGINT (signals intelligence, the radio intercepts of the communist Vietnamese and Laotians regarding their American captives) and IMINT (image intelligence, aerial and satellite photography) data. The two congressmen charge that McCain "was presented concrete proof that U.S. POWs were still alive in 1992 and he deliberately destroyed, distorted, mocked, ridiculed, photo-shopped and lied about this evidence." Together with Sen. Kerry, McCain demanded that the massive evidence of live POWs, which had been so laboriously and meticulously assembled by the investigators and witnesses, be destroyed. In destroying that evidence, McCain and Kerry were guilty of a felony violation of federal law, for which they were never prosecuted.
But McCain went much further. Not only did he destroy and bury the evidence (and thereby bury the live POWs, who, unlike him, were not so fortunate as to be returned), but he then attempted to bury the investigators, activists, fellow former POWs, and family members who refused to back down and go away. He attacked, smeared, and slandered them and even had some of them subjected to criminal investigation by the Justice Department, in order to intimidate them — even as he literally, physically embraced Vietnam's communist leaders such as Col. Bui Tin and Vo Van Kiet, who had ordered the torture and killing of American POWs, and were still holding our POWs.
Newsweek, in an admiring October 25, 2004 piece on John Kerry, notes that "Kerry and McCain did more than just debunk the myth of living POWs; they opened the door to normalizing relations with Vietnam." That, no doubt, is the key to much of McCain's "Maverick" charm for the liberal-left media; more than any other single person, he helped convert live POW fact into "live POW myth" so that normalization of relations with communist Vietnam could proceed unhindered.
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Animix wrote:Technically, yes. Each disc you throw counts as a practice throw. If you get stuck in a tree, throw something else. Rocks, heavy sticks, I've seen people throw their roll-a-stool up there <and get that stuck too>.
That's debatable. I think the definition of practice throw has been refined to mean discs that are thrown, and meant to be a shot itself.


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The league issued the following statement: "At the request of Texans owner Bob McNair, Commissioner Goodell reviewed additional medical information presented on behalf of Brian Cushing. The club and Cushing were notified today that after carefully considering all the information, including a review by outside medical experts, the commissioner finds no basis for changing the decision and that Mr. Cushing's suspension for the first four games of the regular season remains in place."
McNair and Cushing contended the linebacker, who won the 2009 Associated Press Defensive Rookie of the Year award, had a unique medical condition stemming from something called overtrained athlete syndrome.
Cushing, the Texans' first-round draft pick in 2009, had 133 tackles last season.


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Get an overview of this hotelHome to THE PLAYERS Stadium course in Ponte Vedra Beach
Popular property highlights
Prestigious course
This Florida hotel, home to THE PLAYERS Stadium course at TPC Sawgrass, is 1 mile from Ponte Vedra Beach and 25 miles from St Augustine.
5 golf courses, 4 outdoor pools
Renovated in 2016, Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort & Spa features 5 golf courses, 4 outdoor pools, a Surfstream wave simulator, fit pits, and 2 lounges. A full-service spa, a 24-hour fitness center, and a business center are also on site.
Studios, 1, and 2 bedroom villas
The Villas at Sawgrass feature 1 and 2 bedroom residential-style villas with kitchenettes and spacious living rooms.
Guest Highlights
- Good location
- Beach
- Pool
- Helpful staff
- Clean guestrooms
- WiFi could've been better
Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort & Spa
Renovations & Closures
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Recently renovated Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort & Spa features 5 golf courses, 4 outdoor pools including an oceanfront pool, and miniature golf on site. The property is family-friendly, offering an arcade/game room and a pool especially designed for children. Beach and water activities include surfing, beach volleyball, kayaking, and sailing. A 20,000-square-foot (1,858-square-meter) full-service health spa for adults is on site, which offers a sauna, steam room, and numerous massage treatment rooms. A 24-hour fitness center is also offered. Optional classes include yoga, Pilates, and aerobics. Guests can enjoy several dining and lounge options, as well as an on-site Starbucks. Room service is available during limited hours. A complimentary beach shuttle is also available.
This Ponte Vedra Beach hotel has a business center, and its conference center offers 26 meeting and conference rooms for large and small groups. Guests enjoy wireless and wired Internet access (included in the resort fee). Guests can take advantage of a concierge desk, and newspapers are complimentary in the lobby. Self-parking is included in the resort fee, and valet parking is available (surcharge).
Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort & Spa has a smoke-free policy that applies to guestrooms, restaurants, lounges, meeting rooms, public space, and associate work areas. To accommodate the needs of smoking guests, the resort has designated smoking areas outside of the property.
- Designated smoking areas
- Full-service spa
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Supervised childcare/activities (surcharge)
- Coffee shop or café
- Conference space
- Business center
- 24-hour front desk
- Express check-out
- Express check-in
- ATM/banking
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Free beach shuttle
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Number of outdoor pools - 4
- Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
- Pool umbrellas
- Billiards or pool table
- Free WiFi
- Computer station
- Laundry facilities
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Meeting rooms 26
- Multilingual staff
- Number of floors - 7
- Total number of rooms - 514
- Garden
- Terrace
- Poolside bar
- Beach bar
- Porter/bellhop
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Conference center
- Snack bar/deli
- Year Built 1987
- Number of restaurants - 4
- Conference space size (feet) - 61000
- Conference space size (meters) - 5667
- Golf course on site
- Beach umbrellas
- Beach cabanas (surcharge)
- Beach sun loungers
- Pool sun loungers
- Beach towels
- Sauna
- Shopping on site
- Number of buildings/towers - 8
- Spa services on site
- Spa tub
- Steam room
- Children's pool
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Television in common areas
- Wedding services
- Use of nearby fitness center (discount)
- Valet parking (surcharge)
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pools
- Children's pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Snack bar/deli
- Laundry facilities
- Playground on site
- Miniature golf on site
- Refrigerator
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: ,
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge), Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Premium bedding
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free weekday newspaper
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Designer toiletries
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Bathtub or shower
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Desk
- In-room massage available
- Satellite TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- iPod docking station
- Premium TV channels
- Private bathroom
- Room service (limited hours)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Wired Internet access (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Vernon's - Signature Fine Dining restaurant, Vernon's, serves breakfast and dinner featuring beautiful views of the resort with a sophisticated, casual atmosphere. Enjoy fresh Florida seafood, steaks, chowders, and a selection of fine wines for dinner.
Alice & Pete's Pub - casual dining venue serving lunch, dinner, drinks and snacks. Grab a table with friends inside or outside on the deck and enjoy local cuisine, craft beers and specialty drinks with stunning views of the Dye's celebrated courses at TPC Sawgrass.
619 Ocean View - Cabana club restaurant. Indulge on fresh seafood, grilled steaks, nightly specials and breathtaking views of the Atlantic Ocean.
Sharkey's Snack Bar - Snack on sandwiches, ice cream, and drinks at this beach bar.
Sea Porch Bar and Grill - Nautical-themed restaurant located seaside at the Cabana Club.
Starbucks - Serving coffee and pastries.
Room service is available for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Miniature golf on site
- Kayaking nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Fitness classes on site
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Golf driving range on site
- Golf lessons on site
- Golfing on site
- Pilates classes on site
- Playground on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Beach volleyball on site
- Boat tours nearby
Spa Services
- Hot stone massage
- Deep tissue massage
- Swedish massage
- Prenatal massage
- Steam room in spa
- Sports massage
- Number of treatment rooms 14
- Couples treatment rooms
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Hydrotherapy treatments
- Sauna in spa
- Spa tub in spa
- Massages
- Minimum age to access spa is 18
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at midnight
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 11.0 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 150 per accommodation, per stay
- Restrictions apply
- For more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- Resort fee: USD 25 per accommodation, per night
- Beach access
- Fitness center access
- Internet access
- Phone calls
- Self parking
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: USD 19.95 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: USD 12.95 per day (rates may vary)
- Fee for in-room wired Internet: USD 12.95 per day (rates may vary)
- Self parking fee: USD 14.00 per day
- Valet parking fee: USD 24 per day (in/out privileges)
- Pet fee: USD 150 per accommodation, per stay
- A late check-out fee will be charged
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 11.0 per night
Hotel Name
- Marriott Sawgrass
- Marriott Sawgrass Resort
- Sawgrass Marriott Golf
- Sawgrass Marriott Golf Ponte Vedra Beach
- Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort
- Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort Ponte Vedra Beach
- Sawgrass Marriott Resort
- Sawgrass Resort
- Marriott Hotel Sawgrass
- Marriott Ponte Vedra Beach
- Sawgrass Marriott Golf Hotel Ponte Vedra Beach
- Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort And Spa
We should mention
Reservations are required for golf tee times, massage services, and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the resort prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section).
Awards & Affiliations
- Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort & Spa is listed in the 2013 Travel + Leisure 500.


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A MAN who told a woman whose mum was strangled to death that she would 'end up the same way' before throttling her in a drunken attack has been jailed.
Kenny Dalgliesh, who knew how his victim's mum had died, repeatedly threatened her after banging at her window in the middle of the night.
Jailing the 34-year-old for just nine months a judge at Swindon Crown Court told him 'I am restrained by the sentencing guidelines'.
Robin Shellard, prosecuting, said Michelle Cole and Dalgliesh were 'no more than acquaintances' seeing each other once or twice a month.
The 28-year-old's mum, Angela Coleman, had been killed in 2006 when she was strangled by a former partner at her home in The Prinnels.
Mr Shellard said Miss Cole was asleep in her ground floor flat shortly before 1am on Sunday November 4 last year when she was woken by knocking on the window.
Seeing who it was she tried to get him to go away before going to the door as she feared he would disturb her neighbours.
But when she opened it to try and get rid of him he tried to barge past her and get inside, before turning on her.
"He pushed her against the wall then screamed at her 'You think you are better than me you f***ing sl*g. No wonder your mother was strangled. You are going to end up the same way'.
"He repeated those comments on about four occasions. Michelle Cole's mother had, in 2006, in fact been killed by being strangled. That is something Mr Dalgliesh knew.
"She tried to close the door. The doormat was in the way. He picked it up and struck her about the body with it about three times.
"He pinned her against the wall putting his hands round her neck, putting them round her throat.
"Clearly by what he said, what happened to her mother, she feared for her life.
"He applied some pressure, he then stopped, continued to abuse her in violent and irrational terms, then left."
When he was questioned he claimed she had assaulted him and then answerrd no comment to questions.
Dalgliesh, of Aymer Place, Eldene, initially pleaded not guilty to actual bodily harm but changed his plea to guilty on the day of trial.
Mark Sharman, defending, said: "Through me he wishes to offer his sincere and full apologies for what he did."
He said he had things preying on his mind at the time as he was anxious about his parents separating and a grandparent's ill health.
"He is his own worst enemy in that he was awaiting CRB checks to come through to enable him to work at Uplands Special School. That is not now available to him for obvious reasons," he said.
Jailing him Judge Douglas Field said: "This is a very disgraceful episode: totally unacceptable.
"You turned up at the home of a lady living on her own ;ate at night and having got her to the door you treated her to a tirade of vile abuse.
"You knew that her mother had been strangled and you told her that she in turn was going to be strangled.
"You put your hands round her neck. She was terrified. Indeed she thought her life was in jeopardy. You cause scratches and bruises to her.
"You were completely drunk and completely out of control. This behaviour merits immediate imprisonment. I am restrained by the sentencing guidelines."
As well as a nine month jail term he imposed a restraining order banning him from contacting Miss Cole or going to her home.